Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.life From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 14:59:57 EST Message-ID: \SE D;LIFE;MERRIE-GO-ROUND \BY Merrie Morris \CR THE WASHINGTON TIMES HOLLYWOOD HILL: Model Iman and rocker husband David Bowie are making the rounds on Capitol Hill today with Republican Sen. Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas and Democratic Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois. They're here for the press showing of the BBC's documentory on Iman's visit to her starvation-wracked homeland of Somalia. ROCKIN' THE VOTE: The only thing happening around Washington last Tuesday, except the election of course, was the Def Leppard concert at the Capital Centre. And the big event was not forgotten at that heavy metal show - results were announced about 10:30 p.m. But when band members conducted their own poll of how the crowd had voted, it went like this: George Bush? Some cheers. Bill Clinton? Some cheers. Ross Perot? Wild cheers. Audience polling also was big Wednesday night at Baltimore's Hammerjacks club, where the bill featured the Soup Dragons, James and the Loft. How many had voted? Lots of cheers. How many had voted for the winner? Some cheers - and a lot of boos. TNT, OZONE DON'T MIX: In town Thursday for the National Cable Television Association convention, the first such meeting since Congress passed the cable regulation bill, a grumpy Ted Turner said he accepted the invite months ago, hoping to brief the group on how lobbyists had defeated the legislation. "Of course, I planned to come talk about how the Braves won the World Series," he quipped. In his remarks, Jane Fonda's husband also noted that the veep-elect was "one of the big wheels" behind passage of the hated cable bill. So when the NCTA gave Ted a book of Washington photographs in thanks, the cable titan joked that the gift was signed: " 'Good luck in '92 and '93 - Al Gore.' " CRAZY TIMES: Eddie Antar, "Crazy Eddie" to millions of New Yorkers who remember the former consumer electronics maven's "INSAAANE" TV ads, tried to kill himself in an Israeli jail, federal authorities said Saturday. Eddie, indicted for defrauding stockholders of $83 million, was discovered unconscious in his cell Thursday. He was treated for a sedative overdose, then returned to jail. U.S. officials want Crazy Eddie sent back here to stand trial. REACH OUT AND BID: For the stargazer with deep pockets, here's your chance to wear singer Phil Collins' yellow Versace blazer while working as an MTV intern. Or use Bob Hope's club for a round of golf with Gerald Ford or Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka. Two charities are burning up the phone lines this month with celebrity auctions. Project Overcoat, which benefits children's AIDS programs, is selling off celebrity wearables, including Kevin Costner's jacket from his upcoming flick "My Bodyguard" and a production jacket from "Far and Away," autographed by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The 800 lines are open through Nov. 19. Which happens to be the day First AID opens its 900 lines for a more action-inclined auction. Bidding details and a list of offerings - including dance lessons with Gregory Hines or a game of one-on-one with Chicago Bull John Paxson - will be published in that day's USA Today. Proceeds go to the National Association of People with AIDS. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM