Issue Date: Dec. 9, 2001
Other than her performance on the all-star TV tribute to Sept. 11 victims and survivors, Celine Dion has been out of the spotlight awhile. Will she resume her career anytime soon?
Vet Smith-Walker, Salem, Ore.
Yes. The good news is that you can expect a new album by the Canadian chanteuse sometime in the new year. After a two-year hiatus -- during which her husband-manager, René Angelil, 59, went into full cancer remission, and she gave birth to their son, René-Charles -- Dion is eager to get back to show biz. But don't expect any world tours. Now that she's a mother, Dion, 33, who currently resides in Jupiter, Fla., wants stability. So she's packing up the family and moving to Las Vegas, of all places, where she'll have a regular gig at Caesars Palace starting in March 2003, in a theater built just for her. We're guessing she and Angelil -- who have more embryos in storage but have decided to wait for now -- will try for more children then.
Is handsome ABC news correspondent Christopher Cuomo dating anyone?
Lola Garofalo, New York City
By the time you read this, Cuomo, 31, should be a married man. The son of former New York governor Mario Cuomo was to wed magazine publisher Cristina Greeven over Thanksgiving weekend in the Hamptons. Once dubbed New York's Most Eligible Bachelor by W magazine, Cuomo, who's also a lawyer, never has welcomed such dubious designations because he wants to be taken seriously as a journalist, perhaps more now than ever before. Sept. 11 "is one of the defining stories of our lifetime," he says, "and there's a big responsibility that goes along with covering it."
Please tell me where to find TV actor Adrian Paul, who starred in the syndicated series "Highlander" for five years.
Mary Micklus, Las Vegas
After a four-year hiatus, the cult hero returned this season as an alien hunting fugitives on Earth in the new series "Tracker". But, as the one-time model, dancer and choreographer points out, "Tracker" is not just another sci-fi show. "Please don't put it into that category," pleads Paul, 42. "The show is really about relationships, with comedy. Like "Moonlighting", with special effects." His character is "more of an innocent" than "Highlander"'s Duncan MacLeod and doesn't carry a weapon. "I really wanted to do something less violent. ... But I still use my martial arts." The actor, who grew up in England and now commutes between filming in Toronto and home in Los Angeles, also loves to play beach volleyball, in-line skate and shop with his girlfriend, an image consultant. His latest find? "A Kenneth Cole leather jacket in forest green."
Does "Stevie" on the hit Fox sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" use a wheelchair in real life? How old is he?
Julie Cooper Grand Terrace,Calif.
Unlike his character, 12-year-old actor Craig Lamar Traylor is neither wheelchair-bound nor asthmatic. He does wear glasses for astigmatism, but they're not as thick as Stevie's. Craig says he takes some heat when kids in wheelchairs find out he's not: "I tell them it's acting and I'm not making fun and it's OK." He lives with his mom and sister in San Bernardino, Calif. (he also has three brothers), and "Malcolm" is his first big break; he has acted in commercials since he was just 4 years old and was named Face Finders Baby Model of the Year. Among his goals: He wants to get a PlayStation 2, act in a scary movie, be a brain surgeon and -- inspired by the movie "Money Talks" -- accrue $30 million in diamonds in a velvet bag. For more gems, check out craiglamartraylor.com.
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The new TV drama "24" has been the talk of Hollywood since program pilots were released to the" press last summer. So I was more than interested in talking with Leslie Hope, an experienced actress who has "kicked around TV a long time" and landed the role of Kiefer Sutherland's wife. "I may be having the best time of my life," Hope says about working with Sutherland and the rest of "24"'s cast and crew. "It's like going to work on the best movie set every day." The reward is particularly sweet because Hope, who's in her 30s, had pretty much had it with the auditioning process -- or as she puts it: "the feeding frenzy, dog and pony show of Los Angeles where everybody's competing for this limited number of jobs and everybody's trying to scratch the winning lottery ticket. I thought: 'I can't go through this one more time, squeezing myself into some inappropriate outfit, pretending to be a brain surgeon with all the other 20-year-old brain surgeons.' " So she didn't. And, of course, she got the job that she says makes her feel as if she "hit the jackpot" when she wasn't expecting it. When she's not working, Hope, who has an 8-year-old son, is "struggling to be the grooviest mom" in the PTA and traveling to exotic places such as the jungles of South America with a boyfriend who "inspires me to get up and go."
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BIRTHDAYS
December 9: Donny Osmond, 44; John Malkovich, 48; Beau Bridges, 60
December 10: Raven-Symone, 16; Nia Peeples, 40; Kenneth Branagh, 41
December 11: Teri Garr, 52; Donna Mills, 58
December 12: Mekhi Phifer, 26; Sheila E., 44; Bob Barker, 78
December 13: Jamie Foxx, 34; Steve Buscemi, 44; Dick Van Dyke, 76
December 14: Michael Ovitz, 55; Patty Duke, 55
December 15: Don Johnson, 52; Tim Conway, 68
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