Show AZOabag"""1""4'4''""°6a1'n"1diAeiiA''gb 2 EV DESERET ---- -- NEWSTHE SALT TUES LAKE TRIBUNE Celebrity 9 11 PMWED AM MARCH 1993 0 What suits 'Matlock?' Video rentals sales A Knight-Ridde- By Associated Press The following are the most popular videocassettes rentals and sales as they appear in Billboard magazine Copyright 1993 Billboard Publications Inc Reprinted with permission "struck a better balance" in her life "I know this may make me and I'm not" sound says Ellerbee whose children are now 22 and 23 "My daughter ran away from home when she was a teenager and that was a pretty big sign that something was wrong in our house I tried to scale back my work hours then but she was almost fully grown It was too late" Ellerbee who had breast cancer surgery last year writes a syndicated newspaper column "If you teach yourself to expect the unexpected" she says philosophically "you're way ahead of the game And better able to field future curveballs" Q How did cartoonist Matt Groening come up with "The Simpsons" characters? A In high school he wrote a "bad semiautobiographical novel" called "Mean Kids" His main character was Bart Simpson Years later when the chance to do television cartoons came up he named his characters after his family Groening's mom is really Marge his father really Homer his two younger sisters really Maggie and Lisa "It was an animated cartoon about a crazed suburban family" Peterson By Bettelou r : Newspapers anti-femini- st ' e Q After watching "Matlock" for some time now I wonder why he always wears the same suit? Will they ever change it? I hope! — : : :FAN t- Atlanta A Nope The suit's part of the character As Andy Griffith ex plains it it started out as a seersucker suit but that didn't photo graph well Now it's plain gray and he has a batch of them all the same Since the last "Matlock" has just been filmed with Andy as usual you'll just have to tear it Q I seem to remember Shelley Long played Olive Oyl in 'Popeye" years ago My son says no If she did tell me who played the male part and what year — RR Salt Lake City Utah A Wrong Shelley It was Shelley Duvall who was Olive to Robin Williams' Popeye in the 1989 movie : : - s a c t1 '‘ I ' ' 000P—''--4 0 I r 05 'z I ‘ '' 11 t - ' N '!"' z gray-suite- d of "Northern Exposure" related to Anthony Geary of "General Hospital"? Tell me about Cynthia — Mrs KLS Wixom Mich A The Gearys aren't related ' Cynthia 27 is a native of Jackson Miss who studied ballet and voice as a youngster After she attended summer school at UCLA she decided to move to Los Angeles She started in commercials and got her first acting experience in theater in LA Next came guest roles on "The 'Yoling and the Restless" "Adam 12" and "Divorce Court" and small roles in the features song-anddan- - ' 91521 - ' Q Settle a bet: Is Christine from "Coach" the same Shelley Fabares who hit the top of the charts in the 1950s as a successful singer? IS Philadelphia A It is but her hit single 1962's "Johnny Angel" was a deal and no one was more surprised to find herself on the charts than Fabares It came when she was a teenager starring in "The Donna Reed Show" Q I'm a fan of reruns of the western series "Alias Smith and one-sh- - CI" - - "4Z theme "Aging: Dignity and Participation" Last year was the 10th anniversary of the adoption of a United Nations convention on aging that calls for economic security and a chance for the elderly to participate fully in society Two stamps (valued at 29 and 52 cents) were issued in New York two (50 centimes and 16 francs) in Geneva and two (55 and 7 schillings) in Vienna Covers canceled on the first day of issue are available from the World Federation of United Nations Associations The covers have a cachet showing the center panel of a quilt designed by Dink Siegel ands by Doreen Beck The quilt titled "Fantasy" is one of N11 CA 11‘ Y t ' - ' (tt 1' ‘k : ' ' 1114 Z let:tatty - 2177-80- r- I Jones" 1 Omit 1111111 ethnic version Q What happened to the man who played Mr Green Jeans on "Capt Kangaroo"? I think he's dead but a friend says he's in jail IP Adrian Mich A Gentle Mr Green Jeans in jail! How could it be? It isn't Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum died in 1987 He was 77 star Vince Q Is country-musiGill really a "sensitive man?" A You mean does he cry easily like President Clinton's brother Roger? "All of his emotions seem easily accessible to him which is unusual in a man" says Rosanne Cash of Gill his longtime friend "I've been known to choke up" Gill himself freely admits In fact he specializes in classic sad songs melodies like "When I Call Your Name" or "I Still Believe in You" "The sadder the better for me" says Gill 34 "I even like a little death in there once in a while" Not that he has anything to be sad about Gill has won six Country Music Association Awards and two Grammys and recorded four albums Q Isn't Tim Daly of NBC's show"Wings" from a 3000 W AlaA Write: NBC-Tmeda Ave Burbank Calif 91523 Q Last season on "Married with Children" both Katey Sagal's V and Amanda Bearse's characters were pregnant Then Katey Sagal was absent and Amanda Bearse's character was still pregnant Then Katey Sagal was back and no one was pregnant What happened? Do the writers think the audience is stupid and no one notices? — Tucson Ariz A This one's been answered before: After Katey Saga! who was pregnant in real life lost her baby it was decided that continuing the story line would be too painful for her The whole thing was dropped — a nice case of thoughtfulness in well-know- 2283 Rued 1 You Buy 2 Swiss Cheese Sirloin 1 1I 1I I a I I I Tangy g on a fresh Rosette Roll Your choice of I Cottage Cheese or French Fries 1I Valid from noon every day No take home I Not good with other offer Expires April 5 1993 L' ittct Sandwich C1:11-kez- a J rt a en 44 - f-- 1 iv 0711 7 DAYS A VT CCM r- 1 I Al- I tto L limmty rra "OA f 15 0 '''- -' 'i y2 Get 1 Free Free When LI I IIsoup I I I slice of country-cureham topped with pineapple and choke of or reg salad bar corn on the cob hash browns scone and scoop of delicious ict cream 1 Valid I 7 days a week from noon No take home good with other offer Expires April 5 1993 - '' t' ' rc A ‘:------4- - - milmi Mogi m on ilinne Diced Nam ttr Scrambled Egtv ' MIA 7 DAYS s ' - - 14 73 By Associated Press The following are the most popular pop singles as they appear in Billboard magazine Data Systems Reprinted with permission Copyright 1993 Billboard-BroadcaPOP SINGLES: 1"Infolmor" Snow (Eastwest) 2"A Whole New World" Pea bo Bryson & Regina Belle (Columbia) 3"Nuthin but a G Thang" Dr Dre (Death Row) 4"Ordinary World" Duran Duran (Capitol) 5"I'm Every Woman" Whitney Houston (Arista) 6"Freak Me" Silk (Keia) 71 Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston (Arista) (Platinum) 8"Mr Wendal" Arrested Development (Chrysalis) 9"Don't Walk Away" Jade (Giant) 10"Bed of Roses" Bon Joy (Jambco) 111 Have Nothing" Whitney Houston (Arista) 12"Hip Hop Hooray" Naughty By Nature (Tommy Boy) 13"7" Prince and the New Power Generation (Paisley Park) 14"Here We Go Again" Portrait (Capitol) 15"Comforter" Shai (Gasoline Alley) 16"Two Princes" Spin Doctors (Epic Associated) 171 Got a Man" Positive K (Island) 18"That's What Love Can Do" Boy Krazy (Next Plateau-London- ) 19"Get Away" Bobby Brown (MCA) 20"The Right Kind of Love" Jeremy Jordan (Giant) SINGLES: COUNTRY 1"What Part of No" Lorrie Morgan (BNA) 2"Heartland" George Strait (MCA) 3"Once Upon a Lifetime" Alabama (RCA) 4"Drive South" Suzy Boggus (Liberty) 5"Passionate Kisses" Carpenter (Columbia) n 6"Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark" Billy Dean (SBK) 7"i Want You Bad" Collin Raye (Epic) 8"It's a Little Too Late" Tanya Tucker (Liberty) 9"Just One Night" McBride & the Ride (MCA) 10"When My Ship