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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1996
Page
14
Alicia Silverstone, 19, says she wants the good life with marriage and animals, praising her work on a film but preferring distance from the Hollywood scene. She calls Hollywood cold and dry though the people smile, and she avoids industry friends.
Los Angeles based activist shares Bond leads the Society of Kind Understanding for Not Killing Skunks a volunteer group that rehabilitates orphaned skunk kittens until six months old vaccines them then returns them to the wild. She wrote Stinky Business a primer on skunks detailing their anatomy and behavior.
In Glens Falls New York an 800 Sears Roebuck line was misprinted in a local phone book leading callers to a steamy phone sex service. A company spokesman blamed an AnyNex clerk for the mistyped digits and noted possible replublishing of the directory.
Ben Stiller responds to harsh reviews for The Cable Guy admitting he was sick during opening weekend but proud of the film. He notes later box office may turn into profit after TV and overseas runs while detailing personal life changes.
Kevin Costner learned golf for his Tin Cup role and stars as a driving range pro who earns a shot at the US Open. A group of pro golfers and celebrities joined him for a special screening in Louisville during PGA Championship week.
A French family on a 63-foot yacht caught fire near Capri and found help from Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman aboard their 210-foot Talita. Coast Guard rescued the family after about 30 minutes on the yacht. Cruise previously assisted a 22-year-old woman in Santa Monica and a boy in London in separate incidents.
Danny DeVito directs and stars in Matilda the Musical adaptation guiding 20 young actors. He explains the need to separate work from play and set clear rules, reflecting fatherly guidance learned from experience.
James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, in a BMW 23 convertible, has been pulled over four times in Wallace Idaho but avoided tickets. Local officers question how he escaped penalties, with Lt. Spike Angle admitting no radar was available on the occasions.
Adrian Lyne faces delays in finding a U S distributor for his Lolita remake based on Nabokov novel and stars Jeremy Irons with a 14 year old actress. He defends the project amid controversy and the film’s targeting by censors and the ratings board.
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