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What is the best perk of fame for Liv Tyler? "Having free things sent to your hotel allthe time,'' says the actress, currently starring as Ben Affleck's love interest in Jersey Girl. "Although it's actually quite dangerous because you get so used to it.'' In fact that's just what the 26-year-old actress leaened after this year's Academy Awards, whwre she was a presenter. "The week of the Oscars there were two or three huge bags and baskets of free clothes every day,'' says Tyler. "I was sending stuff to my mom and my girlfriends. I was so excited. Then, the day after the Oscars, nothing. Again.''
Rumor Has it
Although Angelina Jolie didn't have a date for the Oscars, surely she had no shortage of volunteers. In fact, hasn't the actress been seeing Colin Farrell, her costar in the upcoming epic Alexander? "No! We became great friends,'' says jolie, 28, now costarring in the thriller Taking Lives. "The thing about rumors is that you're on a set with Val Kilmer and me and Colin, and we all looked around thinking, 'Well, which [of us] is going to get attacked with rumors?' '' As for keeping up with the gossip columns, she says, "I tend not to read the papers and I don't watch those TV shows-although I heard I was with Jared Leto and I thought, Where did that come from?"
No Fall from Grace
As the pregnant Debra Messing moved closer to her spring due date, shooting Will & Grace is becoming more challenging. "We are running out of ways to hide Debra's stomach,'' reports her costar Eric McCormack, 40. "At first the refrigerator door was good enough, but now we have to have trucks drive through scenes.'' The actress, known for her physical comedy, also falls down less. "Instead of being funny, clumsy, silly Grace,'' MsCormack says, ''she is now just lazy Grace.''
UPDATE
On March 4 a ordered Diana Ross, 60, to return to Arizona to spend another two days in jail for a drunk-driving conviction (People, Feb. 23,2004). Last month Ross served a two-day sentence near her Greenwich,Conn., home. But because the singer reportedly left and returned several times during her jail stay, she did not satisfy Arizona law, which requires her to be incarcerated for at least 24 consecutive hours. A lawyer for ross says his client served her time. An upcoming hearing will determine Ross's fate..... On March 8 a California federal judge threw out a lawsuit against TV's Bechelor Bob Guiney, 32. In December the producers of the Bachelor sought 10 million, claiming that Guiney had broken his contract and hurt the ABC show by releasing and promoting his own CD (People, Jan. 12, 2004). "Bob is thrilled." said his lawyer.
BIRTHS
"Elf star and Saterday"
Night Live alum will fer-rell, 36 and his wife, Viveca
Paulin, 36, welcomed son Magnus March 7 in L.A. It's
the first child for the couple, who wed in 2000....
Comedic actor John Henton (The Hughleys). 44, and
his girlfriend Michele Delaney, 26, had a daughter,
Nicole Simone, March 8 in Orlando. She is the couple's
first child.
Night Live alum will fer-rell, 36 and his wife, Viveca
Paulin, 36, welcomed son Magnus March 7 in L.A. It's
the first child for the couple, who wed in 2000....
Comedic actor John Henton (The Hughleys). 44, and
his girlfriend Michele Delaney, 26, had a daughter,
Nicole Simone, March 8 in Orlando. She is the couple's
first child.
DEATHS
R&B singer Gene Allison, 69, whose Top 20 hits in the 1950s and ' 60s included ' You Can Make It If You Try" - which the Rolling Stones later recorded on their 1964 debut albumdied of liver and kidney failure Feb. 28 in Nashville.
...Chuck "Be-Bop Charlie" Niles, 76, whose velvety baritone made him one of the most recognizable jazz-radio announccers in the country-and the only one to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Famedied of complications form a stroke March 15 in Santa Monica.
...Chuck "Be-Bop Charlie" Niles, 76, whose velvety baritone made him one of the most recognizable jazz-radio announccers in the country-and the only one to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Famedied of complications form a stroke March 15 in Santa Monica.
RECUPERATING
Actress Brooke Adams, 55, had an emergency appen-dectomy March 14 in Waterville, Maine, Adams was in town to promote her film, Made-UP, which is directed by her husband, Tony Shalhoub,
50, star of the TV show Monk, Adams is expected to make a full recovery.
50, star of the TV show Monk, Adams is expected to make a full recovery.
I DO!
Passions ster Liza Huber, 29, the daughter of All my children's Susan Lucci, wed Alex Hesterberg,
28, a computer- software producer, March 13 in garden City, NY. The couple met in first grade, lost
touch after high school and eventually reconnected two years ago at a concert in Manhattan.
28, a computer- software producer, March 13 in garden City, NY. The couple met in first grade, lost
touch after high school and eventually reconnected two years ago at a concert in Manhattan.
Chiffon Odd
Ever wonder what happens to Vanna White's Wheel of Fortune outfits? Well, one of them wound up on a prostitute. "The night of my first trick, I wore her Christmas dress from the '80s,'' says Jamie-Lynn DiScala, 22, who portrays Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss in Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi FLeiss, airing March 29 on USA. "I don't know where the costume designer found it, but it's an authentic Vanna White dress. It came with a certificate and a picture of her in it. It was a bright red chiffon gown with a sweetheart neckline and [off-the-shoulder] sleeves. It was really fitted, with a slit in the front. It was so cheesy it was awesome.'' Did she keep it? "Noooo!" DiScala says with a laugh. "I don't know where I'd wear that except around the house or on Halloween.''
EXPECTING
Actress Monica Bellucci, 35, who plays mary
Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ, and
her husband of five years, French actor
Vincent Cassel Cassel (Irreversible), 37, are
expecting their first baby in September.
Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ, and
her husband of five years, French actor
Vincent Cassel Cassel (Irreversible), 37, are
expecting their first baby in September.