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Show requested. Volume of mail makes personal replies impossible. Want the tacts? Opinion? Truth? Write Walter Scott, Box 5001 Grand Central Station, New York, NY, I heard Whoopi 2 Goldberg say on 4 the Rosie O'Donnell 4 Wasn't the death of Jac- Didactor AnthonyPerkins die from an AIDS relatedillness? Where are his widow and chil- sis, like that of Britain's drentoday? —Kelly Nance, Tobaccoville, N.C. showthat she does i GeorgeV, a medicallyas- queline Kennedy Onas- notplanto host the * TonyPerkinsdied of complications from AIDS | sisted suicide? —Doug Ma- thews, Cedar Rapids, lowe Strictly speaking, neither Oscars again. Then she recommended Rosie for the job and told people to write the Oscarproducers wasasuicide. Toldthat cancer had spread to her liver and nothing could save her, Mrs, Onassis re portedly stipulated that noextraordinary measures be takento keep heralive. She receivedlarge and ask for Rosie. Willshe do it? —Diane C., Albany, N.Y. doses of painkillers until she died on May 19, Whoopi If they asked me, I'd be thrilled to host the and Rosie: 1994,at age 64. As for George V, his personal Oscars,” Rosie told PARADE. We checked with Too early physician, Lord Dawson of Penn, admittedin the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to discuss his diary that he’d administeredalethal combiwhich throws the Oscar bash, and were told that the Oscars nation of morphine and cocaineafter the king already was comatose and close to death in 1936. no pro-Rosie letters had arrived but there had been adozen e-mail messages from her fans. Our AcadI say there are noblacks emy source says it’s premature (o speculate about in the National Hockey next year’s host, whoin any case will be chosen League. My co-workers by the show's producer. And the presidentof the say there are. A lunchis Academy, director ArthurHiller, won't announce riding on this.—Darren his choice for producer of the show until laterthis Russell, Westbury, N.Y. month or in December. We're told that Quincy Get out your lunch monJones has decided not to repeatas producerafter this year’s successful Oscar telecast. The "97 show will air on Monday, March 24. Meanwhile, Ms. O'Donnell, 34, got to practice her hosting skills at a recent Hollywood tribute to Tom Cruise 1am a big fan of Cindy Crawford, but I haven't seen muchof her lately. What is she up 10? I | heard she’s writing a book on makeup. Whenis it due out?—Jean-Paul Vaudrin, Springfield, Mass. “Cindy Crawford's ey. There are five black players in the NHL: St Louis goalie Grant Fuhr, 34; Montreal left wing Donald Brashear, 24 openanewmusical in America. Thelast time Close) 10 make sure it was a box-office success. | Who didhe get this time?—D.M., New York, N.Y. find a fugitive in their bam | andbelieve he is Jesus— m so thrilled,” she told us. says one of her collab- “I"ve seen many a ace Lloyd Webber's musicals and never imaginedI'd be in one of them on Broadway.” | orators. “If it does well, Cindy plans future Qi.curios why the Turner Broadcasting books.” So you should Cindy: Can the well-tumed be seeing a lot ofthe System choosesnot toclose-caption its pro- model turn a phrase? 30. year-old supermodel on TV she makes the roundsto plug her | J understand Andrew Lloyd Webber is about to around, he insisted on going with a superstar (Glenn was discovered at an open- F&__ call audition, She is Irene Irene tests her voice Molloy, a 17-year-old voice student from Philadelphia. [rene will be making her professional deiewhenthe show opens Dec. 6 in Washington ect and agreed to do whatever it takes to make it successful,” | | | Berry, 48, lives quietly in New York; Osgood, hasactedin “Six Degrees of Separation” and other filmsandaspires tobe a director; and Elvis,20. attended Brown University and nowlives in L.A based on a 1961 British film aboutchildren who bracedthis book proj- || longtimefriend Shirley MacLaine said it was trag. ic that Tony had to“suf ferin isolation.” Charles Winecoff tells us that rock and gospel musical “She completely em- it. Not surprisingly, Cindy has nofurther film fear oflosing roles. His Rookie ofthe Year. Hisfather was born in Nigeria. publishedlast month. Game,” her screen debut, should have deflated iE but kept his illnessa secret from all but his family, for A total unknown. The femaielead for “Whistle Down the Wind” — up Workbook.” was fore, the negative receptionlast year for “Fair Image,” an unauthorized Perkins biography. The factor was diagnosedas js HIV-positive in his 50s Edmonton goalie Fred Braithwaite, 24; Winnipe defensemanJason Doig, 19; and Calgary center/ right wing Jarome Iginla, 19, an early favorite for Basic Face: A Make- book. Incidentally, everyone involvedtells us Cindy is professional and polite, with her ego firmly in check. If she had an oversized egobe- in 1992 at age 60. Though happily married for his last two decades to photographer Berry Ber. enson, with whom he had two sons—Osgood and Elvis—Perkins remained an active homosexual according to Charles Winecoff, author of “Split grams. NewTVsets have the captioning chips, = 10S ANGELE but what goodis it if.a huge network like Turner is unsympathetic tothe needs ofus hearing-im paired viewers?—PattyM. Turpin, Seaside, Ore. All original programmingat TBS and CNNis closed-captioned—“even sports, despite the costofcaptioning eventsthatare broadcastlive,” one Turner vicepresidenttellsus. “We're still in plans. Shealsohas noplans for a new TVshow, thoughshe wassuccessful as the host of MTV's the process of close-captioningourfilm library whichis massive, so it’s possible your viewer hap- “House of Style,” which sheleft last December. penedto see a movie wehadn't gotten to yet.” FT CHARMAN and PUBLISHER, an Carte Vittorn 3 doh J. Bani i 72 vee resoerrs, LS John Garvey Ag Fred sctemon — %= Peter JSchloss: Quigley 2 ‘Theresa 8 Sullivan ate mnt 2 Warren J Reynolds EDITOR, Walter EDITOR, Larry Smith DIRECTOR OF DESIGN, ine Yorfe Leilene ham 2 Martin Timins Sara Brrowsk Kupterberg, Bonnie St. Cisir SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Eddie Adems ant DIRECTOR, Brown PHOTO EDITOR, Miriam Error Ar Lake: loys Shearer eea yeeee nena Lisa Birnbach, James Brady, Or. Joyce Brothers, Jane Ciabattari, Haskell Cohen, Bob Colacello, Ovid Demaris, Bernard Gavzer, David L King, Edward Klein, Elinor Klein, | iter, Lynn Minton, Michael O'Shea. Dotson Ruder, Micheal Michael Ryan, Cart SaganAlSanto Tom Saignon een Lally Weymouth ee Susan a F000 EDITOR, Sheila Luking HEALTH EDITOR, Eart Udell LIFESTYLE EDITOR, Elizabeth Gaynor SPORTS EDITOR, Dick Schaap wy. wrote oF in partof any “Ak Marityn” he stonwith With” tnteligence Report.” “Langh Parada” “On Pave, " Parade's Guide to Batter Fitness.” ‘Personality“PARADE.” Parada.” “Simply Deticiow.” ona owe oes Aadreas ah ators) contrintions torArtclon Paruéu Puacations, TW Thi ave. heer Yoru: MY. OTT, aithengh reanenatte cave cinta teeth ee an resconeible (or unsolicited material PAGE 2 NOVEMBER 10, 1996 PARADE MAGAZINE |