"Dreams come true on the Rosie O'Donnell Show," sighed Rosie O'Donnell after her dream guest Tom Cruise materialized in her Manhattan TV studio. "My Tommy," as Rosie called him, rewarded her devotion with roses, a bunch of kisses and a plug for his new film, Jerry Maguire.
Spin doctor Michael J. Fox traded tips with White House power player George Stephanopoulos at a Manhattan bash for Newsweek. "My mother calls me very, very often to complain that Michael J. Fox is copying my every mannerism on Spin City," George told New York City's Daily News.
Goldie Hawn, wrapped up in an Armani and Kurt Russell, rose to the occasion at a State Department gala for the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington. Hawn, who studied ballet as a girl, came to see ballerina Maria Tallchief, an honoree.
A day after her hubby Tom rapped with Rosie, Nicole Kidman (left) found plenty of fans of her own in New York City—including costar Barbara Hershey—at the premiere of her new period drama, The Portrait of a Lady. It opens wide on Jan. 17.
Alec Baldwin (left), Whoopi Goldberg and James Woods were in high spirits at a Manhattan party for their new film, Ghosts of Mississippi, a drama about the 30-year battle to convict the man who murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963. Mississippi flows into cinemas on Dec. 20.
Jack Nicholson's finally a star—the 2,077th, to be precise—on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. But even as Nicholson clowned for a crowd of 1,500 fans, his Joker of a son Raymond, 4 (right, with his mom, actress Rebecca Broussard), stole the show. Maybe it was just Raymond's personal take on Hail to the Chief, now that Dad's appearing as the President in the sci-fi spoof Mars Attacks!
Rob Morrow shouldered some advice from his movie mom Debbie Reynolds at the L.A. premiere of their comedy, Mother, due Dec. 25. Albert Brooks cowrote, directed and stars in the movie. (See Insider page 37.)
Scream stars Drew Barrymore (right) and Courteney Cox Arquette made a peace offering to Manhattan's Planet Hollywood, donating a mask from their latest movie, a thriller opening Dec. 20.
Monaco's Princess Stephanie straightened out her big brother Prince Albert during an awards ceremony in Monte Carlo for the Fédération Internationale de L'Automobile (F.I.A.), which sanctions Formula One races worldwide. Monaco's annual Grand Prix is one of its biggest tourist draws.
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