Rosemary Clooney will be
on 'Sesame Street."'Sesame Street' role stirs
memories for Clooney
ROSEMARY CLOONEY SPENT A MORNING WITH SOME VERY DEAR FRIENDS -- THE MUPPETS. THE SINGER RECENTLY MADE HER FIRST APPEARANCE ON "SESAME STREET" IN A SEGMENT DUE TO AIR MONDAY. "ALL OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES OF BRINGING UP FIVE CHILDREN WATCHING 'SESAME STREET' WERE REALIZED ON THE DAY I SPENT WITH ALL MY 'OLD FRIENDS,' " SHE SAID. IN HER APPEARANCE, CLOONEY ARRIVES ON THE STREET WHEN IT IS DESERTED EXCEPT FOR HOOT THE OWL AND GREETS CAST REGULARS AS THEY APPEAR. SHE ALSO SINGS "SUNNY DAY."
Andrews helps target
violence against women
JULIE ANDREWS IS RAISING HER VOICE ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. ANDREWS AND U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN WILL DIRECT A 90-MINUTE VIDEO CONFERENCE PANEL ON THE SUBJECT DURING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ON MARCH 8. ANDREWS, 63, IS A GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR THE U.N. DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN.
Anorexic rumors hitting
a sour note with Dion
CELINE DION WANTS THE RUMORS ABOUT HER BEING ANOREXIC TO STOP. "I DON'T HAVE AN EATING PROBLEM, AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE I CAN SAY ABOUT IT," SHE SAYS IN THIS WEEK'S PEOPLE MAGAZINE. DION, WHO IS 5-FOOT-7 AND 115 POUNDS, SAID HER PHYSIQUE COMES FROM HER HIGH METABOLISM. "I'M LUCKY," SHE SAID. "IF I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY HEALTH, I WOULD LET MY FANS KNOW." THE 30-YEAR-OLD CANADIAN STUNNED FANS BY SAYING SHE WILL TAKE A YEARLONG BREAK TO SPEND TIME WITH HER HUSBAND, BEGINNING NEXT JANUARY. "I CAN'T WAIT TO DO NORMAL THINGS -- LIKE JUST DOING YOUR OWN GROCERIES," SHE SAID.
Family link led to role
for teen 'Rushmore' actor
IT'S TOUGH BEING AN UNKNOWN TRYING TO MAKE IT AS AN ACTOR IN HOLLYWOOD. AND IT MAY NOT HELP TO BE JUST 18 YEARS OLD. BUT JASON SCHWARTZMAN, WHO PLAYS A NERDY 10TH-GRADER IN "RUSHMORE," DID HAVE A FEW THINGS ON HIS SIDE: AN ACTRESS MOTHER, A FATHER WHO WAS A PRODUCER -- AND AN UNCLE NAMED FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA. SCHWARTZMAN TELLS THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS THAT IT WAS MOSTLY CHANCE THAT GOT HIM THE ROLE. AT A PARTY AT COPPOLA'S NAPA VALLEY VINEYARD, A CASTING DIRECTOR DESCRIBED THE TEENAGE CHARACTER TO SCHWARTZMAN'S COUSIN, SOFIA COPPOLA. "SOFIA SAYS, 'OH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY COUSIN JASON,' " SCHWARTZMAN SAYS. NEXT THING HE KNEW, HE WAS BEING INTRODUCED TO THE DIRECTOR AND HAD HIS FIRST ROLE. FOR SATURDAY, FEB. 20 FASHION DESIGNER GLORIA VANDERBILT 75
Actor Sidney Poitier 72
SINGER NANCY WILSON 62
Actress Sandy Duncan 53
NEWSPAPER HEIRESS PATRICIA HEARST 45
Basketball player
Charles Barkley 36
MODEL CINDY CRAWFORD 33