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Monday, July 13, 1998 Published at 14:18 GMT 15:18 UK Entertainment Boyzone move into the world of advertising ![]() The Boyz go fizzy pop Pop stars Boyzone are following in the footsteps of the Spice Girls and appearing in a Pepsi advert. The Irish heart-throbs have recorded a TV commercial which sees them singing a re-mixed version of one of their tracks Let The Message Run Free. Lead singer Ronan Keating plays the hero of the ad as he helps a fan who has left her radio in a cafe.
Supermodel Kate Moss has proved a cut above the rest after being picked to star in a high-profile advertising campaign for hair care products. The south London beauty follows in the footsteps of footballer David Ginola and Friends star Jennifer Aniston after landing a contract with L'Oreal Paris. She will be seen in a futuristic military bunker waging war against damaged hair, equipped with L'Oreal Elvive Nutri-Ceramide!
Singer Dionne Warwick has been hanging out with some of the hippest rap and hip hop stars in town during recording for her new album. Coolio, Flesh-N-Bone, Big Daddy Kane and Ray J are among the acts who came together for a new version of Dionne's What The World Needs Now Is Love. "I was enormously gratified by the response," she said. "Music is the great communicative art". Her new album is called Dionne Sings Dionne.
Veteran film director Woody Allen has denied that he has tried to cater to a more mainstream audience by signing up Leonardo DiCaprio for his next film. The 62-year-old Oscar-winner told Newsweek that the heart-throb agreed to take a small part in Celebrity before Titanic became a box office hit. Although Allen claims that casting Leo was not intended to boost the audience for his film, Hollywood insiders say it could attract younger moviegoers.
Hoboken is honouring hometown hero Frank Sinatra again by naming a waterfront park after the late crooner. Sinatra, who died last month aged 82, grew up in Hoboken, just across the Hudson River from New York City. His daughter, Nancy, and New Jersey Governor Christie Whitman will christen the park at a ceremony tomorrow. There is already a road in Hoboken named Frank Sinatra Drive.
Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Jessica Lange is hoping to help rehabilitate prisoners by hosting a special art event called Insider Art. The exhibition supported by Lange will include paintings, drawings and other artworks by 60 inmates of prisons in the American state of Minnesota. The 49-year-old film star has organised the event, along with a "prison" film festival, in co-operation with AMICUS a prisoner rehabilitation agency.
Monster-mad movie fan Scott Pullman is hoping to make a packet by buying special Godzilla sausages and hoarding them in the deep freeze for 10 years. The 20-year-old has decided against spending out on the usual paraphernalia like books and posters and reckons the bangers will make him a fortune. Scott, a cook for the Post Office in London, believes he will be the only person to keep the £1.29 packs of skinless pork sausages.
Stars of yesteryear mark Berle's 90th Veteran Hollywood stars saluted the American comedy institution Milton Berle during his 90th birthday bash at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunday night. Berle's career has spanned more than eight decades and he dominated the comedy scene of the 1950s earning himself the nickname "Mr Television". Cyd Charisse, Red Buttons, Sid Caesar, and Richard Dreyfuss were among the guests. President Clinton will attend another party planned for October 5. |
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