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The Hollywood Minute

May 28, 1996
Web posted at: 2:50 p.m. EDT

From Correspondent Dennis Michael

"Mission Impossible" Cruise-d to an easy victory at the box office over the Memorial Day weekend. Paramount Pictures says the film, starring Tom Cruise, earned more than $56 million between Friday and Monday. Altogether, the film has taken in well over $75 million in domestic box office sales.

Mission Impossible

Leslie Nielsen, the goofy detective from "The Naked Gun," will appear on stage this fall in "Darrow," a one-man drama about the famed attorney. Clarence Darrow may be best known for defending John Scopes, charged with violating a Tennessee law forbidding the teaching of evolution in public schools. Nielsen is currently starring in "Spy Hard".

Lightning may not strike twice, but another "Twister" could well be on its way. People magazine reports that Warner Brothers' brass are discussing the possibility of a sequel to the blockbuster thriller and are talking to actors Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt about also doing "Twister" 2.

What is the first object you'd rescue from your burning home? Eric Clapton would answer: "my guitars." Fire gutted the singer's London home over the weekend, but not before Clapton managed to save the instruments. Clapton discovered the fire when he returned from an outing. No one was injured.

Some changes are on the way for "Seinfeld." TV Guide says comedian Jerry Seinfeld will no longer introduce each show with a standup routine. Co-creator Larry David is leaving, and Seinfeld said he won't have time to prepare the openings.

Seinfeld

Actress-singer Cher says her days as infomercial diva are over. Cher told Entertainment Weekly she now realizes the infomercials were "devastating" to her career. Cher is staging a comeback with a TV movie and her new album "A Man's World." The album is due out next month.

Carnie and Wendy Wilson are living a dream. Billboard magazine says their father, former Beach Boy Brian Wilson, is working in the studio with them. Carnie said she has been asking Dad every year to work with them -- this time, she finally got a "yes."

Stage and screen star Nathan Lane will star in several Broadway classics for the American Movie Channel's film preservation festival. Lane also will appear in promotional spots for AMC during the festival, June 30 to July 5. The spot began appearing in theaters last weekend.

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May 27: Reeve set to direct HBO movie
May 24: Tom Selleck is making a television comeback
May 23: Garth Brooks reaches yet another huge milestone
May 22: Jim Carrey knows how to bring in a crowd
May 21: Dr. Frog, I presume?
May 21: Will Rodney Dangerfield finally get respect
May 18: Oliver Stone bows out of 'Men and Fire'
May 15: "The Birdcage" soars over the competition in international markets
May 14: Actor Bruce Willis takes to the skies
May 13: Pamela Anderson Lee "Giftwrapped"
May 10: Bruce Willis moonlighting as an honorary doctor
May 9: "Tommy" closes Frankfurt run after disappointing sales
May 8: "Absolute Power" to corrupt Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Ed Harris and Scott Glenn
May 7: Meatloaf kicks off tour

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