Downey plea bargain falls through
Unable to reach a plea bargain with Robert Downey Jr., prosecutors in Indio, Calif., moved forward Thursday with their drug case against the actor.
A judge set a pretrial hearing for April 30 because an agreement had not yet been reached, Deputy Dist. Atty. Tamara Capone said. The judge has urged the prosecution and defense to reach a settlement.
Downey is charged with possession of cocaine and a tranquilizer. The charges carry a maximum penalty of more than four years in prison.
Wild and crazy art show
Steve Martin? Fine art? Las Vegas?
As Martin might say, "Well, excuuuuuuuse me!"
The comedian, actor, author, banjo player, singer who'll add Academy Awards host to his resume on March 25 is going to show the public yet another facet when he displays his collection of modern and contemporary art April 7 at the Bellagio hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Why a Las Vegas casino?
"The real reason," Martin says in a catalog to be sold at his first-ever show, is "it sounds like fun."
Martin's show of 28 pieces will include works by Georges Seurat, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, Edward Hopper and others.
Dyan takes some prodding
When Dyan Cannon was approached to play the mother of the disparate Bernstein-Flynn siblings on the NBC sitcom "Three Sisters," she was hesitant about doing a weekly show.
Cannon wasn't available when the pilot was shot. She was tied up on Fox's "Ally McBeal" with her recurring role as the sexy, smart Judge Jennifer "Whipper" Cone.
When the series was ordered, Cannon was again approached.
Is she the same sort of mother in real life her daughter is actress Jennifer Grant as vivacious Honey, a yoga and meditation enthusiast and a die-hard Los Angeles Lakers fan?
"Very similar" she said.
Actress Ann Sothern dies
Ann Sothern, the blond beauty who starred as the movies' wisecracking "Maisie" and as the busybody Susie McNamara in the 1950s TV series "Private Secretary," has died at her Idaho home. She was 92.
Sothern died late Thursday of heart failure at her residence in Ketchum, Idaho.
An accomplished singer as well as comedian, Sothern appeared in MGM musicals such as "Lady Be Good" and "Panama Hattie." She was in a second TV series, "The Ann Sothern Show," as the assistant manager of a plush New York hotel.
Sothern's film career spanned six decades and included 64 movies and more than 175 TV episodes.
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