July 29, 2003 |
HIS FINAL HOURS
Comic legend Bob Hope died Sunday with a smile on his face but uttered no final words, his daughter Linda told reporters Monday. "Dad had an amazing send-off," she said. "I think all the good vibes he put out during his lifetime came back to take him up." Hope — who died at his home in Toluca Lake, Calif. — was surrounded by his family, including wife Dolores and their children, as well as his personal physician, several nurses and a priest. "It was a quiet and lovely evening," Linda added. "I can't tell you how beautiful and peaceful it was. The fact that there was a little audience gathered around, even though it was family, warmed dad's heart." President Bush, meanwhile, has ordered flags be flown at half-staff on Wednesday for Hope's private burial. A public memorial is slated for Aug. 27. |
PAYING TRIBUTE
Turner Classic Movies will air a five-film tribute to Bob Hope on Thursday, beginning with 1962's The Road to Hong Kong at 11 am/ET and ending with 1961's Bachelor in Paradise at 6 pm/ET. For more on Hope's life, click here. |
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?
Britney Spears and Mary J. Blige will help launch the 2003 National Football League season by giving a free concert on Sept. 4 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This will mark Spears's first major gig since taking a powder last year. Kid Rock and Aerosmith are also being recruited for the show, which will air from 8-9 pm/ET on ABC, followed by the big Redskins/Jets game. |
WILL AND GRACE
Legendary actress Katharine Hepburn, who died last month at age 96, left the bulk of her $20 million estate to family, but donated her Oscars and other memorabilia to charity, TheSmokingGun.com reports. Also of note: Hepburn willed furniture, paintings and $10,000 to her pal, ABC News correspondent Cynthia McFadden, and her housekeeper Norah walked away with $200,000. What am I, chopped liver? |
WESTERN TRAILBLAZER
Steven Spielberg is producing a 12-hour Western for TNT that will follow a pair of families, one white and one Native American, Variety reports. The still-untitled "limited series" is slated to air in summer 2005. |
WHY ME?
Unfaithful actress Diane Lane is suing a production company for nearly $3 million, claiming it failed to finance a film she was slated to appear in opposite Bruce Willis. Lane alleges that Intermedia Film Equities USA agreed to pay her $3.5 million to star in Me Again — regardless of whether the movie ever got made. To date, Lane claims she has received just $833,000 for doing absolutely nothing. |
SEXUAL ENERGY
Anne Heche and West Wing star Dule Hill have joined the cast of Sexual Life, an indie feature about intertwined relationships among a group of adults. The pic — which begins shooting next month in Los Angeles — also stars Tom Everett Scott, Azura Skye and Ally McBeal's James LeGros. |
SHORT CUTS
Ex-Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy and Oscar nominees Diane Ladd and Bruce Davison have checked into Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital, ABC's 15-hour series that debuts Feb. 5... Finding Nemo, which just became the highest-grossing animated feature of all time, arrives on DVD Nov. 4. |
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