January 5, 1999

A STARR IN HIS OWN RIGHT

MAYBE someone laughed when Ringo Starr first got up to play on his own, but it's the former Beatle who has been chuckling ever since. To mark the 10th anniversary...

BET BABS IN VEGAS FOR 2000

THE many fans of Barbra Streisand who were counting on seeing her perform at Madison Square Garden on Millennium Eve had better start packing their bags for a trip to...

A 'MADNESS' AT STALLONE

NEWLY knighted British actor Nigel Hawthorne is feeling goodwill to all men right now - except Sylvester Stallone, whom he describes as ''rude and arrogant.'' I don't know what Sly...

A SAD SIGN OF THE TIMES

IN the days when sports stars were paid peanuts, there was justification for autograph-signing fairs attended by leading baseball figures. Now, though, swapping a signature for a few bucks seems...

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEYMAN

WITH his critically panned ''Patch Adams'' topping the box-office returns for the second week, Robin Williams can take the risk of being mawkish. He's now gearing up to play quadriplegic...

CALL HIM PRINCE SWILLS

THE Fleet Street rags have been getting all toffee-nosed over a holiday party at Windsor Castle where young Princes William and Harry allegedly got the key to the liquor cabinet...

JORDAN HOPES FOR A SHOT

WHILE Michael Jordan has been occupying a (probably comped) $10,000-a-day site at the Atlantis casino in the Bahamas, his thoughts have been with his fellow NBA millionaires in the lockout....

  翻译: