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Rare photos of the Kennedys hit the auction block.

Rita Moreno talks West Side Story.

Renée Zellweger on embracing 50.

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Carrie Ann Inaba’s purr-fect birthday surprise, Susan Lucci grins and bears it, Mariah Carey kids around, Julia LouisDreyfus hits the slopes and more!

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As he celebrates turning 75, the Blue Bloods star says he’s finally figured out the secret to a happy and fulfilled life.

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The award-winning actress could be adding another gold statuette to her shelf, but she admits her biggest prize is beating cancer.

16 Meghan new life in Canada and the challenges they’ll face.

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“I loved him personally,” Doris Day said of Alfred Hitchcock, who directed her and Jimmy Stewart in 1956’s espionage thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much. Hitch even threw his leading lady a surprise birthday party during the shoot. Recalled Doris, “He was warm and loving.”

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ficionados who want to relive the days of Camelot will have a rare opportunity when more than 70 Kennedy family artifacts are sold online by RR Auctions on Jan. 23. Assembled over 30 years by collector Ronnie Paloger, the items include photographs from John. F. Kennedy’s wedding to Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953 as well as a lock of the late president’s hair. “It’s like a curated museum

exhibit in one auction,” says RR Auction Executive Vice President Robert Livingston. “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”

The collection, which is expected to fetch upwards of $1.5 million, also features an actual back brace worn by JFK (who was afflicted by debilitating back pain for years).

After his assassination, mother Rose gave it to family doctor Robert D. Watt, saying he “should feel free to use it for his other patients in the hopes that it might ease another’s suffering.”

Embraces Her Age (and Rakes in the Acting Awards!) at 50 SHE’S CONSIDERED the front-runner to win best actress at the Oscars for her portrayal of Judy Garland in Judy, but Renée Zellweger isn’t acting when she says life just keeps getting better in her 50s. “I’m 50, and I kind of like it,” she said, recently accepting yet another honor at the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards.

“Everyone keeps asking me how I feel about getting older,” says Renée.

“I don’t feel like we’re getting older — I feel like

we’re winning.” She’s got words of wisdom to share with her juniors.

“Good luck to young spring chickens,” she says.

“You have a lot of bullets to dodge to get into this party.” And she’s happy to be back on the big screen after taking a sixyear hiatus from acting in the 2010s: “Nothing really compares with the opportunity that the cinema extends for us to sit and laugh with each other or cry with each other and share this human experience.”

She sang “America” in the 1961 film.

Rita was recently on the Showtime/ Pop Winter TCA panel to promote her sitcom One Day at a Time.

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● INCREDIBLE TURN He’ll certainly be a hulking presence. Recently, TV’s Hulk Lou Ferrigno, 68, was sworn in as a Socorro County deputy sheriff in New Mexico.

“People assume it’s just an honorary thing,” said Lou. “It isn’t, because I’m certified and I have police powers, which I’m very proud of. I went through all the driving, the shooting, the studying and it changed my life, and I’m very happy to be a real-life hero, protecting life and property.”

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Tracking the future!

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And I will always love you. On the final episode of her podcast Dolly Parton’s America, country legend Dolly Parton, 74, revealed she’s stockpiling “hundreds, hundreds, even thousands of songs” to be used when she’s no longer here. “There’s enough stuff to go on forever with my music, to do compilation albums, to do new and original stuff. I am purposely trying to put songs down for that very purpose.”

● SILENCE IS GOLDEN Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?

That question will be answered soon enough as CBS is creating a sequel series to 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs. Entitled Clarice, the drama will follow FBI agent Clarice Starling (who was played by an Oscar-winning Jodie Foster in the film co-starring Anthony Hopkins) as she copes with her career a year after her first encounter with the fava bean–loving serial killer, Hannibal Lecter.

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● FAREWELLS Exit…stage left. On Jan. 7, Neil Peart, longtime drummer for the band Rush, passed away at 67. On Jan. 8, actor

Edd Byrnes, who became famous as comb-carrying Kookie on TV’s 77 Sunset Strip, passed at 87. That same day, writer and actor Buck Henry, who co-created Get Smart and co-wrote the movie The Graduate, died at 89.

