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Write Walter Scott Box 5001 Full name will be used Grand Central Station New York NY 10163-500- 1 unip nthpnuisA reaupsted Volume of mail makes personal replies impossible Q Tomei is one of my favorite movie stars QMarisa understand why this talented actress al- Queen Latifah who TV show ° “Living Single ” It’s hard to find any information on her other than music news Can you fill in the blanks? — Terry Williams Seattle Wash also stars on the ways gets such terrible things written about her What accounts for her bad press? — MF Arlington Tex whose Oscar for “My Cousin AMarisa Tomei pushed her asking price to $2 million per movie reportedly has let success go to her head Some say she indulges in tantrums on the set The buzz on Tomei is so bad in fact that a rumor began circulating that Jack Palance made a mistake when he announced her as winner of the 1992 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress The story is untrue but has refused to die — leading “Daily Variety” the trade paper to run an item titled ‘Tomei Poisoning” Tomei who says she’s “in her 20s” denies being a prima donna She recently split from Frank Pugliese author of the script for her next film “Mob Girl” about a woman working for the Feds who charms her way into the mob Apparently she could use some of that charm in real life I am a fan of rapper Ain the sexist world of rap music Queen Latifah Latifah: Queen in male (real name: Dana Owens) is dominated world of rap a feminist phenomenon On the strength of three modestly successful albums she branched out into films and TV and built a business empire managing other rap acts Bom in East Orange star was raised by her divorced mothNJ the er a high school art teacher who is now a vice president of her daughter’s company Like her “Living Single” character Latifah 24 is unmarried She says she’d like a husband and children by 30 with one major stipulation: “I need a big guy ’cause I’m a big girl” Incidentally latifah is Arabic for “delicate and sensitive” — perhaps a misnomer for this tough businesswoman Ql’ve been fascinated with Andy Garcia since his role in “Black Rain ” d You would make a fan extremely happy if you could provide more information on this gorgeous actor— specifically professional and personal data pertinent to his acting career— JH La Jolla Calif die-har- A Tomei at Oscars with Vinny Joe Pesch co-st-ar No mistake Q Norman Cousins the editor and writer believed that he literally laughed himself back to health When did he die and what was the final cause of his demise? — Kathy Tie gs Colorado Springs Colo Italian-Americ- A Cousins who edited “The Saturday Review” for more than 30 years before becoming one of the nation’s leading proponents of holistic medicine died of a heart attack in 1990 at age 75 His death came 1 1 “Anatyears after the publication of his best-sellomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient” which chronicled his successful fight against a form of arthritis through die power of laughter Cousins refused to take painkillers and instead watched old Marx Brothers films in his room He later became an adjunct professor in the department of psychiatry and sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine er PARADE THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER PRESIDENT MAGAZINE Frank McNdty SENKM VICE PRESIDENT Mitten Doberman VICE PRESIDENTS Ellen Flabho John Gamy Frad lohneoo Mared ScMoae There B Sullivan PUBLISHER EMERITUS Ifcrtit nr -- '“" -- - -n- daughters: Dominik 11 Q A Could you bring us up to date on Roxanne Pulitzer? Last 1 heard was in 1985 when she posed for "Playboy ” Did she ever regain custody ofher sons? Has she remarried?— Monique Castro Wauwatosa Wis Twelve years after Peter Pulitzer sued for divorce charging her with everything from lesbianism (which she denies) to drug abuse Roxanne continues to parlay her notoriety into a lucrative career At 43 she’s the author of three steamy novels a lecturer on child-custoissues and a regular on the circuit where she recently performed “I Will Survive” with Tammy Faye Bakker Messner and Gennifer Flowers In 1 992 she had a seven-wee- k marriage to John Haggin Jr 36 whose mother so objected that she disinherited him from a $200 million fortune Roxanne still lives in Palm Beach and enjoys joint custody of her twins Mac and Zac 17 Regarding marriage she now says: “God wants me to be single” talk-sho- w sisters-in-scand- al has happened to Herman (aLa QWhat Reubens)? I think he has a great comic Pee-we- e talent and just made a poor choice of movie houses— Sally Huntington Hastings NY Ain 1991 four months after his arrest at an theater in Sarasota Fla Reubens pleaded “no contest” to charges of indecent exposure He was fined $50 and ordered to make an video for g kids The publicity brought an abrupt end to his goofy Pee-wg Herman persona which had spawned an TV show and two successful films Devastated by the public humiliation he has maintained a low proanti-dru- Daniella 6 and Allessan-dr- a 3 Garcia is known as a straight arrow who refuses to do anything onscreen that might embarrass his family — including explicit sex scenes His upcoming films are “Things To Do in Den- ver When You’re Dead” and “Steal Big Steal Little” Emmy-winnin- Garcia: Fought stereotype file Reubens’ manager refuses to discuss his current actor “gets lots of offers plans but says the and turns most of them down” He has appeared in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Batman Returns" (as Penguin’s father) and was the voice of Lock in Tim Burton’s animated film “The Nightmare Before Christmas" and PUBLISHER Carlo VMnrini EDITOR Waiter Andenon Liny Smith DIRECTOR Of DESIGN Ira Voff EXECUTIVE EDITOR David Cunter EDITOR AT LARGE Lloyd Shearer SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Eddie Adami SENIOR COPT EDITOR Martin Tlmlnt SENIOR EDITORS Sin Braowilo Fran Carpentler Herbert Kupferberg Gael McCarthy Boon! 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