Issue Date: October 28, 2007
Who's News By Lorrie Lynch
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Q: We are wondering what ever happened to Amy Brenneman of "Judging Amy." Elizabeth and Len Elbaor, Nineveh, Ind.
By now, you may have seen Brenneman, 43, in the new movie "The Jane Austen Book Club," as well ABC's "Private Practice." In the latter, she plays a psychiatrist who is "almost adolescent outside work, yet does a brilliant job with her patients." Brenneman, a married mother of two, says, "The last two years, when I had fewer commitments, were a joy, but I was ready to return."
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Jessica Seinfeld just wanted to feed her kids healthful food. But the more kids she had (three now) and the older they got, the harder it became. Being a woman who gets things done, Seinfeld started making healthful options, and she tells me that before she knew it, other moms were asking how she did it. Voila. Her new book, "Deceptively Delicious," was born. Well, not quite that quickly, but having a name like Seinfeld, she admits, helped get a publisher. The book is all about sneaking good stuff into things kids will eat. There are chickpeas in her chocolate chip cookies. Need I say more?
Ken Mansfield, author of a new Beatles memoir, "The White Book," remembers them as regular guys, up to a point: "When you were inside their limo, or a hotel room, or one of their homes, or hanging out, it was very everyday until you stepped outside the doors. Then it was crazy!" As a rep for Apple Records, Mansfield, 70, witnessed Beatlemania up close. All the Beatles were "very real, very easy to be with," Mansfield says. Of course, they were truly great musicians, too. Mansfield says their final concert on the Apple roof was the highlight for him. "Those of us on the roof that day knew something really special was happening."
Q: What ever happened to Bob Saget?
Nora Tucker, Willits, Calif.
Saget, 51, wholesome dad on "Full House" and host of "America's Funniest Home Videos," now does raunchier projects. He was in the 2005 film The "Aristocrats," in which comics shared their private joke in the dirtiest manner, and he wrote and directed 2006's "Farce of the Penguins." His latest offering is a DVD of his HBO special, "That Ain't Right," which isn't clean. He also is hosting episodes of "1 vs. 100," NBC's game show, but there's no air date yet.
"I have no idea where this is going," says Keith Carradine, 58, about his role as an FBI guy on Showtime's "Dexter." "All I know is that I'm here through Episode 12." Such is the life of a guest star, which Carradine has been many times in his long career. Last season, he played a serial killer in "Criminal Minds." He was Wild Bill Hickok in "Deadwood." He has been guesting since "Bonanza" in 1971. "I love what I do," he says. "I'm still very much a working actor. I never became a superstar. That wasn't in the cards."
Patrick Warburton, who was Elaine's boyfriend Puddy on "Seinfeld," is back in fine form in CBS' "Rules of Engagement." He plays Jeff, a veteran of marriage who's also a pro at irking his wife. Warburton, 42, can annoy his own wife of 16 years, too, by doing things like "eat a tuna fish sandwich and then try to kiss her." So, what did Warburton cull from his own bliss for this role? "Just bitterness and cynicism," he jokes. "I'm saying that to piss off the wife; she loves to read that stuff. It makes her laugh whenever I take a shot at marriage." Warburton also voices a character in Jerry Seinfeld's "Bee Movie," opening Friday.
Q: Any news on Bob Dylan? Is he married? How many children does he have?
J.D. Bolding, Santa Clara, Utah
He has six, from two marriages, but he's not married now. If you want to know about Dylan, don't miss the new film "I'm Not There," in which his life is portrayed by six actors, including Cate Blanchett and Richard Gere. Yes, a woman plays Dylan. It opens Nov. 21. This week, Dylan releases a DVD of "The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965," he just released a set of his greatest hits, and he began a second season of his XM radio show.
-- Dylan at 66 is busy with a movie, CD and radio show. And he's just wrapping up a U.S. tour.
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BIRTHDAYS
October 28
Joaquin Phoenix 33
Julia Roberts 40
Lauren Holly 44
Bill Gates 52
October 29
Winona Ryder 36
Richard Dreyfuss 60
October 30
Gavin Rossdale 40
Harry Hamlin 56
Henry Winkler 62
October 31
Jane Pauley 57
Dan Rather 76
November 1
Bo Bice 32
Jenny McCarthy 35
November 2
David Schwimmer 41
November 3
Dennis Miller 54
Kate Capshaw 54
Roseanne 55
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