Viola Davis, who appeared in Clooney's "Out of Sight" and "Solaris," has stayed such good friends with him that he invited her and her husband to spend their honeymoon at his Italian villa. She recalled having four- and five-course meals every day as the only guests at his 22-room home. But Viola said that such getaways and gowns are not the norm.
"If you guys could see me when I'm at home with my cornrows," Viola said, "I am not a glam woman. This definitely is a mask I put on for the public. My biggest fear is that paparazzi with some, like, lens is going to come into my back yard and see me when I get in my pool. That would be very unfortunate."
"It's just a bunch of really normal people who happen to be named Glenn Close and George Clooney and Brad Pitt," said Octavia Spencer, who starred with Davis in "The Help." "Sometimes, you just find yourself ogling them. I still do. I think I've kind of mauled everyone thus far."
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Tony Danza is set to star in a
musical based on the so-so movie "Honeymoon in Vegas."
Producers said yesterday Danza ("Who's the Boss?" "Taxi") will play a Vegas wiseguy in the show, which debuts in November in Toronto. It is then headed to Broadway in spring 2013.
The musical features music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown and a book by Andrew Bergman, who also directed and wrote the film.
The 1992 movie starred James Caan, Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker. It tells the story of a reluctant groom whose bride-to-be is courted by Danza's character.
* Teresa Hunt, of Bettendorf,
Iowa, has been charged with extortion in an alleged plot to get Discovery Communications to cancel the Duggars family's TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" or pay her $10,000.
