The Hollywood Minute

July 4, 1996
Web posted at: 5:45 p.m. EDT

From Correspondent Dennis Michael

Eddie Murphy doesn't plan to just sit on the success of his movie "The Nutty Professor;" he's already planning a new film. Columnist Army Archerd reports the comedian will make "Life," a prison-based buddy picture, with "Nutty" producer Brian Grazer. The Nutty Professor

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Paul Reiser will he hosting the Emmys this fall, but he won't be alone. Daily Variety reports Oprah Winfrey and Michael J. Fox will be introducing segments on the ABC broadcast in September.

• Emmy's

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Even cyberspace isn't safe from the aliens in "Independence Day." The movies official web site at www.id4.com picked up more than 2 million hits Monday, a single-day record for movie sites.

• Independence Day

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Actress Susan Sarandon will venture into the world of high technology, lending her voice to a CD-ROM children's title, "Cosmo's Rocket." It's her first venture into software.

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Elizabeth Taylor is taking her beliefs globally. The movie legend is set to travel to Vancouver next week for a conference of AIDS researchers. Daily Variety notes she'll make the trip in her capacity as chairwoman of the American Foundation for AIDS research.

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Roger Daltrey may be facing eye surgery. Singer Gary Glitter accidentally struck Daltrey with a microphone stand during rehearsals for the Hyde Park concert earlier this week, fracturing Daltrey's eye socket. "The Who" vocalist says the accident was entirely his own fault. Daltrey performed the fund-raising concert wearing an eye patch.

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The surviving Beatles and Yoko Ono are seeking a court order against Lingasong Music to get a 1962 recording of the Beatles playing in Hamburg, Germany, pulled from record shelves. A lawyer for the four describes the quality of the disc as "bloody awful."

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From "Fresh Prince" to Pinocchio? Several major actors will work in a new animated series for HBO to be called "Happily Ever After ... Fairy Tales for Every Child." So far, Wesley Snipes has been cast as the Pied Piper and Will Smith as Pinocchio. The voices of Debbie Allen, Samuel L. Jackson and Alfre Woodard will also be heard on the new series, which will debut in 1997.

• HBO

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The 1960 French film "Purple Noon" is getting another chance at American cinemas. The erotic thriller starring a young Alain Delon has been re-released by Miramax Pictures in theaters in 10 major cities.

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Previous Hollywood Minutes

• July 3: Heavy Metal becomes the number one video seller
• July 2: Paul Reiser to host the Emmy's
• July 1: Taster's Choice tries love triangle
• June 28: Stray rumors dog Stone, Penn
• June 27: Toni Braxton tops the charts
• June 26: "The Cable Guy" sweeps Australia
• June 25: More bad news for "The Double"
• June 24: More OJ? Darden sells movie rights
• June 20: Woody Harrelson and Emily Lloyd are set to work in "'Sarajevo'"
• June 19: The networks are scrambling to a get a piece of "The Rock"
• June 18: Toni Braxton returns to the music scene

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