Newlyweds Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly may finally get a honeymoon. The two, wed in Malibu on Sept. 23, were at first unable to go away together because he was shooting Liar, Liar. But with the movie just wrapping, Carrey can now head to London, where I hear he'll record the John Lennon song I Am The Walrus for an album Beatles producer George Martin is putting together of famous folk warbling Beatles tunes. A source says the Carreys will "begin their honeymoon in Europe" and then "do something tropical." ...
Speaking of Lennon, a 1969 track of him singing Carl Perkins's Blue Suede Shoes is part of a new Perkins duets album, Go Cat Go, out this month on Dinosaur Records. Others taking part include Paul Simon, Bono, Tom Petty and ex-Beatles Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Perkins had wanted to start off the album with a 1955 audio track of Elvis Presley in the Sun Records studio in Memphis, saying, "Carl Perkins, what are we going to do with you, boy?" but couldn't get permission from the Presley estate. Perkins even called Priscilla Presley to persuade her to let him use the few seconds of Elvis, but she refused....
In a continuing effort to rehabilitate her image, Sarah Ferguson will have an off-the-record lunch with American journalists in New York City this week. Fergie is hoping to charm these reporters into going easier on her in print. In London, the Fergie-bashing has gotten so bad that one tabloid, The Sun, ran a poll asking, "Who would you rather date—Fergie or a goat?" (The goat won by a 7-to-l margin.) Not that Fergie's letting it get her down. She met recently with Revlon owner Ron Perelman to discuss developing a fragrance with her name on it. Although Perelman declined to make a deal, Fergie has begun pushing her perfume idea with other companies....
The search goes on at NBC to find a host to replace Greg Kinnear on Later. (He has left to pursue a movie career.) An NBC source says the network is "very interested in finding an ethnic voice or a woman." Or better still, perhaps, a host who's both....
Births among unmarried women may be dropping—no thanks to the Stallones. Here's why: In May 1995, a boy, Robert, was born to actor Frank Stallone, mid-40s, and his then girlfriend. This Aug. 27, his brother Sylvester, 50, and his fiancée, Jennifer Flavin, 28, celebrated the arrival of their daughter Sophia Rose. Now Sly's father, Frank Stallone Sr., late 70s, and his longtime girlfriend are expecting a boy next month. Frank Jr. says a new little bro "will be neat."
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