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Web posted on: Monday, August 31, 1998 4:45:32 PM EDT
Today's buzz stories:
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Gates and his wife board a cruise ship to Juneau
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JUNEAU, Alaska (CNN) -- More than 500 of the world's most famous, well-to-do and well-connected flew in to Alaska's capital Friday for a "top secret" party thrown by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen for fellow billionaire Bill Gates. Among those attending the bash aboard a 960-passenger cruise ship and along the streets of Juneau were Candice Bergen, James Cameron, Debbie Reynolds, Dan Aykroyd and Jeff Goldblum. In addition to rafting and shopping, the stars had to brave an unexpected rainstorm with wind gusts up to 70 mph as they cruised Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage.
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Manson
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LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Rocker Marilyn Manson tells Rolling Stone magazine his posh Laurel Canyon mansion is the place for celebrities to hang out. "This whole past year, my house has become a real Hollywood Babylon, Studio 54 type of place," Manson says, adding that he likes to invite semi-forgotten former stars over for karaoke performances. "So at any given moment, you may have found Leif Garrett or Corey Feldman singing the theme from `Grease,'" Manson says. Manson's new album "Mechanical Animals" is due out September 15, and is a glam rock departure from his 1996 debut album "Antichrist Superstar."
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Lyonne
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Natasha Lyonne, the 19-year-old star of the movie "Slums of Beverly Hills," says her early success has helped her realize a life-long dream: a Manhattan apartment. "The only thing I ever wanted is to own a home in New York," Lyonne says in the September 7 People magazine. Lyonne, who played Opal on "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" starting when she was 6 years old, went on to a role in the TV soap opera "As the World Turns" before making her screen debut in 1986, in "Heartburn." Her breakout role came in 1996, portraying Woody Allen's daughter in "Everyone Says I Love You." In "Slums of Beverly Hills," she plays a girl blooming into womanhood whose family exists as postmodern nomads wandering the Los Angeles landscape.
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Haggard
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WICHITA FALLS, Texas (CNN) -- Organizers of the Red River Music Festival on Sunday postponed the entire show when Merle Haggard -- the headliner -- couldn't perform. The organizers said Haggard is suffering from a gum infection. "He can't even talk right now," said organizer LoriAnn Bussey.
"There's no sense in the festival going on without Merle." Other acts agreed to perform at the rescheduled concert on September 13. Haggard, a country music staple, broke onto the charts 35 years ago. His hits include "Hungry Eyes," "If We Make It Through December," "Working Man Blues," "Old Man From the Mountain,"
and "Okie from Muskogee."
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