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THE BANNERGRAPHtC October 5,1990

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People in the news Roseanne files $35 million suit LOS ANGELES (AP) Actress Roseanne Barr and her husband have filed a $35 million federal racketeering lawsuit against the National Enquirer and Star tabloids over their publication of her love letters. The suit was filed Thursday under federal racketeering statutes charging copyright infringement, conspiracy, invasion of property and intentional infliction of emotional distress. THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT suit seeks $lO million compensatory damages and $25 million puni five damages from the National Enquirer, Star and the publications’ owner, News America Publishing Inc. Last week, Elizabeth Taylor filed a S2O million libel suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the National Enquirer for alleged false statements. But Miss Barr and husband Tom Arnold are seeking relief under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO. The racketeering activity, according to the suit, involves the Enquirer’s alleged “participation in a scheme to obtain the private papers and effects of celebrities by inducing and paying persons and entities to steal such information and transport it in interstate commerce.” THE COUPLE ALSO seek the return of Miss Barr’s “private, written letters and outpourings of love and affection to Arnold embodied in four writings ... purloined and-or published by defendants.” Excerpts of the letters were published in the Feb. 6, 1990, issue of the Enquirer and the Jan. 30,1990, edition of the Star, the suit said. Exhibits submitted with the suit included copies of a National Enquirer cover headline reading, “Roseanne Wedding Fiasco Plus Amazing Honeymoon Swimsuit Photos.” Enquirer editor lain Calder said from his Lantana, Fla., office that he hadn’t seen the suit so he couldn’t respond to specific allegations. “Any legal action against this publication under RICO is so ridiculous that it is clear this is just another pathetic publicity stunt by Roseanne,” Calder said. “She is trashing the National Enquirer, but we are in good company. A few weeks ago she was trashing the national anthem.” LAS VEGAS (AP) Phyllis McGuire of the McGuire Sisters says there’s something about diamonds that make you smile. McGuire, 59, who says her jewelry collection is one of the largest in the nation, put part of it on display Wednesday for the first time at a jewelry store near the strip, as a favor for friend and shop owner Wayne Christensen. “No two stones are alike,” said McGuire, pointing to a canary yellow 42-carat diamond ring she was wearing and one in a display case. “Each have their own personality.” McGuire, who keeps expensive pieces in Las Vegas and New York bank vaults, declined to reveal their value, saying only that it was “in the millions.” She and sisters Christine and Dorothy amassed a slew of gold records in the 1950 s and ’6os as one of America’s hottest trios before splitting up in 1968. They returned to the stage five years ago. McGuire also is known for her relationship with mobster Sam Giancana, who was slain gangland style in Chicago. She says she’s writing a book about their time together.

CBS changes lineup in a ‘Flash’

NEW YORK (AP) “The Flash,” CBS’ superhero action show, has sprinted away from a Thursday night ratings battle with “The Simpsons” and “The Cosby Show.” Beginning on Oct. 25, the Scarlet Speedster will start a half hour later, (8:30 p.m. EDT Thursdays) leaving the animated Simpsons of Fox Broadcasting Co. to do battle with Cosby’s NBC sitcom, CBS announced Thursday. ABC, NBC, and Fox executives said Thursday there were no changes to be announced in their respective schedules. “IN ITS TWO OUTINGS, The Rash’ has created tremendous excitement for younger viewers,” said Peter Tortorici, CBS’ senior vice president of program planning. “By moving to 8:30 we feel that an even larger number of those viewers will have a chance to see it.” In addition, CBS said the environmental action show “E.A.R.T.H. Force” has been placed on hiatus and “Lenny” has been put on indefinite hold. “E.A.R.T.H. Force” was an eco-failure in the ratings and with critics, who complained that it was underwritten, overacted and that the capital letters and periods in the show’s title were too difficult to type. It finished 85th in last week’s A.C. Nielsen Co. ratings, and its last broadcast was Sept. 29.

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KEVIN NEALON Monkey business

NEW YORK (AP) “Saturday Night Live” regular Kevin Nealon took custody of three monkeys abandoned by a Soviet circus that went bankrupt during a U.S. tour. Nealon said Wednesday the Bim Bom circus left the monkeys behind because of “behavioral problems.” “They looked like there was no fight left in them. They looked angry and upset and helpless. It made you want to cry,” said Nealon’s wife, Linda. The couple, who took custody of the monkeys on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said they hoped to return them to the wild, where they would not be subjected to trainers’ discipline. NEW YORK (AP) —Actress Jaclyn Smith says television has treated her better than the silver screen. “I’ve been offered Hollywood parts, but they were as an ‘armpiece’ or decoration. Or there was nudity,” the ex-Charlie’s Angel says in this Sunday’s Parade magazine. “And they were just not as good as the parts I get in television.” Smith, 42, admits she’s happy working in TV, although Broadway could lure her from the tube. “Broadway ... now that would be something else. I’d love to do a stage musical,” she said Smith, who has appeared in several television movies and miniseries, stars in the NBC movie, “Danielle Steel’s Kaleidoscope,” later this month. NEW YORK (AP) Rapper Will Smith, better known as The Fresh Prince, says he may have grown up too fast. “I started my music career at 16, moved out of the house when I was 18 got my own house, had a car and was worrying about having my taxes done when other kids were going to the prom,” Smith said. Smith, 22, who now stars in NBC’s “Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” said in this Sunday’s Parade magazine he’s now making up for his lost teen years. “It would have been nice to have a few more years just hanging out. So I’m indulging my young tendencies now,” he said. “I just bought my Nintendo yesterday, and I have it set up in the living room.” • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Gene Autry, owner of the California Angels since the baseball team’s founding in 1961, has passed on the duties of club president so he can devote more time to his Western Heritage Museum in Los Angeles. Autry, who turned 83 last Saturday, said the move represents a withdrawal from the daily demands of the team’s affairs. “It just got to be too much for me,” the former movie cowboy said at an Anaheim Stadium news conference.

“LENNY,” WHICH STARS Lenny Clarke, will return to the schedule in a time period soon to be announced, CBS said. It ranked 78th last week, and its last episode aired Wednesday at 8 p.m. EDT. “We are anxious to see it back on our schedule in a time period where more viewers will be available to enjoy it,” Tortorici said. Moving “The Rash” to 8:30 makes it one of the few hourlong TV shows ever to start on the half-hour. “Top Cops,” the reality-based police drama, will oppose “Cosby” and “The Simpsons,” and CBS’ sitcom “Doctor, Doctor” will move in from Wednesday nights to follow “The Rash.” On Oct. 24, CBS News’ “48 Hours” will move from Saturday nights into the vacancy left by “Lenny” and “Doctor, Doctor,” the network said. CBS ALSO SAID THE OcL 25 premiere of “Sons and Daughters,” a multi-generational family drama, would be delayed “until a laier date.” “Wiseguy,” starring Steven Bauer, will return to the CBS schedule on Nov. 17 with a two-hour season premiere before moving to its 10 p.m. EST time slot, CBS said. CBS also announced that “Broken Badges,” a police show about a unit composed of psychologically and emotionally troubled officers, will begin with a two-hour special Nov. 24 before moving to its regular Saturday night slot

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