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“Taking care of animals is very close to my heart,” she shared. Her co-hosts proved Carrie’s close to their hearts with a sweet cake! “I want to thank everyone for all the love and hard work they put into my birthday celebration. This show continues to make me feel loved and supported every day.”

Carrie Ann’s “mini-me” was the icing on top of the cake for her celebration!

Say Cheese!

Tiffany couldn’t resist taking a selfie with Robin in their patterned gray jackets on Good Morning America on Jan. 8.

Give an Earful

When father-son comedy dynamos Eugene and Dan guest-hosted The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Jan. 10, they played a game of “Say Whaaat?” — trying to read their Schitt’s Creek co-stars’ lips with noisecanceling headphones (and big fake ears!).

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Feels a Bit Sheepish The Australian chef posed with a furry friend on Jan. 9 to bring attention to an important cause.

“In light of the recent fires I’ve been exploring the ways that I can help my homeland,” he shared. “I couldn’t be prouder to announce Drought Angels as my partner. This amazing charity is all about helping people, especially Australian farmers.”

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Nancy O’Dell, Burt, Kevin Smith and Maria strike a pose!

Going Batty

What better way to honor Burt Ward — Robin from TV’s original Batman — at his Jan. 9 Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony than by dressing up as Batgirl? “Burt is not only an incredible person, but truly one of the founding fathers of superhero entertainment as we know it today,” Maria shared. “We love you, Burt!”

Kids Around

There’s no business like snow business for Mariah and her 8-year-old twins, daughter Monroe (above) and son Moroccan (inset). The three bundled up for some sledding and silliness while on a family vacation in Aspen, Colo., with Mariah’s ex-husband Nick Cannon and boyfriend Bryan Tanaka. Shared the singer, “Sliding into 2020!”

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Takes a Snow Day Before her family ski vacation comedy Downhill opens Feb. 14, Julia hit the slopes with her real-life loves: husband Brad Hall and their sons, Charlie and Henry.

Give Each Other a Lift Is this Twins 2? No, it’s Arnold and 89-year-old Clint on a winter getaway. “Name a more iconic duo,” Arnold modestly quipped on Dec. 30. “I’ll wait.”

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hey’ll never be ordinary of money!” says the insider. people, but by leaving But deep down, Charles feels more their senior positions worried than angry. “He is trying to within the royal fam- see the world through his son’s eyes,” ily, Prince Harry and admits the insider, who notes that the Meghan Markle hope to prince remembers how the palace once begin a new, freer chapter in their mar- interfered in his life. “The royals tried to riage. “They had been talking about mov- prevent Charles from marrying Camiling to North America for a long time,” la, which made him miserable. He doesn’t confides a royals insider. “They want to want to try to control Harry the way his live without all the rules and regulations.” family controlled him.”

Though disappointed by Harry and William remains irate — he and Harry Meghan’s unexpected Jan. 8 announce- have not been on speaking terms since ment that they would be moving to North a fierce argument in July — but he also America part-time, Queen Elizabeth II fears he’s losing his baby brother. “The moved quickly to accommodate the cou- queen has told them to put on a unitple. She called a summit to discuss the lo- ed front, but the rift is bigger than ever,” gistics and even reportedly secured a says the insider. “It all makes William promise from Justin Trudeau that Can- incredibly sad.” ada would pay for Harry and Meghan’s security. It’s left Harry, 35, feeling elat- MOVING FORWARD ed. “He’s saying that he’ll be better off in It will be a challenge for Harry and Canada,” reveals the insider. “The couple Meghan to create a new life without the are ready for their actual royal family’s financing move, which will happen — but they are already imminently.” better off than typical Harry’s father, Prince newlyweds. Money.com Charles, 71, and his older reports that Meghan, brother, Prince William, 38, has a personal for37, accepted the couple’s tune of $5 million, while decision but they remain Harry is said to be worth angry that it was released $25 million. “They’re without the queen’s input. con f ident they ca n “Charles is still extrememake ends meet,” says ly annoyed,” says the inthe insider. “Plus, with sider, who notes that the their celebrity connecprince also feels disretions, they’re likely to spected. Charles paid for make millions on their — Harry & Meghan the couple’s lavish 2018 own through appearwedding while Harry’s ances, public speaking $2.5 million annual allowance also comes or creating their own brand.” The coufrom his father’s holdings. “Charles put ple have already begun the process of his foot down, saying that Harry really registering “Sussex Royal” as a globwill be financially independent once he “emotional support groups.”

Even if money isn’t a factor, it still might be hard for Harry to adjust to a new life in Canada. “All of Harry’s family and friends are in the U.K. — the majority of the people he knows in Canada are Meghan’s friends,” notes the insider.

“Moving to a new continent may seem like a good idea to him now, but visiting and holidaying in Canada isn’t the same as living there.”

— Louise A. Barile, The queen admitted she would have preferred it if Harry and Meghan with reporting by Natalie Posner

“We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America.”

remained part of “The Firm.”

HE’S HAD A HARD TIME

Prince Harry admits he has struggled with depression since his mother Diana’s 1997 death.

In his 20s, hard drinking and pub brawls saddled Harry with the name “The Party Prince.”

When he got engaged in 2017, “the royals thought Meghan was a good influence,” says the insider.

Son Archie arrived last May. Meghan gushed that Harry has become “the most amazing dad.”

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GONE WITH THE WIND THE BELOVED FILM’S SURVIVING CAST MEMBERS SHARE BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES FROM THE SET

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hen Gone With the Wind went into wide release in January 1940, it drew huge crowds excited to see how Margaret Mitchell’s best-selling novel of love, loss and redemption in the Civil War era played out on the big screen. It became the movie event of the era, with Variety hailing GWTW as “one of the truly great films,” although there were those who criticized its nearly four-hour running time. “I was 7 years old when I first saw the movie,” Mickey Kuhn, 87, who played the oldest version of Beau Wilkes, tells Closer. “I thought it was quite long and I fell asleep when my parents took me to see it.”

Eighty years later, Mickey and Olivia de Havilland, 103, who played his mother, Melanie Wilkes, are the film’s last remaining living cast members. “I call her Mama Melanie,” confides Mickey, adding he sends the actress a greeting every year around her July 1 birthday.

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“I said, there’s only two of us left now.

She said, ‘Yes, it is rather unique that the Wilkes are the survivors!’”

A GRAND UNDERTAKING

Mickey remembers the GWTW set as a well-oiled machine dedicated to making first-rate entertainment. Producer David O. Selznick chose to film in Technicolor, a new technology at the time, which required strict attention to color and lighting. “They used three cameras, and that was very expensive,” recalls Mickey, who admits he felt pressure to get his scenes right.

Olivia de Havilland as Melanie

Mickey Kuhn as Beau

They reunited at Olivia’s 90th birthday party.

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A PERFECT PAIRING

“Doing a scene with Clark felt earth-shattering to me,” says starstruck Mickey. “But he was such a nice man. I was also crazy about Vivien. She was a wonderful woman.”

“Vivien was an exquisite creature.

She had very beautiful manners.”

— Olivia de Havilland

“The entire cast felt the same way.”

In the role of Beau, Mickey jokes that he “only cost them money” by missing his line in one scene with the film’s leading man, Clark Gable. “My line was, ‘Hello, Uncle Rhett,’ but three times I kept saying, ‘Hello, Uncle Clark,’” he remembers.

The veteran actor noted the youngster’s frustration and took him aside. “I really thought he was going to kick me off the set,” says Mickey. “He said, ‘You’re right, my name is Clark, but here my name is Rhett.’ He didn’t belittle me because I was a kid. We did the scene again and, of course, it was OK.” Clark and Vivien Leigh spent a lot of time together discussing their characters, Rhett Butler and Scarlet O’Hara. “The whole world had a very definite idea of Rhett. [Clark] was terrified of not fulfilling their notion of the character,” recalls Olivia. Vivien seemed anxious, too. “It was her American debut and she wanted to do an excellent job,” notes Mickey.

