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The Hollywood Minute
July 19, 1996
Web posted at: 11:00 p.m. EDTFrom Correspondent Dennis Michael
British actor Michael Caine will star as Capt. Nemo in a television version of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." The Jules Verne classic was made into a motion picture by Walt Disney in 1954, with James Mason playing Nemo.
Call it 'beauty and the bat.' Elle MacPherson has joined the cast of the upcoming "Batman and Robin." The former swimsuit model will play the girlfriend of Bruce Wayne, this time played by TV's ER hunk George Clooney. Arnold Schwarzenegger co-stars in the latest Batman epic, which begins shooting this fall.
Mattel, the company that brought us Barbie dolls, will make an Audrey Hepburn model. Four differently costumed versions of the doll will go on sale in conjunction with the video re-release of the 1964 film, My Fair Lady, starring Hepburn and Rex Harrison. The dolls will cost about $100, but that includes a Ken doll that looks like Harrison.
The Beach Boys is the latest act to sign on for this year's Farm Aid charity concert. The Willie Nelson-organized event will be October 12 in Columbia, South Carolina. It also will feature Neal Young, Hootie and the Blowfish, Martina McBride, John Mellencamp and, of course, Nelson.
Jill Hennessey of "Law and Order" fame may be back on that show, even though her character was written out of the last episode -- by means of a car crash. Producer Dick Wolf says a flashback is in the works involving Hennessey and Jerry Orbach.
Robin Williams will star in "What Dreams May Come," a film described as a cross between "Ghost" and "Dante's Inferno." It's about a man who dies but doesn't want to leave his wife. Filming begins in the fall of 1997.
Previous Hollywood Minutes:
- Dennis Rodman to share the screen with Jean Claude Van Damme - July 18
- Denzel Washington a 'Fallen' star - July 17
- Czechs give Peck Lifetime Achievement Award - July 16
- AMC premiers "Bally-hoo" - July 15
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