NEWLN: JEFF REYNOLDS United Press International
THIS IS YOUR LIFE, JIMMY STEWART! : A funny thing happened to Jimmy Stewart on his way to a degree in engineering -- and the public is the better for it. The 85-year-old actor was studying engineering at Princeton 'and I flunked math,' he reminisced recently. Schoolmate Josh Logan suggested a summer job with a stock theater on Cape Cod and by that fall he was on Broadway. Arts & Entertainment Network will broadcast a biography Feb. 2 on how the 'aw shucks' guy became a show biz legend. Among the stars who will discuss his life are June Allyson , George Kennedy , Ann Miller , Katherine Ross , George Schaefer and Norris Houghton . Peter Graves will host.NEWLN:
DEBBIE CAN'T DO KOREA: Pop singer Debbie Gibson 's new album, 'Body Mind Soul,' which contains songs about AIDS, date rape and racism, has been banned by the Korean government. Said a Gibson spokesman: 'The songs on this album definitely address mature themes. And, unfortunately, Koreans are going to miss out on some great music.'NEWLN:
SKIING FOR CHARITY : Despite an announced boycott of Colorado by Hollywood's glitterati because of perceived anti-homosexual bias in the Rocky Mountain state, a bunch of bright lights showed up on the ski slopes there Sunday to raise money for charity. The Celebrity Ski Classic raised $65,000 for education for the Sheridan Arts Foundation, which tries to improve local education systems around the country. Among the celebrities on the slopes were movie and TV stars Robert Urich , Blythe Danner , Robert Loggia , Penelope Ann Miller , Joe Regalbuto , Jeff Fahey , Cynthia Geary and Catherine O'Hara , singer Dan Fogelberg , tennis great Martina Navratilova and Olympians Billy Kidd , Cindy Nelson and Steve Podborski. 'It was terrific being able to ski with legends like Billy Kidd,' said Loggia. 'I'd never done this type of thing before.'NEWLN:
SMELLING THE ROSES : Sportscaster Bob Costas wants to stop the career train and get off. He is hanging it up after nine years as host of NBC's Sunday football show. 'Unless what you're doing is the greatst single passion of your life, you ought to move on before being asked to,' he told People magazine. For many years he commuted between New York for the show and St. Louis, where he lives with his wife and two children. 'I want my career to fit into my life, not the other way around,' he said. 'If the decision is to have a bigger career or a better life, then it's a better life for me. I'll miss the people and the big names late in the year but week to week, the 'NFL Live' format is restrictive and repetitious.'NEWLN:
SOMEBODY WILL MAKE MONEY FROM IT: The work of the late rock star Jimi Hendrix gets more valuable as time goes on. Entertainment Weekly magazine reports that the body of his work is being put up for sale, with a ballpark value of about $30 million. The sale is being handed by 'Are You Experienced?,' a Los Angeles production company formed in 1983 by people retained by Al Hendrix to clean up his son's estate. It is not known who will benefit from the sale. The elder Hendrix accepts only a modest payout from the estate and the two survivors of Jimi's musical group, Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell , signed away their rights in the 1970s. Attorney Leo Branton Jr., representing Experienced, won't talk about ownership. 'Who the owners are doesn't make any difference. Who are the owners of General Motors? Who are the owners of IBM?'
