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: Tue, 17 Nov 92 15:07:56 EST Message-ID: \SE E;LIFE;MERRIE-GO-ROUND \BY Merrie Morris \CR THE WASHINGTON TIMES X MARKS THE SPOT: Washington gets its first peek at Spike Lee's "Malcolm X," opening tomorrow, at a benefit screening for the Duke Ellington School for the Arts tonight. Al Freeman Jr., who plays Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad , receives the red-carpet treatment with a fancy supper party at the home of arts patron Peggy Cooper Cafritz before the screening at the school. (Peggy was instrumental in getting the school started 14 years ago.) But don't count on the D.C. Council turning out in force - Chairman John Wilson is having a little soiree of his own at his house tonight. FLY BOYS: When a Concorde engine overheated recently and the plane made an emergency return to New York, passenger George Harrison kept tempers cool with an impromptu concert. In the audience: Norman Schwarzkopf. FILMING THE FUNNIES: John Hughes, writer-producer of "Home Alone," plans to start making a live-action comedy based on Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" as soon as he finishes giving the same treatment to "Dennis the Menace." A FISH CALLED HENRY: In politically correct Hollywood, even fish get union scales - as indicated by the disclaimer at the end of "A River Runs Through It." The note says no animals were hurt during the making of the film. Henry, the rainbow trout "caught" during the film, suffered only minimally for the sake of his art. With representatives from the Humane Society on the set, he spent no more than 10 seconds out of water at a time. Henry also got special meals and a carefully regulated supply of oxygen in his water. Humane Society reps also supervised the set on "Of Mice and Men" to make sure the mice and rabbits fared well. And they did, although two animal actors were required to play dead. No word on whether the rodent-thespians rated gourmet meals, though. SHEPHERD'S FLOCK: Cybill Shepherd, who's taken part in plenty of protests, got a different perspective Sunday. About 50 animal-rights activists, including "Roseanne" star Sara Gilbert, demonstrated outside the blonde star's Los Angeles house to protest her work as L'Oreal's pitchwoman. Marchers, organized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, say the cosmetics giant tortures animals when testing. THE LOBBY EXIT: Maybe New Hampshire Sen. Warren Rudman should have a chat with President Bush, to assure him not all lawyers are power-grubbers. The retiring Republican senator, best known for his work on the Gramm-Rudman deficit-cutting act, has said he'll steer clear of lobbying and so has joined up with the local firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. "I knew they would never ask me to do anything I didn't want to do," he explains. He also expects to spend a "good chunk" of time working for free for the Concord Coalition, a deficit-fighting group he set up with former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas. 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