Once the two actors began a scene, they became Rhett and Scarlett. “You could see it when they were rehearsing. There was a spark,” Mickey says. Despite the passion they brought to their roles, there was no hanky-panky on the set. Both were new-

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lyweds — Clark wed Carole Lombard in March 1939, while Vivien and Laurence Olivier were married in August 1940. Says Mickey, “It was a mutual respect between two great actors.”

Although Olivia played Mickey’s mother in GWTW, he shared no screen time with her. “She was behind the door dying when I did my big scene,” recalls Mickey. “I’m the little boy being carried out

by Leslie Howard crying, ‘Where is my mother going?’ ” Unfortunately, Leslie, who played his father, Ashley Wilkes, didn’t have a lot of patience for children — including Mickey. “When [the scene] was over, I was still crying. Leslie said, ‘Now what do I do with him?’” remembers Mickey with laugh. “He was a great actor, but he just wanted to do the job and be done with it.”

Leslie may have had more than just movie-making on his mind. Olivia felt that the British actor, who was active in antiGerman propaganda, was preoccupied by the events in the news leading up to World War II. “When we were filming, he seemed in a distressed, melancholy state of mind,” she recalls. “[Leslie] met his death as a British intelligence officer [a few years later] during the war.”

Although his link to British intelligence has never been confirmed, Leslie was flying in a civilian aircraft which was shot down by a German military plane in 1943, killing all aboard.

A LASTING LEGACY

A great number of iconic movies competed at the 1940 Academy Awards, including Wuthering Heights, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The Wizard of Oz, but GWTW set a record by capturing eight trophies out of 13 nominations. Vivien, producer Selznick and director Victor

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Fleming all won honors and Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammy, became the first African-American to win the best supporting actress award.

Mickey left Hollywood in the 1950s after a long career as a child actor. Over the years he has frequently appeared at GWTW events to share his experience with fans. “I have very good memories of it,” he says.

Just don’t ask him to sit and watch the entire movie again. “I’ve seen it once,” Mickey says. “That’s enough.”

— Reporting by Katie Bruno

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LIFE LESSONS

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AS THE ICONIC TV STAR HITS MILESTONE BIRTHDAY, HE OPENS UP ABOUT THE SECRETS TO A HAPPY LIFE

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ith his chiseled good looks and brawny physique, Tom Selleck doesn’t seem 75, yet he’ll turn that age on Jan. 29. Maybe the key to his youthful appearance lies in the fact that he was a late bloomer. “I didn’t really have success until I was 35, which was Magnum, P.I.” in 1980, he says. And he admits he didn’t feel fully grown-up until much later.

“That was when my dad died in 2001,” says Tom, whose father was a real-estate exec (his mother, Martha, passed away in 2017). “I went, ‘There’s nobody to go to for fatherly advice. You’re on your own, pal.’”

for anything,” he says. “So I’m very fortunate that way.”

He’s poured some of what he learned into the character of Frank Reagan, the police-commissioner father of a law-enforcement family on CBS’ Blue Bloods, which is still going strong in its 22 February 3, 2020 CLOSER

“My first priority is time with my family,” says Tom, with his daughter, Hannah, and wife, Jillie.

“I was not ever tired of it,” says Tom of his Hawaiiset 1980–’88 hit. “But I quit Magnum to have a family. It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance.”

“It kind of scared me, so I took the job,” Tom says of his rare sitcom stint as Courteney Cox’s beau.

“Frank’s flawed, yet people like him,” he says of the police commish he plays. “That’s the best kind of character.”

10th season. “There aren’t a lot of examples of patriarchs trying to do the right thing on TV,” he says. “That performs a certain function; fathers are important.”

FAMILY VALUED

Even as he’s become one of America’s most enduring and beloved TV stars, Tom’s managed to keep it all in perspective. “As good as this business has been to me,” he says, “life is about more important things.”

First and foremost is his family. He’s been married to wife Jillie since 1987, and the couple have one daughter, Hannah, 31.

