Thursday, 28 August 1997

Geena Davis filed for divorce Tuesday from Finnish director Renny Harlin. Her next relationship, uh, I mean, role, is not yet set.

Kim Basinger appeared in Albuquerque, NM, railing against flawed animal welfare laws. "These animals are kept in horrific conditions. They're dragged around cities, suffering in the name of entertainment," she said. The 50 reporters flown in for the event were fed miniature Snickers and coffee as they waited without bathroom access for two hours in a 10 foot square press pen, whose boundaries were enforced by four armed security guards, anticipating Ms. Basinger's two minute appearance ("No questions, please."). No injuries were reported.

Kathie Lee Gifford's son Cody appeared this week on her morning TV show, adorably engaging viewers with his distaste for Sabrina, unhappy that Harrison Ford portrayed "a kissy man." His dimples deepened coyly as he also stated a distaste for publications in which his father, Frank Gifford, portrayed "an unfaithful, over-the-hill oral-sexy man."

Christian Slater is set for Very Bad Things, a film about a bachelor party that gets out of hand when a guest kills a hooker. The film offers Slater a chance to share one of the important life lessons he's picked up in rehab: It just ain't a party `til someone kills a hooker.

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