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Showbuzz
May 1, 1998
Web posted at: 5:12 p.m. EDT (1712 GMT)Today's buzz stories:
- Gibson says goodbye to 'Good Morning'
- Lego soon to snap into 'Star Wars' figures
- Not everyone's upset to see 'Seinfeld' go
- Eastwood gets old flame to commit to 'True Crimes'
- Mirror, mirror: MacPherson wealthiest supermodel, magazine claims
Lego soon to snap into 'Star Wars' figures
HARTFORD, Connecticut (CNN) -- Lego, the maker of those popular plastic snap toys, announced Thursday that it has entered a deal with Lucasfilm Ltd. to make and sell construction toys based on the original "Star Wars" trilogy, as well as three new "Star Wars" movies to be released over the next decade. The new Lego toys will allow kids to create characters from the hugely popular movie series, including Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. Financial terms were not disclosed, but one toy industry analyst calls it an "automatic sell" for Lego.
"Seinfeld" Not everyone's upset to see 'Seinfeld' go
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The final "Seinfeld" will air in a little less than two weeks, and some people can't wait. It seems there's a growing number of outspoken "Seinfeld"-haters -- some of whom hold highly-visible media positions in the entertainment industry. Columnists for both the New York Observer and the Washington Post regularly rail against "Seinfeld." Even the comic strip "Doonesbury" featured a strip on Thursday that claimed the premise of the sitcom -- four aging New Yorkers who struggle to keep their lives in order -- was a woefully outdated spark for comedy.
Eastwood Eastwood gets old flame to commit to 'True Crimes'
HOLLYWOOD (CNN) -- Clint Eastwood's new movie-in-development, "True Crimes," has added a co-star: Eastwood's ex-girlfriend, Frances Fisher. The actress has signed on to join the Eastwood-directed flick, sources say. She'll play a circuit court attorney in the picture. Eastwood, along with his directing duties, plays a reporter who has 24 hours to save an innocent man on death row. Eastwood and Fisher were romantically involved for over six years and have a daughter together.
Mirror, mirror: MacPherson wealthiest supermodel, magazine claims
HOLLYWOOD (CNN) -- Who is the richest of them all? Elle MacPherson can now lay claim as the wealthiest supermodel on the planet. According to reports out of Hollywood, a British business magazine says MacPherson, who just had a baby, has a net worth of about $38 million. That unseats supermodel Cindy Crawford, whose net worth, according to the magazine, is estimated to have dropped to $36 million.
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