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Gore Rocks with the Best of 'Em

The walls are gonna shake, rattle and roll at Radio City Music Hall come September 14 when the Democratic National Committee hosts a rock concert for the ages.

Sheryl Crow, Macy Gray and Lenny Kravitz are a few of the headliners performing to help raise funds for the DNC and Vice President Gore's Presidential coffer.

Rolling Stone's founder and editor-in-chief, Jann Wenner, is sponsoring this musical extravaganza. Also crooning at this gala -- Bette Midler, Jon Bon Jovi, the Eagles, Crosby Stills, Nash and Jimmy Buffett.

The facade is still there, but Bob Hope's booth is gone forever--or is it!

The legendary Chasen's restaurant shut its doors in April 1995, but the front door is actually still there.

Located in Beverly Hills on Beverly Boulevard, Chasen's served up hobo steaks, creamed spinach and, yes, that famous chili to their just as famous clientele for almost 60 years. A demolition crew took over a few months ago, but lo and behold, the facade of the building remains to embrace it's new storefront -- Bristol Farms, an upscale "super market."

OK, now you are wondering - what's this about Bob Hope's booth?

Well, a couple of months ago, a local restaurateur bought up a bunch of Chasen's furnishings at an auction including six original booths christened with the name of the restaurant's regulars--Fred Astaire, Spencer Tracy, Bob Hope, Edward G. Robinson, Alice Faye and Pat O'Brien.

Now who is this mysterious restaurateur and where is all this Chasen memorabilia?

More next time.

Actors Helen Hunt and Hank Azaria are living in separate quarters now a days. The acting duo married in July 1999 after a long courtship.

Meanwhile, back in Manhattan, Woody Allen nabbed Hunt to star in his next film due to start filming in the Big Apple this September.

Sun Valley, Idaho will hold their first film festival October 26-29 in the city Opera House.

The festival will include new and classical cinema along with conferences, panel discussions, and the George C. Scott Lifetime Achievement Award.

West Wing and Raymond = Good Family Viewing

NBC's smash hit and multi-Emmy nominated West Wing won the Family Television award for Best Drama while Everyone Loves Raymond garnered the trophy for "most family friendly" comedy series.

The Writers Guild of America West revised credits for eight of their fellow blacklisted writers on 14 films released during 1951 and 1964, seven of which were written by the late Dalton Trumbo.

Orson Welles' classic 1942 film, The Magnificent Ambersons, is coming to the "small screen."

RKO is pairing with A&E cable network to produce a four-hour miniseries based on the Booth Tarkington novel. In 1942, studio executives at RKO cut 40 minutes out of Orson Welles' film about the plight of a fading American aristocracy set in the 18th century. The production company plans to use Welles' original script of as a guideline.

The telefilm stars Madeleine Stowe, Jennifer Tilly, Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Gretchen Mol. Shooting begins later this month in Dublin, Ireland.

The DVD version of The Matrix topped three million units sold making it the number one selling digitally formatted motion picture.

As the Democrats invade Hollywood, the Daily Variety reports few in tinsel town are protesting Al Gore's choice in a running mate. But they have good reason.

Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) has long been highly critical of the entertainment industry.

According to Daily Variety, Senator Lieberman told a Daily Variety reporter that, "Friends" should be relegated to latenight because of their raciness.

Lieberman brings with him a long laundry list of Hollywood do's and don'ts.

Dateline Hollywood will cover the Democratic National Convention and all the trimmings commencing Monday night at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

Things that go bump in the night are not limited to the big screen -- hits like The Blair Witch Project, The Sixth and What Lies Beneath take our breath away, but it doesn't compare to the REAL GHOSTS OF HOLLYWOOD.

Lloyd Nolan, 1902
Arlene Dahl, 1924
Mike Douglas, 1925
Anna Massey, 1937
Hulk Hogan, 1953
Eddie Garcia, 1969
August 12
Cecil B. DeMille, 1881
Dana Ivey, 19??
Leslie Dalton, 19??
Marsha Clark, 19??
Cantinflas, 1911
Jane Wyatt, 1912
Michael Kidd, 1919
Marjorie Reynolds, 1921
John Derek, 1926
Ralph Waite, 1927
Buck Owens, 1929
Porter Wagoner, 1932
George Hamilton, 1939
Jennifer Warren, 1941
August 13
Annie Oakley, 1860
Alfred Hitchcock, 1899
Alex Donnelley, 19??
Hank Cheyne, 19??
Jane Carr, 19??
Regis Toomey, 1902
Charles "Buddy" Rogers, 1904
Neville Brand, 1921
Pat Harrington, Jr., 1929
Danny Bonaduce, 1959
Dawnn Lewis, 1961

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