Spelling Emmy honors has tiff element
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The Emmys have been plagued by outside tragedies -- Sept. 11 and Hurricane Katrina -- but this year it's just a reported Spelling family feud.
Despite the reported feud between Aaron Spelling's widow, Candy, and their actress-daughter, Tori, the Emmys will feature a salute to the late TV mogul.
The Los Angeles Times said initial reports indicate the mother-daughter estrangement was throwing a wrench into the Sunday evening's Emmy tribute plans.
A spokesman for Candy Spelling, however, denied the women were bickering.
"Everyone is giving Candy Spelling too much credit," he told the Times. "She's been accused of running the network, producing the Emmys and deciding who can and can't come."
Sunday's eulogizing segment is scheduled to feature highlights of his successful television shows, including, "Charlie's Angels," "The Love Boat," "Fantasy Island" and "The Mod Squad," among others. Aaron Spelling is set to be memorialized by stars from his most popular series, such as Joan Collins from "Dynasty" and Heather Locklear from "Melrose Place."
The Spellings are expected to attend the ceremony, but were expected to arrive in separate vehicles.
Family embarrassed by 'Supernanny' findings
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Two Scottish parents are protesting their treatment by "Supernanny," accusing the television series of making them look bad with their children's curses.
The uber-nanny Jo Frost was called in to help Steven Docherty and Kerry Hillhouse calm down their Ayr household, where their three children were running amok, but The Daily Record reports the parents were unhappy with the final cut.
The show features tape of the three boys kicking, punching, spitting and using foul language directed at their parents. The parents are depicted as well, threatening their children and hurling curses at the rowdy boys, the newspaper said.
After receiving a backlash from the community that now believes their household is dysfunctional, Hillhouse told the Record: "I regret ever doing the program. We turned to 'Supernanny' because we genuinely needed some help."
They also thought the show was edited to make them look bad.
However, the parents acknowledge that after "Supernanny's" involvement, they are in much better shape, the report said.
Different versions of "Supernanny" appear on British and U.S. TV.
Hamilton to join Aerosmith tour in October
BOSTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton, recovering from a seven-week course of radiation treatment for throat cancer, plans to join the band's tour in mid-October.
The Boston Globe, quoting the band's publicist, Marcee Rondan, said David Hull would be filling in for Hamilton when the band launches its tour, "Route of All Evil," set to open Sept. 5 in Columbus, Ohio.
In other Aerosmith news, the Globe reported that Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and company are releasing a new CD, titled "Devil's Got A New Disguise" on Oct. 10.
Brando boxing coach, Roger Donoghue, dies
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Former boxer Roger Donoghue, who coached Marlon Brando for his role in "On the Waterfront," has died at the age of 75.
The former New York fighter was also credited with coining the immortal line "I could have been a contender," uttered by Brando in the 1954 classic.
Donoghue passed away last weekend from complications of Alzheimer's disease in Greenport, N.Y., The New York Times said Saturday.
The promising middleweight saw his own career sidetracked in 1952 when he knocked out George Flores, who died of his injuries two days later. He was a beer salesman when "On the Waterfront" director Elia Kazan hired him to school Brando in the sweet science.
Donoghue also coached James Dean for a film about Donoghue's life that never got off the ground.
