NEWS
December 3, 1995 | From Inquirer wire services
An auction of Frank Sinatra's possessions from the Rancho Mirage, Calif., estate that he sold in May raked in about $2 million Friday at Christie's in New York, with some items going for much more than expected. His metal mailbox, embossed with his name, had been predicted to draw $800, at most; it sold for $13,800. His custom-made golf cart sold for $20,700, far above the estimated $4,000 to $6,000. Other big-ticket items: The Excursion Boat, an American impressionist painting by Ernest Lawson, went for $156,500, the same price paid for a jeweled and gold Faberge presentation box. A 1976 Jaguar XJS, a birthday gift from the singer's wife, Barbara, sold for $79,500, and a Bosendorfer grand piano fetched $51,750.
NEWS
October 17, 1997 | Daily News Wire Services
This quiz is brought to you by P&P Autographs of Hampton, Conn. (If you visit P&P's bargain bin, you'll pay just $10 apiece for autographed 8-by-10 color photos of Eddie Albert, Corbin Bernsen, Brian Dennehy or Phyllis George.) Based on P&P's prices, we'll name two TV performers. Guess which autographed picture is worth more. (Answers at bottom.) A. Larry Hagman vs. Dennis Miller. B. Barbara Eden vs. Lynda Carter. C. Larry King vs. John Tesh. D. Barbara Walters vs. Diane Sawyer.
LIVING
January 8, 2000 | By Thomas J. Brady, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
More than 30 years later, the competition between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones rages on. The Beatles placed nine entries on a list of rock's 100 greatest songs, as compiled by VH1 in a poll of 700 people in the music industry. The Stones have five. But it's the Stones' celebrated ode to sexual frustration, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," that topped the list. The Beatles could do no better than ninth, with "Hey Jude. " The Stones' 1965 hit has one of the most recognizable guitar riffs in music, which Keith Richards said came to him one night when he was sleeping.
NEWS
June 11, 1998 | New York Daily News
The producers of NBC's "3rd Rock From the Sun" have decided to remake their May 18 season finale, which featured the late Phil Hartman in a key guest role. The cliffhanger episode was to be continued in the season opener in the fall. The "NewsRadio" comedian, who died May 28 in an apparent murder-suicide, played an obsessed boyfriend who abducts one of the aliens. "Phil was only in two scenes, but they were pretty big scenes, so you'd expect to see him in September," said NBC spokeswoman Pam Morrison.
NEWS
April 21, 2000 | by David Kronke, Los Angeles Daily News
ENSLAVEMENT: THE TRUE STORY OF FANNY KEMBLE, 8 p.m. Sunday, Showtime. Fanny Kemble wrote a memoir about life in slave-era Georgia that, when published in her native England, was credited with persuading Parliament to withdraw loans to the Confederacy, which in turn weakened the war effort in the clash between North and South. On the other hand, in "Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble," she spouts such balderdash as "No one can paint me as I am because I am not what I appear to be" and "I am sick to death of being Fanny Kemble but I'm so good at it, I can't do anything else" - in the film's first six minutes.
ENTERTAINMENT
April 26, 1989 | USA Today and the New York Daily News contributed to this report
WATCH MY WRIST: BARBARA'S 8G WATCH Everybody knows that Barbara Bush started a faux fashion trend with her $95 Kenneth Jay Lane pearls. But lips have been tight concerning another item the first lady wears just as often - a Tesoro watch from Tiffany's. The $7,800 18-karat sport (surely they jest) watch was given to Bush by Senate wives as a farewell gift last year. Tiffany's reports that even without the high profile, the Tesoro, introduced last year, is selling "very, very well.
ENTERTAINMENT
February 24, 1986 | By David Bianculli, Inquirer TV Critic
The last mini-series battle of the February "sweeps" continues tonight with CBS's Blood & Orchids squaring off against ABC's Crossings. I haven't previewed Crossings, and I wasn't terribly enthralled by Blood & Orchids, so you're sort of on your own. Actually, the best mini-series of the night may well be Part 3 of PBS's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. EVENING HIGHLIGHTS ANNIE (8 p.m., Ch. 3) - Sing along and follow the bouncing ball: "Tomorrow, tomorrow, watch TV tomorrow - but don't watch this show today.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 6, 1986 | By JOE BALTAKE, Daily News Film Critic
It may be my imagination, but there seem to be fingerprints all over Ken Finkleman's "Head Office," a movie that was made in 1984, between June and November, and is only now being released. No film requires more than a year of editing, not even a massive epic. (Remember, Meryl Streep made "Plenty" and "Out of Africa," both pretty hulking films, within the space of one year.) Tampering, however, is something else - and "Head Office" has all the symptoms of a movie that's been diddled with and then placed on hold and then fiddled with again and temporarily shelved again.
NEWS
February 26, 1996 | BY FRANCESCA CHAPMAN Daily News wire services, the New York Post and People magazine contributed to this report
Jane Seymour wears nice long dresses, which could cover a multitude of fat cells, as TV's "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. " So you think the actress could cut herself a little slack in the post-natal-waistline department. But no. Seymour delivered twins on Nov. 30, showed up two months later at the Golden Globe awards looking impossibly slinky, and reveals this week in TV Guide that she now weighs 116, two pounds less than she did before getting pregnant. "I am not a neurotic, fanatic, exercise-type person," she says, unconvincingly.
NEWS
November 20, 1995 | BY FRANCESCA CHAPMAN Daily News wire services, the New York Daily News, New York Post and People magazine contributed to this report
When Nancy Kerrigan got married in September, we saw the announcement in the New York Times. Tonya Harding's getting married next month. She'll announce it tonight on "Inside Edition. " Tonya, Tonya, Tonya! Even as she claws and grasps her way back from obscurity, she remains true to tacky form. Well, isn't that what we love about her? Having chosen the classy venue of a tabloid-TV show to discuss her future plans, the banned-from-competition figure skater will disclose tonight that: She'll wed Michael Smith, a 29-year-old Portland machinist, on Dec. 23. "I finally have a man in my life who I truly love, and who loves me for me," she says.