Comes In" Clint Black (RCA) 11"Let That Pony Run" Pam Tillis (Arista) 12"All These Years" Sawyer Brown (Curb Album Cut) 13"01' Country" Mark Chesnutt (MCA) 14"Hard Workin Man" Brooks & Dunn (Arista) I 5"Learning to Live Again" Garth Brooks (Liberty Album Cut) 16"She's Not Cryin' Anymore" Billy Ray Cyrus (Mercury) 17"The Heart Won't Lie" Reba McEntire & Vince Gill (MCA) 8"Nobody Wins" Radney Foster (Arista) 19"Oueen of Memphis" Confederate Railroad (Atlantic) 20"Tonight Climbed the Wall" Alan Jackson (Arista) Poster art's birthday tour kenthaler The most recent is by NEW YORK (AP) — The LinCenter-Lis- t Art Poster and Print Program is celebrating its 30th anniversary with exhibitions of a poster series that by now includes the work of 80 noted artists The group includes one of Robert Motherwell's last works designed for Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival Other artists represented include Marc Chagall Robert Rauschenberg Andy Warhol Frank Stella and Helen Fran Alex Katz Many of the posters coln are now in museum collections and they're shown internationally as part of the "Art in Embassies" program of the US government In addition to permanent display at Lincoln Center a showing of the posters is scheduled for: — The Park Avenue Armory "Works on Paper Show" New York March 11-1- 4 1111 DEMit011216M401111111121111110110111111INEWOMilk mcm i - Z ?c - ' ' ' f Niisoij 1 zs 11 -- r "SAVE - - - - III -- -- rt ' A 1C I' ' it4-- e -- -- ' ' -- - ' --12- -- 4 ‘r -- i 8 1 eti ''' 1I i C41it 2 4" 1' iiii 4 -t 161 5 -1 74 l' 4a' 4 4- - ‘40 4 1 - - 4 s t443 0 - Nr f?:c::1:e::7: ' - 311Vg t:L1-:-- iK4! 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A She wishes she could have 4ple DINNER 1 "Queen" Does former anchorwoman Q SINCE 1985 311 A1D103l1 great-grandfath- er in rye Sse351 0 son and a 3- daughter Incidentally Daly played Alex Haley's d year-ol- 0 0 -- n biz family? A He's the son of the late actor James Daly and the brother of actress Tyne Daly His parents were divorced when he was 9 and he spent his high-schoyears in a Vermont boarding school After acting in 20 plays at Bennington College he landed a role in Barry Levinson's "Diner" He and his wife actress Amy Van Nostrand have an - 'Beauty and the Beast"(Disney) 2"Sister Act" (Touchstone) at g top-sellin- 2 Wsgio- matoes" and "School Ties" Q My Dad and I are arguing over Mel Wis I say Tillis has always stuttered and he works to overcome it My Dad says his stutto make him poputering is an lar — RT Omaha Neb A Tillis 61 didn't reach stardom by making fun of a speech defect He has said he started stuttering when he was three after an severe illness He doesn't stutter when he sings which isn't unusual He was a major country songwriter before he started singing in the 1950s but for years he refused to talk on stage because of the stutter Fellow performers urged him to talk to his audiences Q I'd like to know more about DB Sweeney of "The Cutting Edge" How old is he what else has he done and lastly what do his initials stand for? — CH A Daniel Bernard Sweeney is 31 a New York native who attended Tulane and New York universities He started in TV commercials and made his feature film debut in "Gardens of Stone" in 1987 His other features include "No Man's Land" "Eight Men Out" "Memphis Belle" and the TV miniseries "Lonesome Dove" Q Straighten me out between Van Johnson and Van He Him I believe one of them was a native Oklahoman and attended the University of Oklahoma School of Drama — KJ Tulsa Okla A Emmett Evan Heflin Jr was born in Walters Okla and attended the Oklahoma and Yale schools of drama He died in 1971 at 61 Charles Van Johnson now 77 is a native of Rhode Island and is still active in show business Send your questions to Celebrity Questions Detroit Free Press 321 W Lafayette Blvd Detroit MI c several years later and continues to work Q Where can I write Jerry