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April 17, 2000
Web posted at: 4:46 p.m. EST (2046 GMT)

Today's buzz stories:

Damone wants to retire on a high note

LOS ANGELES -- Vic Damone is planning a final farewell. The 71-year-old singer is retiring after 53 years in the business, but not before a nearly year-long tour.

Damone, the crooner known for "Gigi," "You're Breaking My Heart," "On the South Side of Chicago" and other songs, will close his career with a tour starting May 27 at the Westbury (New York) Music Fair. It will conclude almost 12 months later, on May 18, 2001, at Carnegie Hall.

"It has been an incredible, thrilling journey, but all good things must come to an end," he said Friday. "It has always been important to me that I give audiences the very best of what I have. And I've always wanted to go out at the top of my game."



Oprah's employees still can't talk about certain things

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Winfrey  

CHICAGO -- Oprah Winfrey might tout the First Amendment when she's battling Texas cattlemen, but the talk show host apparently wants her employees -- current and former -- to keep quiet about her.

Employees of the parent company of Winfrey's production studio, Harpo Inc., are barred from talking or writing about Winfrey's personal or business affairs and those of her company -- for the rest of their lives.

This came to light on Sunday with a report in the Chicago Tribune about former producer Elizabeth Coady, who challenged the legality of the confidentiality agreement. Illinois courts upheld the agreement, the Tribune reported, denying Coady a chance to write a book about the four years she worked on Winfrey's show before quitting in March 1998.

"There's no sense of justice inside (the Winfrey organization), which is so ironic in light of the public image of someone who touts herself as an advocate for business ethics and spirituality," said Coady.

A representative for Harpo told the Tribune the company does not "discuss internal company policy in the media."

Two years ago, Winfrey proclaimed her support of the First Amendment after she defeated a $12 million lawsuit brought by some Texas cattlemen who said she'd made false statements that hurt their business.



Kevin and Kevin heading to the water again?

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Costner  

NEW YORK -- A movie set on the water split the good-buddy partnership between Kevin Costner and director Kevin Reynolds. Now, a new picture set on the water might reunite them.

According to Variety, Costner and Reynolds, who together filmed the movies "Fandango," "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and "Waterworld," are considering working on "Ocracoke," an $80 million project that tells the true story of a British naval captain's hunt for the pirate Blackbeard.

If details can be worked out, it would reunite the Kevins, who had a falling out over "Waterworld," the soggy, high-budget picture reportedly plagued by endless logistical and financial problems.



Arthur Miller's first work heading for L.A.

LOS ANGELES -- Playwright Arthur Miller's first Broadway production, "The Man Who Had All the Luck," suffered misfortune its first time out. Now,it's getting a second chance on a different coast.

When the play came out in 1944, when Miller was 29, it was so poorly received on the Great White Way that it closed after just four performances. But now Dan Fields, the former resident director of Broadway's "The Lion King," is reviving the early work for a limited run at Los Angeles' Ivy Substation Theater.

The play, about a young man who has the unlucky fortune of getting everything his heart desires, showcased a rising talent when it debuted, said Fields. "The power of Miller's young voice astounded me," he said.

Miller is enthusiastic too.

"(Fields) seemed to know what the play was meant to accomplish," Miller said. "Enthusiasm deserves reward."

The play is set to run from Saturday, April 22, through May 21.

Miller, of course, recovered from the play's flop back then and went on to pen works. Two of his plays, "The Crucible" and "Death of a Salesman," are considered classics.



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