Issue Date: July 17, 2005
USA WEEKEND: 20 Years Young
Who Was News in July 1985:
Yankees retire uniforms of Roger Maris, Elston Howard ...
Teacher Christa McAuliffe named to space shuttle mission ...
Baltimore Stars beat Oakland Invaders in last-ever USFL game
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With the disclosure of the identity of Deep Throat, I'm curious about Carl Bernstein, who investigated Watergate with Bob Woodward. What's Bernstein doing?
Don Prater, Lincoln, Neb.
Writing. He is finishing an unauthorized biography of Hillary Clinton (due next year) and has decided his next book will be about Washington and the political process. He has a paperback, "His Holiness," about John Paul II, on best-seller lists, and he is a contributing editor at "Vanity Fair" magazine. Also, look for his chapter, "A Reporter's Assessment," in Woodward's new book about Deep Throat. Of the Deep Throat hoopla, Bernstein, 61, who lives in New York with third wife Christine Kuehbeck, tells us, "I don't think anyone expected quite as much."
Is former "ER" doc Anthony Edwards thinking of coming back to TV or making movies? I saw him on a commercial in Europe a while ago.
Sally Walsh, West Des Moines, Iowa
Edwards, who turns 43 Tuesday, begins a good thriller, "Zodiac," next month. It's based on real events surrounding investigators hunting the infamous Zodiac serial killer in San Francisco. If you saw a European commercial, Edwards may be doing what lots of stars do overseas-- making the big bucks by endorsing products without appearing to American fans like they are "selling out."
You'd think that after receiving an Oscar nod, an actress like Catalina Sandino Moreno, star of last year's "Maria Full of Grace," would have plenty of new work. Yes?
Will Shay, New Haven, Conn.
No. Oscar nominations don't guarantee lots of work, and for an outsider such as Moreno, who is from Colombia, it's even tougher. Her own reps wouldn't confirm it, but it looks like Moreno, 24, will next star in Richard Linklater's "Fast Food Nation," a fictionalized thriller that was inspired by Eric Schlosser's non-fiction exposé of junk-food companies. It's to begin filming this fall.
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The five young singers of Amici forever are well known in Europe but just beginning to make their mark in the United States. With the release of a new CD, "Defined," last month and a U.S. tour starting in September, you can expect to hear more about this group that sings classical opera but looks every bit rock 'n' roll. Their first CD, "The Opera Band," sent them up the classical crossover charts in 2004. Now they're so busy -- they've played everything from "Today" to Elton John's parties -- that "we kind of don't have time for personal lives," says Geoff Sewell, a New Zealand-born tenor. So it's a good thing they're truly friends. "We have fun together, onstage and off," Sewell says. "What we present is us."
We like HBO's "Deadwood," but my husband thinks the profanity is too modern for the era.
Shirley A. Hall, Merrifield, Minn.
Experts disagree about all that obscenity -- not so much about particular words, but about its overwhelming use. Some say Victorian sensibilities extended to "Deadwood." For example, men wouldn't curse in front of women, and few women of any class would use vulgarities.
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WORD UP:
In his new movie, "Wedding Crashers," Vince Vaughn sees weddings as a place to take advantage of the free food, drinks and romance in the air. Offscreen, Vaughn, 35 and single, says he's open to marriage. "But the longer you haven't been married, the easier it is not to be. I guess it's a matter of meeting someone you want to do that with." Yes, Vince, that's usually the way it works.
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Tony Okungbowa, Ellen DeGeneres' DJ, says the most important job is to "keep the party going." Lucky for him, his job is easy. The crowds for DeGeneres' daily talk show "come to have a good time," he tells us. A British actor who was looking for work in America, Okungbowa (oh-kung-BO-a) started spinning at celeb photo shoots, which is how he met Ellen. So what tunes are the biggest crowd-pleasers? Okungbowa, 37, who's single and "looking," counts on "Prince's Kiss, a few Michael Jackson classics, Earth Wind and Fire, and classic Gap Band." If you want to hear songs that "always put a smile" on his face, check out his new compilation CD, "Tony Okungbowa: Hollywood Sessions."
Where in the world is actress Jodie Foster?
Kimberly Payne, Marietta, Ohio
Gearing up for "Flightplan," her September drama, and beginning a Spike Lee movie. It will be great to see Foster, 42, one of Hollywood's most talented, back onscreen. She's been rearing Charlie, 7 this month, and Kit, 3, but she's eager to direct again, too, so perhaps she'll fit in a little more work.
I notice Lara Spencer is heard but not seen on "Antiques Roadshow" lately. Is she pregnant, by any chance?
Gene DeRuelle, Reno, Nevada
Spencer, 36, was pregnant during the episodes airing now, which were filmed last summer. In October she had baby girl Katherine Paige. You'll see less of her for a while, but she'll be on "Roadshow," as well as companion show "Antiques Roadshow FYI," through 2005.
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BIRTHDAYS
July 17: David Hasselhoff, 53
July 18: Vin Diesel, 38
July 19: Topher Grace, 27
July 20: Giselle Bündchen, 25
July 21: Josh Hartnett, 27; Robin Williams, 54
July 22: Willem Dafoe, 50
July 23: Daniel Radcliffe,16; Marlon Wayans, 33
Contributing: Gayle Jo Carter, Nancy Mills, Brian Truitt
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