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Q My friend and I have a
disagreement. How many men
have walked on the moon, and
who was the most recent?
— Dot'll Gtcas. Marion. 111.
Between 1968 and 1972, nine
American spacecraft voyaged to the
moon and 12 men left their footprints on its lunar surface,
the most recent being Gene Cernan with Apollo 17. In the
2007 Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary.
In the Shadow of the Moon, opening in theaters Sept. 7, Cer
nan, 73, says he continues to be amazed at the achievement.
"I called the moon my home lor three days of my life. And
I’m here to tell you about it. That's (like) science fiction.”
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Q Where is the actor who played Urkel in
Family Matters, and what’s he doing now?
—Carolee Woelkers. Scranton. Pa.
jakei White, 30, best known for his role as America's favor
ite nerd, Urkel, in the popular 1990 s TV series, sums up
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his current activities for American Profile.
“I’m obsessed with basketball. I’m
i single and ready to mingle. I was last
I seen in (the movie) Dreamgirls —doit
' Wink or you'll miss me!” White
continues to act and writes an online
column for the National Basketball
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Actor jaleel "Urkel" White
Q Whatever happened to
Shania Twain? I haven’t seen any
thing about her in a while.
—Ramona Mussduhtte. Cumndng. Go.
The five-time Grammy winner hasn’t
released a new CD since 2002. But
according to sources, she’s writing songs
for her next project, due for release next
year. Meanwhile, Twain, 41, who will
unveil her second perfume line, Shania
Starlight, this fall, continues loving
life out of the spotlight in Switzerland
with her son Eja, 6, and her husband,
producer Mutt Lange.
Q How old is “Uncle Miltie,” Milton Berle?
—Billy Wyant. Chickasaw. Okla.
Berle died in his sleep from colon cancer in 2002 at the age of
93. On stage, radio, television and in the movies, his memo
rable career spanned eight decades. Though once credited as
being the first performer to appear on TV (in 1929), there were
actually several earlier, mostly experimental transmissions that
predated him. One Uncle Miltie performance you probably
don’t remember: He once released an exercise video called The
Milton Berle Low Impact!High Comedy Workout for Seniors.
Q What can you tell me about Vern Yip from
Design Star ? He’s so cool!
—-Jessica Naftel. Twin Falls. Idaho
Yip, 28, the judge on HGT\' Design Star, die
TV competition to find Americas next top
designers, was ban in Hong Kong, received
a master of architecture degree from die
Georgia Institute of Technology and
lives in Atlanta, where he runs his own
interior-design company'. You also
may remember him from the four i
seasons he spent on the TLC net
work’s Trading Spaces, or fiom his
involvement in tlx- NBC series
Home Intmtntion. On Sept. 12. J£S|
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