Showbuzz
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Tuesday, July 21, 1998 3:40:20 PM
Today's buzz stories:
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Baldwin
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LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Actor Alec Baldwin mouthed a "thank you" to jurors Monday after they ruled that both he and a celebrity photographer were negligent in a 1995 scuffle. The jury awarded $4,500 to photographer Alan Zanger, but could not place a value on Baldwin's claim that Zanger had invaded the actor's privacy. The incident occurred as Baldwin and wife Kim Basinger were bringing their 3-day-old daughter home from the hospital. Baldwin was found not guilty last year on criminal assault charges.
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Damon
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- "Good Will Hunting" star Matt Damon called young actors "morons" in a newly uncovered magazine interview he did four years ago. "They were a model last week, and they're an actor this week," he said, calling Hollywood's brood of young stars "actors by default." The interview will be published in the August 4 issue of Gear magazine. It was conducted by Jeff Gremillion, then a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism student working on a class assignment. His requests for a follow-up interview with Damon have gone unanswered.
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Johnson
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Comic Tommy Davidson, an original cast member of Fox's "In Living Color," is joining Magic Johnson's "The Magic Hour" as the retired basketball great's new sidekick. Davidson replaces Craig Shoemaker, who was fired after he said the show was an embarrassment and "an absolute nightmare." "The Magic Hour," also a Fox production, is struggling with both ratings and the critics.
PASADENA, California (CNN) -- Former model Angie Harmon, who has been a private detective on "Baywatch Nights" and an FBI agent on "C-16," steps into the courtroom as an assistant district attorney on NBC's "Law & Order" this fall. Harmon's character, Abbie Carmichael, is a Texan who rose through the ranks prosecuting drug dealers, and expects to clash with lead character Jack McCoy, played by Sam Waterston.
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The Temptations
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DETROIT (CNN) -- The Motor City is moving east. In an upcoming made-for-television miniseries about the singing group The Temptations, Pittsburgh will double as Detroit, home of the Motown sound. "Detroit no longer looks like itself, unfortunately," said Suzanne de Passe, the series executive producer and a former top Motown official. "Pittsburgh looks like Detroit used to look." The series is scheduled to air in November. Filming begins in two weeks.
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