“I have a wonderful wife, and our love has gotten deeper,” he says. “It just grows more satisfying. You become true partners.”

While Hannah is an adult (she breeds horses on a farm), “you never stop being a dad when your kids are grown,” says Tom. As an insider tells Closer, “he’s close and a good dad. Tom rides horses and spends time with her. She’s a lovely young lady.”

Tom’s loved ones will be on the very short guest list for his birthday party. “He feels he’s at a point where he just wants his family and close friends around,” the insider says. “He’s a low-key kind of guy.”

“I feel very fortunate, and I feel I’ve earned it. That’s just as important to me.”

— Tom

Blue Bloods shoots on location in New York City, and Tom lives in Southern California. Since it’s an ensemble show and he’s not in every scene, he’s able to fly back and forth and balance work and family time.

This arrangement has lasted for a decade, and it’s not likely to change anytime soon.

“If the show is still doing well and the network supports it, Tom will stay on it as long as it’s on the air,” says the insider.

Lately, Tom has also been writing his autobiography, and as he looks back over his life, he can be proud of the way he’s conducted himself. “People say, ‘I don’t want to have any regrets,’ and I don’t have,” he reveals. “I’ve had bad breaks, and it was pretty tough getting to a level where I actually made a living in this business.”

That’s only made him appreciate success more, though he values deeper things.

“Fame is a vapor; popularity is an accident; money takes wing,” Tom says. “The only thing that endures is character.” And he’s still working to improve his own. “Few of us are as good as we think we are,” he says.

“None of us are as good as we can be.”

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THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

THE OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTRESS ON RICHARD JEWELL, BEATING CANCER AND…THE LOVE BOAT? I JUST EARNED MY FOURTH OSCAR NOMINATION

After winning best actress for 1990’s Misery, Kathy has been recognized for Primary Colors, About Schmidt and now Richard Jewell. Among the people who congratulated her this year was Adam Sandler, who played her son in The Waterboy — and who was passed over for a nod in Uncut Gems. “I love you,” Kathy tweeted back to Adam. “You was robbed!”

I TOOK A CRUISE ON THE LOVE BOAT

An up-and-coming Kathy guested as a newlywed on a 1978 episode. “Every time we wanted to consummate our marriage, something kept getting in the way,” she recalls. “When he tried to carry me into our bedroom, he pulled his back out.”

I’M A TWO-TIME CANCER SURVIVOR Kathy

was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2003 and breast cancer in 2012 and beat it both times. “Cancer and its aftermath changed my outlook in a profound way,” she says. “I’ve become less of a hermit, and I travel more.”

I AUDITIONED FOR THREE’S COMPANY Kathy

lost the role to Joyce DeWitt, but she didn’t mind.

“I spent eight hours making sandwiches and looking through this blonde’s legs as she was bent over with her rear end towards me,” she says. “And I thought, ‘I just don’t know if I want to spend my time doing this.’”

Kathy with Paul Walter Hauser in Richard Jewell…

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…and with John Rubinstein on The Love Boat in 1978.

I VALUE MY LOVED ONES “My inner strength comes from my friends,” says Kathy. “I have a very close group of friends and family, and we all help each other through our dark times.”

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My Long Road to As he celebrates 50 years in showbiz, the Eight Is Enough star talks fame, hardships & finding love with an old friend 44 February 3, 2020 CLOSER

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magine falling in love with your teen idol…and marrying him!

That’s what happened to Winnie Hung and former Eight Is Enough star Willie Aames. “I used to get thousands of letters and feel guilty, because there was always a picture of a girl and a phone number. So I called one — ‘Hi, this is Willie Aames’ — and she hung up on me!” Willie, 59, laughs to Closer.

“I called back and we became pen pals for 30 years.” During that time, the actor went from starring in hits like TV’s Charles in Charge and a detour into preaching to struggling with substance abuse, two divorces and homelessness. But through hard work and determination, Willie turned his life around. He became a cruise director, and when his ship sailed into Winnie’s city they met and fell in love.

