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Friday, November 13, 1998 4:50:22 PM EST
Today's buzz stories:
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The Rolling Stones
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HARTFORD, Connecticut (CNN) -- What a difference 17 years makes. The Rolling Stones will play a concert in Hartford, Connecticut, on March 28, their first concert in the city since 1981, promoters said. Tickets for the event, part of the band's "No Security" tour, are being priced by ticket agencies at $600. When the Stones last played in Hartford, tickets went for $15.
The band's publicists have said average ticket prices for the 1999 tour will be $75. Other stops in the tour will be announced November 16. The Stones charged $300 for the best seats last January, when they played New York's Madison Square Garden. Three sellout shows there grossed nearly $6.4 million.
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Sinatra
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HEMPSTEAD, New York (CNN) -- Frank Sinatra's life is apparently worthy of study by academic elite. "Frank Sinatra: The Man, The Music, The Legend," a three-day conference at Hofstra University, is billed as the first academic conference dedicated to the entertainer, who died this year. The Sinatra symposium includes 43 panels and 80 discussion groups with names like "Frank Sinatra and the Politics of Cool," "Sinatra, Gender and Masculinity," and "Prophet, Padrone, Postmodern Prometheus: Moral Images of Sinatra in Contemporary Culture." The conference, which runs from Thursday to Saturday, is expected to attract 2,000 people.
Do Sinatra fans think it strange that their hero -- who died in May at age 82 -- is now the focus of academic examination? "At first, I thought it was incongruous," admitted Harold Terens, a computer software manufacturer from nearby Hewlett. "I looked on the stage and I saw (Hofstra President) James Shuart sitting next to Vic Damone and it just didn't seem right." Nonetheless, "I think Frank Sinatra would have loved it," he said.
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Bolton
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WESTPORT, Connecticut (CNN) -- Michael Bolton has been rejected by Westport's Historic District Commission. The singer had asked the commission for permission to build a garden where an 1873 farmhouse now stands. Bolton says the structure is an eyesore and wanted it removed to improve the view from his home. But the commission voted 5-0 against the proposal. Chairwoman Susan Gunn said Wednesday that if the commission had allowed the demolition, it would have been difficult to prevent other homeowners from demolishing historic properties.
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Carey
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York state Supreme Court judge has ruled that a limo company has no right to sue singer Mariah Carey. Showcase Limousine Inc. worked for Carey from 1993 until it was fired last year. The lawsuit sought $1.54 million, alleging breach of contract and fraud. It claims she owed a $40,000 bill. But the judge threw out the lawsuit because the limo company wasn't licensed in New York. Showcase lawyer Terrence Scheurer said he planned to try to reinstate the case or to appeal.
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Milano
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Aaron Spelling didn't need to cast a spell on Alyssa Milano to get her to star in the WB show "Charmed." Milano, 25 and fresh from a yearlong stint on Spelling's steamy "Melrose Place," remembers getting his phone call about the new show. "It was like getting called to the principal's office," Milano says in December's Cosmopolitan. "I said, 'Send me the script.' That was on a Wednesday, and I started work the next Monday."
Now she's starring as one of three sisters who happen to be witches. Her siblings are Shannen Doherty ("Beverly Hills, 90210") and Holly Marie Combs ("Picket Fences"). Milano grew up on television, playing sweet kid Samantha Micelli
for eight years on "Who's the Boss." She played vixen Jennifer Mancini on "Melrose."
Reuters contributed to this report.
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