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Nov. 17, 1999 |
The actress/comedian confesses to Bust magazine that she's gotta have it ... all the time. "I am so much more interested in having sex now than I ever was," she says. "I'm always initiating sex. It's embarrassing." Sex wasn't a big deal to her in her 20s, she admits, but now that she's 35, well, either get with the program or get out of her way. "I think it's pure, straight-up biology," she ventures. "If I could be having sex every night now, I would. Whereas up until the age of 32, I could have gone months and it never affected me." Now you know the truth about way more than just cats and dogs. - - - - - - - - - - - - And God said, "Let there be a new name." "You have to trust God. God's answer was 'Change Your Name.'" -- The Artist, formerly known as the unpronounceable symbol, formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, formerly known as Prince, on what's in a new name. - - - - - - - - - - - - The funnyman sings Is this some sort of last-ditch play for respect? Rodney Dangerfield has gone gospel. The comedian, who turns 78 this month, has just recorded a religious song called "He," which he says can heal the sick. "When my mother-in-law heard me sing this song she had a big improvement in her health," trumpets Dangerfield on at his Web site, where the curious can hear the tune. "Then other people started telling us that good things were happening to them after they heard the song." "He's pretty serious about it," confirms Pete Campisi, spokesman for BargainBid.com, an online auction site Dangerfield is promoting. "Ever since he mentioned it in an interview, we've been flooded with calls." Amy Reiter Amy Reiter's column appears daily on the People site, Monday through Friday.
Got a hot tip? Tell Amy! The comedian will sing the spiritual tune on "The Tonight Show" on Nov. 25. Hope Jay Leno's got his wish ready. - - - - - - - - - - - - Ground control to David Bowie ... "Integrity to me is a dead, dodgy word." -- David Bowie on the ease of selling out, on Shift.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - Charity for the little man When the folks over at UGO Networks Inc. told me about this one a few weeks ago, I had a hard time believing it. But now, here it is, in living color: The Gary Coleman Web-a-Thon. "Whatchu talkin' about?" you ask. Moved by the li'l actor's big problems (bankruptcy, poor health, family troubles), the wits at UGO decided to raise some money for Gary by auctioning off items including a "tiny pimp" power suit, tailored for the little man himself, and his eight-pound purple bowling ball. (Site copy confirms: "He's a devout virgin, so you know that this is the only thing that Gary has ever fingered!") The site is also auctioning off items donated by such celebrities as Yankees Derek Jeter and Chuck Knoblauch, the bands Korn and Len, and "The Sopranos" star Paul Schulze. And by simply donating money to Gary's cause, you might score such primo memorabilia as the Gary Coleman collectors plates (picturing Gary and Nancy Reagan), Gary votive candles and Gary Zippo lighters, among other fabulous stocking stuffers. And that's to say nothing of the "Coleman" Tamagotchi (play, feed, heal, punish) and downloadable audio files from "976-Gary," which promises to inspire "A Diff'rent Kind of Stroking." So what does the small fellow himself think of all this? "I am just the honored and cautious recipient," Coleman recently told E! Online. "I try not to figure out why really they want to do this other than the fact than what they've said -- they love and respect me as a person and an artist." Awwww. Where's Dana Plato to give the little guy a hug when he needs her? - - - - - - - - - - - - Juicy bits Gary Coleman's not the only one trying to raise a little cash online. Linda Tripp is soliciting donations to defray the legal costs of her upcoming wiretapping trial on her Web site as well as via direct mail. She estimates she could owe as much as 1 million clams when all is said and done. Maybe she can tap Monica for the cash. Another thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: A Georgia judge has ordered Newt Gingrich to answer all of his wife's "potentially embarrassing" questions about his finances and extramarital dalliances in the next few weeks. Serve up that turkey! Oh, sure, everyone knows about yellow snow. But apparently no one warned Jim Carrey about eating fake snow. Mr. Rubber Face had to be rushed to first aid after he choked on fake snow on the set of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." "We thought Jim was joking until he turned purple," a film-crew member told U.K. People. "A flake had lodged in his throat." When he returned to the set, Carrey took to wearing a mask when not filming. No, not "The Mask."
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