SeinMrs R Northville Mich feld? 10163-999- VIDEOCASSETTE SALES: co-st- ar Colo A That's Toledo's Farr at 21 in the 1955 movie before he decided to drop his real name for a less mid-care- 24-pa- 12"Diggstown" (MGriA-UA- ) I 3"Lethal Weapon 3" (Warner) 144'3 Ninjas" (Touchstone) 15"Sisiei Act" (Touchstone) 16"Universal Soldier" (Live) Vinny" (Fox) 17"My 16"Far and Away" 19"Prelude to a Kiss" (Fox) 20"Buity the Vampire Slayer" (Fox) Q Give the background of Chris O'Donnell of "Scent of a Woman" — IR Pittston Pa A He's 22 from Winnetka Ill and is studying marketing at Boston College He started out in commercials and modeling at 13 At 17 he made his movie debut as Jessica Lange's son in "Men Don't Leave" He's also done "Fried Green To- an industry not noted for it Q Was Jamie Farr in "Blackboard Jungle"? The credits listed a Jameel Farrah — BS Arwida who simplified his name from Duel in was 31 when he shot himself in 1971 He left no note and friends and associates were at a loss to explain his action Neither of your "reasons" are valid or truthful He had a successful movie and TV career but he was a perfectionist who always wanted better scripts He did two other TV series "Gidget" and "Love on a Rooftop" Your dad has Duel confused with actor James Stacy who lost an arm and a leg in a 1973 motorcycle accident but who returned to acting many original designs they have collaborated on The federation is also offering an print of the of 500 signed in an edition panel copies This print like the dozens prepared by the federation over the years raises money to promote United Nations activities Each print is $70 postpaid from the World Federation of United Nations Associations Room DC1- 1177 United Nations NY 10017 The United Nations Postal Administration has also reorganized its marketing focusing on a new booklet that publication a describes new stamps and older ones that can still be bought by mail at face value The booklet to be published every two months is available free Box 5900 from the UNPA Grand Central Station New York 3"Death Becomes Her'' 4"Raising Cain" 5"Mo' Money" (Columbia In Star) 6"A League of Their Own" (Columbia TriStar) 7"Housesitter" 6"Boomerang" (Paramount) 9"Patriot Games" (Paramount) 10"Honey Blew Up the Kid" (Disney) 11"A Stranger Among Us" (Hollywood) concept I tli IMMO ' ' I "Single White Female" (Columbia TriStar) 2 "Unlawful Entry" (Fox) he says of "The Simpsons" Chicago A Duel 30 illogib 1 V h - s‘' read that the star Pete Duel committed suicide because they didn't renew his contract My dad says he lost a leg in a motorcycle accident and then shot himself Give me the real story and some background on him — TLM i Get 1 Free or 2 Free When Buy I : - SANDWICH I I1 Ii - Serimite: V & SWISS 1I i1 k I SLICED SIRLOIN 00 1I i1 - 4 ''' Andy Griffith as "Matlock" 7 SINCE 1063 'a 1 ' 4 1 : 1 (ii 'i 1 1 1t 4'4111" tir - abilic:5 ' - tit ' - tI t i I c' 4 -1- --ii (' t 0 New stamps for collectors New York Times News Service Continuing its emphasis on social issues the United Nations has released a set of six stamps on the i ! Q Is Cynthia Geary "Rich Girl" "Dangerous Curves" the Love of Mike" She and" was in this season's TV movie "To Grandmother's House We Go" on ABC She's single Q I've seen Joey Lawrence on "Blossom" and I hear he has an album coming out Tell me about him and where I can write him — Somedale NJ A Lawrence was born in Montgomery Pa and he'll be 17 on April 20 He's been a guy since he was a toddler and in TV since he was 5 A singing appearance on the "Tonight" show landed him an NBC contract and appearances on "Diff'rent Strokes" and a regular job on "Gimme A Break" He still does commercials recorded a Romper Room Album and his first pop album was released last fall Write: Touchstone Television 500 S Buena Vista Blvd Burbank Calif i offci: VIDEOCASSETTE RENTALS: ‘ -- 1 t )1 - i I t - - ' ' ' - - - - - - |