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Newspaper
Mesa Tribune
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1994
Page
2
In a bid to settle name mix ups, entrepreneur Rubin aged 46 offers peace advocate Rubin aged 50 a job selling a health drink. The unusual collaboration centers on clarifying identities and potential business ties between the two men.
Taylor Elizabeth Taylor will undergo hip replacement surgery for arthritis in her left hip. Publicist Chen Sam said the date and location are not disclosed and recovery could take a year or two. She plans to attend the Jackson Family Honors ceremony in Las Vegas.
Actress Carrie Fisher was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with pneumonia. Spokesman Ron Wise said she is undergoing respiratory therapy and will be kept for a few days. Fisher, 37, is known for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars and for the novel Postcards From the Edge.
In court on Wednesday Bette Midler said her film For The Boys has no relation to Martha Raye life. She noted both entertainers performed during wartime but stressed no resemblance beyond that. Raye sues Midler and 20th Century Fox over the film.
On February 18 many historic milestones are noted. Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president in 1861 in Montgomery and other items include Luther and Michelangelo deaths, Twain novel publication, Pluto’s discovery, 3-D film era start, and the 1960 Winter Olympics opening by Vice President Nixon.
Tim Robbins and Meg Ryan will team for Paramount in the romantic comedy I.Q. set in Princeton New Jersey. The film centers on Albert Einstein fixing up his niece with a Princeton University security guard portrayed by Robbins. Both actors are known for prior collaborations and classic romantic comedies.
Tom Wolfe told the New York Observer he is reasonably close to completing his next novel. He regrets not finishing it 18 months ago. His last book Bonfire of the Vanities appeared seven years ago. The Associated Press and the San Francisco Chronicle contributed to this report.
The Wednesday Arizona Lotto drew six numbers and produced a $7.9 million jackpot winner. Five numbers matched by 127 tickets for $1,116, four numbers by 5,661 tickets for $53, and three numbers by 89,263 tickets for $2. Winning numbers were 9 12 20 24 29 41.
Randy Shilts, a pioneering openly gay journalist and author of And the Band Played On, died at 42 in Guerneville, Sonoma County. He publicly announced AIDS in 1993 after testing HIV positive in 1985. His work raised global awareness of the epidemic and criticized government and medical neglect in its early years.
Rep. Joseph Kennedy II plans to attend the murder appeal hearing of Paul Hill in Belfast next week as a family member. Hill, once linked to Guildford Four convictions, has been free on bail while challenging the 1974 murder of Brian Shaw. His sister-in-law Mary Kennedy Hill is married to Hill, linking the Kennedy family to the case and to Ireland's diplomatic circle.
New York ABC plans a March 1 airing of Don't Ask Don't Tell featuring Roseanne Arnold kissing Mariel Hemingway in a gay bar. The scene, shot previously, includes a parental advisory and a misinterpreted kiss after Roseanne dances with Nancy played by Sandra Bernhard.
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