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Al
Pacino, father of twins
Actress Beverly D’Angelo has given birth to twins,
a boy and girl, fathered by her boyfriend, movie star
Al Pacino, a spokeswoman for the couple reportedd.
The twins are the first children for D’Angelo,
46, who has been together with Pacino, 60, for the past
few years.
Pacino, who won an Oscar for playing a blind man with
a zest for life in 1992’s Scent of a Woman but
is best known for his Mafia turn in the Godfather movies,
has a daughter Julie, from a previous relationship.
D’Angelo, a former rock singer who made her film
debut in a bit part in Woody Allen’s 1977 Annie
Hall, is also known for her role as country songstress
Patsy Cline in the 1980 Loretta Lynn film biography
Coal Miner’s Daughter.
Comedian Sandy Baron dead at 64
Veteran comic and character actor Sandy Baron, who portrayed
the late comedian Lenny Bruce on stage and later won
laughs in his recurring TV role on Seinfeld, has died
at age 64, relatives said.
The Brooklyn-born Baron, who started out as a nightclub
performer and went on to appear in stage productions,
television and about 15 motion pictures, died on Jan
21st of emphysema at a suburban Los Angeles nursing
home, his sister, Rosalynd Asherman said.
Baron played himself as the comedian-narrator in Woody
Allen’s 1984 Broadway Danny Rose, and also appeared
in such notable movies as The Out of Towners with Jack
Lemmon (1970), Sid and Nancy (1986) and The Grifters
(1990).
indiana Jones scores high in `Movie Hero’ pollss
Indiana Jones has left James Bond shaken but not stirred
after being voted top movie hero of all time by a massive
majority in a British magazine poll.
Readers of Total Film voted the archaeologist-adventurer,
played by Harrison Ford, into the top spot while smooth-talking
Bond came in second.
Dr. Jones, a professor of archaeology who travels the
1930’s world saving precious artifacts, has appeared
in three films. The first, Raiders of the Lost Ark,
became Paramount Pictures’ highest-grossing film
when released in 1981.
The magazine put Jones’ success down to his ‘boys’
own hero’ qualities. Ford makes two appearances
in the poll, also securing the number six spot for his
role as Han Solo in the Star Wars trilogy.
Jerry Lewis recovering
Veteran entertainer Jerry Lewis, who was slated to open
his Las Vegas act, is instead still recuperating from
spinal surgery he underwent two weeks ago to alleviate
years of back pain, a publicist said.
The operation, performed at a Houston hospital, was
a ‘complete success’, and Lewis, 74, is recovering
on his private yacht in San Diego, said Candi Cazau,
a spokeswoman for the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas where he performs.
Lewis, who resides in Las Vegas, has a 20-year contract
to play several four-night engagements a year at the
Orleans Showroom. His two and a half hour act features
a physically demanding combination of singing, comedy
and dancing, Cazau said.
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