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<title>
Feb. 07, 1994: People
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
Feb. 07, 1994 Lock 'Em Up And Throw Away The Key
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
PEOPLE, Page 75
By Ginia Bellafante
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<body>
<p>I Want My Johnny Mercer
</p>
<p> Without covering a single Eddie Vedder number, without once
singing such lyrics as "I'll take all the blame/Aqua seafoam
shame," 67-year-old crooner TONY BENNETT has become a decidedly
hep alternative-rock act. Bennett has been winning fans among
the flannels-and-nose-ring set ever since he served as a presenter
at last year's mtv Video Music Awards, and he recently appeared
at a concert in L.A. alongside Belly and Bad Religion. Now Bennett
is about to get his very own mtv Unplugged special. "It's funny,"
he says, "because I've always been unplugged."
</p>
<p>SEEN & HEARD
</p>
<p> It is a role begging for, say, Brad Pitt, and yet it's being
written for Whoopi Goldberg. Screenwriter Budd Schulberg, currently
updating his script for the 1957 film A Face in the Crowd, is
re-tailoring the lead role for Ted Danson's zany ex. In the
original movie, Andy Griffith plays a hick turned TV demagogue
overnight.
</p>
<p> The latest celebrity to enter the Betty Ford clinic: Hall of
Fame baseball player--and Hall of Fame carouser--Mickey
Mantle. A statement issued by his manager said Mantle, 62, was
receiving treatment for "a 43-year battle with alcohol abuse."
</p>
<p> Once upon a time, many, many tabloid scandals ago, Burt Reynolds
and Loni Anderson embarked on a vituperative divorce. There's
a happy ending, though. The two have agreed to a settlement
in which the Barbie-ish Mrs. will reportedly receive $2 million
and a vacation house.
</p>
<p>Make Way for Madeleine
</p>
<p> Although she was blessed with beauty and the good luck that
got her discovered as she passed out leaflets in a theater,
MADELEINE STOWE did not instantly become a star, a la Julia
Roberts. But after more than 10 movies, Stowe is finding fame,
and she doesn't view the wait with bitterness. "I was really
a very bad actress for very many years," she says. Acclaimed
for her work in Short Cuts, Stowe is now starring in Blink,
and will appear this spring in the western Bad Girls. And like
all real stars, she has bought a ranch.
</p>
<p>Stiff Upper Lip
</p>
<p> It took an attack by an Australian angry about his country's
treatment of Cambodian boat people to transform PRINCE CHARLES
in the eyes of his people from a dithering cad into an unflappable
semihero. Greeting 10,000 Australia Day celebrators in Sydney,
the prince--whose favorable rating in British polls recently
sank to 17%--remained imperturbable when a student leaped
from the crowd, aimed a gun at him and fired two blanks. The
assailant was immediately seized by the police. The day after
the event, Britain's cruel and unforgiving press universally
praised Charles for his sangfroid. The shooting incident "may
have done more for the prince's reputation than a legion of
public relations staff," said the Independent Television News.
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