On March 21, the couple will celebrate six happy years of marriage. Willie’s even written a screenplay about their love story and plans to make it a movie. And despite his “crash and burn” period some 12 years ago, the father of two (Christopher, 38, and Harleigh, 29) says: “I consider my life one of the greatest lives lived.”

You’ve been acting since the age of 9.

What are your best early memories?

I was doing Medical Center with Chad Everett in 1971 and had just done The Courtship of Eddie’s Father with Bill Bixby.

I heard them arguing over who discovered me first! It was really sweet.

Willie and wife Winnie on the first day they met in 2013 in Vancouver, Canada

Any funny stories from that time?

I was shooting The Family Nobody Wanted on Christmas Eve and had the makeup artist paint “Merry Christmas” on my ass. I mooned the camera and yelled “Merry Christmas, everybody!” Shirley Jones said, “That is really cute.” Later, I’m walking at Universal and Alfred Hitchcock points at me. A half block later, John Wayne yells, “Get over here. You’re the kid that mooned the suits!” Then Tony Curtis said the same thing. The studio head had sent copies to all the offices. [Laughs] At what point did you feel like a star?

On Eight Is Enough, no question. We laughed a lot. I was very confident, we did some great work and I adored working with Dick Van Patten and Grant Goodeve.

How about Charles in Charge?

I probably laughed harder than on almost any other show. There were constant pranks. I’d stand behind a door eating a raw onion, and when Scott [Baio] opened it, we were in front of a live audience, so there was nothing he could do. [Laughs] How did you get started in the business?

I had no intention of becoming an actor, but my teacher’s boyfriend wanted to be an agent. He saw me doing little skits at school and asked my mom, “Can I introduce him to one?” She handled Jodie Foster, and CLOSERWEEKLY.COM 45

HEART to heart two weeks later, she called. My dad said, “My son doesn’t have an agent. Absolutely not!” I begged to do it because I had three popular older siblings. He said, “We’ll give you three months.” Three weeks later, I got my first commercial, and then a show, The Young Rebels, with David Soul.

Did you give Jodie Foster her first kiss?

I did, at a screen test. We wiped our mouths with the backs of our hands!

[Laughs] We were supposed to do Tom Sawyer, but I took a jump on my bike, the front wheel flew off and I broke my jaw — it was wired shut for months.

Ouch. You were a musician, too?

I started playing in bands when I was 12 or 13. Once Eight Is Enough hit, I remember playing to ten to fifteen-thousand screaming girls and thinking, “I’m not that good.” A lot of the teen idol thing was embarrassing and surreal. I look back and go, “You were ripped,” but I was so self-conscious of my body. I got my first big tattoos to squash the network from having me take my shirt off on Eight Is Enough and the reunions.Ididn’t like being manipulated.

What did you learn from your marriages to Victoria Weatherman (1979–’84) and Maylo McCaslin (1986–2009)?

To get married so early was a decision of defiance — you don’t want to treat me [right], I’ll start my own family. I don’t

He played Tony Randall’s son on The Odd Couple in 1971 at 11. “Tony wasn’t happy — I had a hard time not laughing at my own jokes. When we did a [1979] movie, Scavenger Hunt, he walked up and fed me the line from our last scene — and I gave him the answer. From then on, we were great.”

really talk about [Maylo] out of respect for my wife, Winnie.

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“I’m the international spokesperson for Alzamend Neuro.

We’re funding and raising money to find vaccines, treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s. I lost two grandparents to it, so it’s important to me. We’re hoping to have some big announcements soon.”

You’ve talked about being molested when you were 11 and tough times in the 2000s.

How did you get on your feet?

The crash-and-burn period was a buildup of a lot of things. It’s taken me nearly 12 years to bounce back. I was homeless, and at one point I nearly gave up. I was almost 50 and wasn’t a husband, celebrity, executive, rock star or preacher anymore. I had $10, but I woke up one night in the bushes and said, “I still have a mind. I’m going to start over.”

Did you have any support?

One of my best friends is my son. He’s one of the few people who didn’t give up on me.

