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Show 5001Full name will be used unless otherwise requested. Volume of mail makes personal replies impossiie. Want the tacts? Opinion? Truth? Write Walter Scott, Box 0’ low that the hype has died down,did * Water3 world” break even?—M. y Garrison, Hudson, } I notice that, in the opening credits of “Melrose Place,” Heather Locklearis referred to as a “guest star." Howcanthat be when she’s on the TV showevery week?—J.O., Lubbock, Tex. Back in 1992, when “Melrose Place” was limping along on weak ratings, producer longtime companion, | Given the creative acFicounting that goes on in ‘s Robert Wolders,faring’ | Also, are her cherished | '_} Hollywood, no one—even } the top executives at Uni- AaronSpelling, TV's king ofthe nighttime soaps, turnedto oneofhis favorite actress Heather Locklear, 34, who had played the conniving SammyJo rington in “Dynasty,”his *80s hit series. Spelling persuaded Locklear to sign a short-term contract for four to six lost. Estimatesofthe total to produce and mar- Hepburn et the soggysaga run as high as $225 million, makingit the most expensive movieofall time. Wolders It took in about $90million at the boxoffice in in ee one North America and $157 million abroad. But replaced that’s not enoughto break even, because Uniher 4 versal mustsplit those receipts with the distributors and theater-owners. Evenifthe video (due out Jan. 23) makes $20 million in North America, aspredicted.insiders say the Kevin Costnerfilm ultimately will lose $25 million to $50 million. Place.” But the show’s Ly N ~~ Iwas saddenedtohearthat singer Phyllis Hymandied. What werethe circumstances surrounding her death? —Michael Bucci, Campbell, Ohio the end ofthe credits, where her namestill ap- Locklear On June 30,the sultryjazz singer pears as “Special Guest Star Heather Locklear.” Plats Canyou explain why RobinWilliams, Willie Melrose Nelson and Kris Kristofferson gave a ben- efit concert for the American Indian who shot two FBIagents in the 1970s? Dothese show- (Dieow: —Betty Rommerskirchen, Hemet, Calif, The Native Americanactivist Leonard Peltier, 50, is serving two consecutivelife sen- A : meet EMERITUS, Warren J. Reynolds Tend, SAY Lie IWCOGeae eaeecm future, Brooke Shie! P.C., Fort Worth, Tex. Wrong. Shields, 30, and Aga ee are genuinely fond because they nave much in common: became stars at a young age—Grocks at 2a, in nsfe Procty Easy aod toa at 18, when he was No. 4 in men’s pro tennis. Both are deeply a devout Catholic, he’s a bornagain Christian. And both have a bumpy romantic track record. Shields dated a string of men, including rock Grummer Tico Torres and actors Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson; aes ladies included eran Streisand, years his senior. Put it all | | ba have two young people who may not be Sony for marriage but are trying to work things out. ler. Could this be the same Patty Hearst who was kidnapped in the 1970s, brainwashed and ended up robina bank?— Hearst Forget | The woman you sawis the very same Patricia | Hearst, 41, the newspaperheiress kidnapped| in 1974 from her Berkeley apartment by mem: bersofthe S Liberation Amy.Convicted ofparticipating in bank holdups, she served nearly twoyears of a seven-year prison term be fore President Carter commuted her sentence. In 1979, she wed her former bodyguard, Bernard Shaw, and they have two daughters—Gillian. 