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Q I have followed
John O’Hurley for many
years and enjoyed his
shows and TV commer
cials. I think he’s ter
ribly underrated as a
performer. What can you tell me about him
and what his next project might be?
—Jan McCanless, China Grove, N.C.
The highly recognizable, distinctively voiced O’Hurley, whose
career catapulted with his recurring role on TV's Seinfeld in die
19905, says his appearance on last year's Darning With the Stein TV
competition series was life altering. "Physically ic changed me,” lie
says. “I lost 25 pounds, but also, at the age of 50, you wonder how
you are going to reinvent yourself, so I am doing things I probably
would never have done if I hadn’t been on the show.” Also musi
cally gifted, O'Hurley has performed as a vocalist with numerous
symphonies and recently collaborated with cellist Marston Smith
on a double-disc CD of his original classical piano compositions,
Peeice (f Our Minds. O’Hurley recently made his Broadway debut
as the male lead, Billy Flynn, in the hit musical Chicago, and has
just released a dance DVD with his Dancing With the Stan partner,
Charlotte Jorgensen.
Q I have the series Beauty and the
Beast with Ron Perlman and Linda
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Hamilton. I’d love to see what he looks
like without all that Beast makeup.
—lrene Reed, Hubert, Mich.
Although Perlman is well known for his portrayal
as the Beast in the 1980 s TV series, lie continues to
work consistently, appearing in the CBS-TV series
Magnificent Seien and in Wild World and Operation
Sandman, both of which were UPN Movies of the Week. He’s also
appeared on die big screen in Enemy at tlx Gate, Blade 11, Star Trek:
Nemesis and Hell/xiy. You can see him this summer in the TV movie
Desperation, based on a book by Stephen King.
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JUST RELEASED...
Double Dose of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Two new releases from the classic Southern
rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd offer proof that
the group’s legacy lives on. In addition to
helping create the musical template for
countless Southern rockers that followed,
Skynyrd spawned a number of spinoffs as
other groups branched out from various
shakeups of the original band. The new
Family CD brings together for the first time
the biggest hits by Lynyrd Skynyrd as well
as “blood-kin” acts .38 Special, the Ross-
ington Collins Band and the new Van Zant duo of brothers
Johnny and Donnie. Gimme Back My Bullets originally was
released by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1976 and has been expanded
to include six bonus tracks and a DVD featuring perfor
mances from a 1975 BBC-TV appearance.
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On TV, Susan Oliver was Andy
Griffith's “Prisoner of Love.”
aviator who in 1967 became the first woman to fly a single
engine aircraft solo across the Atlantic Ocean, a feat she detailed
in her 1983 memoir, Odyssey: A Daring Transatlantic Journey. She
was named Pilot of the Year in 1970 and later nominated for an
Emmy for her role as Amelia Earhart in a TV movie.
Q Do you know if Judy Woodruff is
doing anything specific now that she's
no longer with CNN?
—Marli Neumann, Bullhead City, Ariz. j
Woodruff replies: “I’m actively exploring a v
number of journalistic projects, among them
consulting with the Pew Charitable Trusts
about producing a year of televised reports
on what’s on rite minds of America’s
younger generation. I’ll be a senior fellow
this fall at Harvard’s Shorenscein Center
for the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
I remain a consultant and occasional
contributor for CNN, have appeared on
NBC News’ Meet the Pros as an analyst
and am preparing to pack two sons
off to college.” Waxlmff was born V.
in Tulsa, Okla., and now lives in JM
Washington, DC., with her three ' ;
children and husband, Al Hunt,
who recently left Tlx Wall Street
Journal to become managing
editor of Bloumling Nan.
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Q I would like an update
on Susan Oliver, a very
pretty blonde who starred
on Peyton Place back in
the 19605. She also guest
starred on an episode of
The Andy Griffith Show in
1964, “Prisoner of Love,” in
which she played a prisoner
who both Andy and Barney
fell for.
—A. Smithee, Bangor, Maine
Blond-haired, blue-eyed Susan
Oliver (whose real name was
Charlotte Gercke) made dozens
of TV appearances throughout
the 1960 s and ’7os and died of
lung cancer in 1990 at age 58.
The actress also was a TV direc
tor and even an accomplished
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