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Monday, January 4, 1999 Published at 15:27 GMT

Entertainment

Bowie on the box

David Bowie: Hosting Scott brothers' series

After making his mark on music, movies and the Internet, David Bowie is now moving into television - presenting a drama series in the US.

Bowie will front the new season of The Hunger, which is being produced by British duo Tony and Ridley Scott.

It marks the Scott brothers' first TV venture, although Tony Scott directed the 1983 film version of The Hunger which starred Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon.

Bowie recently set up his own Internet service provider, Bowienet, to offer fans access to the Web as well as exclusive material from him.

Fonda's son in family footsteps

[ image: Like mother, like son: Jane Fonda in Vietnam]
Like mother, like son: Jane Fonda in Vietnam
Jane Fonda's son Troy Garrity had a lifetime to prepare for his first feature film role - playing his father, politician Tom Hayden.

Garrity, 25, plays Hayden in Steal This Movie, a film biography of 1960s anti-war activist Abbie Hoffman.

Hayden, now a California state senator, made history in 1968 when he was arrested along with Hoffman for leading demonstrations against the war in Vietnam during the Democratic Convention.

Garrity said: "I'm very proud to be playing my father. He literally risked his life to make the world a better place for me to grow up in."

Heston recovering after treatment

[ image: Charlton Heston: On the road to recovery]
Charlton Heston: On the road to recovery
Hollywood veteran Charlton Heston says he is recovering well after weeks of intense radiation treatment for prostate cancer.

He underwent seven weeks' worth of treatment, which finished in December.

"It's not totally gone, but I'm on the path to it," he said. "Happily, I seem to have survived. It's very good news."

He found he had cancer during an annual medical check-up in the summer, but asked doctors to postpone treatment until the end of 1998 so he could campaign for the Republican party and finish work on a film.

Bookies party like it's number 10

[ image: The Artist who isn't at number one]
The Artist who isn't at number one
Bookmakers are breathing a sigh of relief after the re-released Prince hit 1999 failed to reach number one in the year's first singles chart.

The song - last a hit in 1985 - was strongly backed to reach number one on the back of New Year celebrations.

Among punters hoping for a jackpot was Neil Crespin of Surrey - who placed Ł5,000 on the song being a number one during 1999.

But the song could only reach number 10, with pop group Steps reaching the top with the double A-side Heartbeat and Tragedy.

But the song could still reach the top of the charts yet - Prince, now called The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, is rumoured to be planning a new version of 1999 for later in the year.