14, and Lydia,11. “She doesn’t really think about the past much anymore,” Shaw,49,tells PARADE. “Shes moved on.” Indeed, when not devoting hertime to charities, Hearst appears in fashion shows,films and on TV.She played Traci Lord's mother in the 1990 movie “Cry-Baby”and recently finished a film with Stephen Baldwin and Pauly Shore called “Biodome.”It’s due out next month, and Hearst plays a character named Mrs. Johnson. EDITOR, Walter Anderson ith | to her signer Thierry Mug- E ]Wvhen asked itmarriage iain S | | Sad end ing for French de- and herashes were sentto her family in Pittsburgh. Peltier: Some famous ‘ight enable him to folks think he’s innocent get a new trial.” twas panne : Soe oe ‘Theresa B. Sullivan eX-Day said, ‘I've tried [suicide] before, but this time I in the 1975 murders of two FBI agents at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, but it has never been proved heactually shot the agents. Though he’s a convicted murdererin the s of the law, his liberal supporters in showbiz see Peltieras the victim of an FBI conspiracy. In 1992, Robert Redford narrated a documentary aboutPeltier’s plight, “Incident at Oglala”; Ted Turner, Jane Fondaand Val Kilmerhave boughtartworks byPeltier. A spokesman for Kristofferson and Nelson tells PARADE:“They did the benefit in 1987 because they weren't convinced he was guilty of the crime, and they wanted to Createa situation that setson vice PRESIDENT, Milton Lieberman 00.8. | I sawa photo ofa woman named Pastone tricia Hearst model- know whatI’m doing.’” Hyman wascremated, tencesin Leavenworth for “aiding and abetting” — A2 —= 3 a: : Aas as <i burn Hollywood for Children Fund.Heresides | Yok eee BeeeS oe were pills anc’ a note reading, in part: Robert Wolders, 60—who was married to wc: | tress Merle Oberon before he became Audrey | Hepburn’s companion—livesalone, dividing his time between homes in Rochester, N.Y. and| Los Angeles. * “No one has replaced Audrey in | Robbie's heart,”a close friend of the Dutch actor | tells PARADE,respondingto reports of Wold- | ers’ romantic involvement with yet anotherold erscreenstar: Leslie Caron, 64. Sean Ferrer. 35 —the son of Hepburn andherfirst husband,ac | ~ tor Mel Ferrer—is chairman of the Audrey Hep: in his mother's former homein Tolochenaz fs Switzerland,with his wife, Leila, and daughter Emma,|. The gardens are being maintained LucaDotti, 25, the son of Hepburn and husband No.2,Italian psychiatrist Dr. Andrea Dotti— lives in Paris, where heis a graphicartist was found on the bed in her New No one “I'm tired. Those ofyouthatI love, wants this Know who you are. May God bless you.” Danny guest to poole, an ex-boyfriend, says the 45-y aioli tar biz peoplereallybelieve that he was innocent? go home FD) ¥ CHAIRMAN and PUBLISHER, ae 3% Carlo Vittorini Swiss villa and garden: being taken careof b | the family?—Anna Ki hut, Allentown, Pa. | versal, which produced it— ayever know exactly what “Waterworld” cost episodes of “Melrose ratings soared soonafter the debutofher ruthless character, Amanda Woodward,in January 1993, and Locklear was signed to a new contract asa full-time player. Her special importanceto the show is underscored at It's nearlythree years since Audrey Hepburn ted ofcancerat age 63 Howareher sons and Ira Yotte ‘SEMOR Martin Timins SENIOR ‘Sera Brzowsky, fterberg, Gael McCarthy, Bonnie St. Clair SPECIAL Eddie Adams ART DIRECTOR, Jeffrey Brown PHOTO EDITOR, Miriam Lorentzen EDITOR AT LARGE, Lloyd Shearer Diane Ackerman, ‘Amory, Lisa Bienbach, James |, Dr. Joyce Joy. 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Reproduction “PARADE,” “Ask Marilyn,” “Bright \dean” “Buy of tne Week.” Froah Volcan“ia Step With“Intelligence Report“Laugh Paraan= Parede’”Purses Oaioe Fitnese,* ‘Pervenaiity Parada.” “Simply Delicious.” SWalter Scotts Personality Parade” tnd “What's Up ThisWeak" are lr by cba. mann eee Aedress ail eitorial contributions to: Articles, Parade Publications. 7H Third Ave. Mew York, KY. 1OOTT Altuough rearonable care wiltte tober Puseae'e sot eemremeile os meticited materia PAGE 2 - DECEMBER 31, 1995 - PARADE MAGAZINE |