ONE of Hollywood's biggest stars, Michelle Pfeiffer, plays a raw TV reporter in her latest film, Up Close and Personal, which opens in the US today. Pfeiffer co stars with Robert Redford and he gets to massage her feet, which beats washing cars for a living.
She is taken under the wing of a network veteran played by Redford, who falls in love and becomes a star despite personal doubts and tragedy. The bigger a star she becomes, the more his career is in danger. The audience is advised to bring handkerchiefs.
King Hassan of Morocco marks 35 years on the throne of one of the world's oldest monarchies on Sunday. There is no challenger in sight and his enormous political powers are intact, despite signs of frailty. The 66 year old king collapsed with bronchial pneumonia in New York last October. Visitors who saw him recently said he looked frail and thin. Photographs of the king hunting last week showed him leaning on a stick.
Holy mystery! Someone has bought the Batmobile and nobody knows who. The futuristic car from the 1989 Batman film was sold to an anonymous fan who phoned in the winning bid of $189,500 at a recent auction of Hollywood memorabilia in Los Angeles.
Manchester City chairman Francis Lee has spoken out in an attempt to head off a potential dispute with club sponsors Brother following reports that rock giants Oasis have lined up a deal to have their name on the team's shirts.
Oasis front men Liam and Noel Gallagher are staunch City supporters. Lee said Oasis would help the club with merchandising, but there was "no way" the group would be involved in shirt sponsorship.