"She is very serious. She seems to have the weight of the world on her shoulders. She has this maturity beyond her years, and yet she is a young woman. You can relate to her. I don't want to say she's working-class, but she is down to earth."
- Ira Ungerleider, creator of Christina Applegate's new TV comedy "Jesse" speaks about the woman who once played Kelly Bundy.
"We had a home in Laguna Beach (Calif.) for a while and one night I was alone there and heard someone outside the door shouting, 'Bathhouse Betty! Bathhouse Betty! Come out!' It was a drunken fan. I was terrified. I thought, 'Oh my God, I don't have the alarm on, I'm going to be trapped and mutilated here,' and I started screaming, 'Go away! Go away!' and I ran to the phone and called my broker and said, 'Sell this house!'"
- Bette Midler, recalling the origins her latest album's title, "Bathhouse Betty." Her horror story ends with the
harmless fan leaving flowers on her doorstep.
"I went to college (the University of Florida at Gainesville) on a baseball scholarship, but I couldn't hit the breaking pitch. So I ended up drinking my way into the theater."
- Darrell Hammond, three-year cast member on "Saturday Night Live," relates his inspirational beginnings.
Source: Associated Press
Video Pick of the Week
etc.
Oct. 1: "The Princess Bride"
It's a movie that is loads of fun for the whole family - or at least fun for all your housemates, roommates, hallmates, fraternity brothers, sorority sisters, or just plain friends. And, yes, we know it was on TV on Sunday, but this time you can watch it without commercials - It's better that way.
1. "Titanic," Paramount
2. "City of Angels," Warner Brothers
3. "Primary Colors," Universal 4. "Wild Things," Columbia/TriStar
5. "The Wedding Singer," New Line Cinema
6. "Deep Rising," Hollywood
7. "U.S. Marshalls," Warner Brothers
8. "He Got Game," Touchstone
9."The Man in the Iron Mask," MGM
10. "Hard Rain," Paramount
1. Marilyn Manson, "Mechanical Animals"
2. Lauryn Hill, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"
3. Beastie Boys, "Hello Nasty"
4. Hootie and the Blowfish, "Musical Chairs"
5. 'N Sync, "'N Sync"
6. Barenaked Ladies, "Stunt"
7. Soundtrack, "Rush Hour"
8. Backstreet Boys, "Backstreet Boys"
9. Brian Setzer Orchestra, "The Dirty Boogie"
10. Hole, "Celebrity Skin"
1. "Rush Hour," New Line Cinema $21 million
2. "Ronin," MGM $13 million
3. "Urban Legend," Columbia/TriStar $11 million
4. "There's Something About Mary," 20th Century Fox $4.5 million
4. "One True Thing," Universal $4.5 million
6. "Simon Birch" Buena Vista $2.7 million
7. "Saving Private Ryan," Dream Works $2.6 million
8. "Rounders," Miramax $2.5 million
9. "Blade," New Line Cinema, $2 million
10. "Ever After," 20th Century Fox $1.2 million
1. Monica, "The First Night"
2. Aerosmith, "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
3. Barenaked Ladies, "One Week"
4. Jennifer Paige, "Crush"
5. Edwin McCain, "I'll Be"
6. Usher, "My Way"
7. Inoj, "Time After Time"
8. Brandy & Monica, "The Boy Is Mine"
9. Tatyana Ali, "Daydreamin'"
10. Five, "When The Lights Go Out"
1. "Rainbow Six," Tom Clancy
2. "The Loop," Nicholas Evans
3. "No Safe Place," Richard North Patterson
4. "Tell Me Your Dreams," Sidney Sheldon
5. "Memoirs of a Geisha," Arthur Golden
6. "Field of Thirteen," Dick Francis
7. "I Know This Much Is True," Wally Lamb
8. "Summer Sisters," Judy Blume
9. The First Eagle," Tony Hillerman
10. "Message In A Bottle," Nicholas Sparks
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