He’s a brilliant composer. We talk three times and text 10 times a day.

How did you turn things around?

Any action is better than no action, and I started stringing together little wins. I borrowed money to get back to Kansas, where I was squatting in my foreclosed home, and saw the Dish Network was hiring installers for $8.60 an hour — but they wouldn’t hire me because I was too famous! I had to get special permission from the corporate office. Then I took the job as a pingpong and shuffleboard boy, bathroom monitor and library cleaner

Willie (center) acted with Jodie Foster on a 1971 Gunsmoke episode.

“She’s one of the most wonderful people you’d want to meet, to this day.”

He co-starred with Helen Hunt (center) in one of his first TV series, 1975–’76’s Swiss Family Robinson. “Helen and I had conversations that were hysterical. She has one of the greatest senses of humor.”

His 1982 Blue Lagoon-esque film Paradise with Phoebe Cates was “one of the first times I’d lived in a different country, Israel. I was blown away.”

on a cruise ship. Within about six months, I worked my way up to cruise director.

Great! How did you reunite with Winnie?

We never met, and we’d lose track of each other at times. One day I got a LinkedIn request from her that said, “Just checking to see if you’re OK.” She became my closest confidante. She’d stayed single her whole life and said, “We’ll never cross that line — you’re just a friend.”

How did that change?

She said, “Do your ships ever come to Vancouver [Canada]?” I’d never been on one, but I looked at my schedule and said, “I’m not only going to be there, I’m going to sign off to go to France to catch my next ship.

After 30 years, I at least owe you a dinner and I’ll give you a tour.” When I saw her, I literally could not breathe. My knees started to go weak. We had the most amazing evening. It was like we knew each other our whole lives — because we did! I asked her to meet me at the airport. I walked up to her and said, “I’m going to marry you.” We sailed together for a year. Later, her sister said, “She’s been waiting 30 years for you.”

Wonderful! What’s next for you?

I’ve just signed to write, produce and direct a series on the history of Hollywood, but the only thing I really want is to hold Winnie’s hand and walk along the water. I’m a very grateful man.

— Reporting by Amanda Champagne-Meadows

From 1995 to 2004, he played the title role in Bibleman, a Christian superhero home video series he created and helped write and direct.

“I think the most fun I had was on Charles with friend Scott Baio, who also starred with him in the 1982 comedy Zapped!

Willie’s returned to acting in Hallmark Channel films like 2016’s Every Christmas Has a Story (above, with Lori Loughlin), 2016’s Dater’s Handbook with Meghan Markle and 2019’s Love on the Menu.

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Ride of Life THE BELOVED STAR GETS BACK INTO ACTION WITH 9-1-1: LONE STAR

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fter he got sober 30 years ago, “I thought, I’m not going to be cool anymore,” confesses Rob Lowe.

“Then I got a call from Steven Tyler, and he said, ‘I heard you’re in recovery, and it’s going to be great.’ I thought, Dude, if it’s good enough for f---ing Steven Tyler, it’s good enough for me!”

And it has been. Rob, 55, has been blissfully married since 1991 to Sheryl Berkoff and is the proud father of two sons, Matthew, 26, and John, 24. Plus, he’s got a new TV series: Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star, co-starring Aerosmith frontman Steven’s daughter Liv Tyler. “Every time I look at her,” Rob says, “it makes my heart happy.”

He identifies with his role as the captain in charge of junior firefighters. “Trying to herd the cats of younger people finding their way through the world felt really natural,” he says. “Captains are like the fathers of the firehouse, so that was very easy to relate to.”

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Rob tries to pass along the wisdom he’s attained to his kids and his younger co-stars.

What advice would he give his 20-year-old self? “Don’t swing at the first pitch,” Rob told Closer at the recent California Strong Celeb“The physical stamina rity Softball Game. “Don’t take anything too required is crazy,” says Rob seriously. Enjoy the ride of life.” of playing a firefighter.

He’s doing just that — and remaining remarkably youthful at the same time.

“I live a very healthy life,” he says. “I eat well and I don’t drink. And if sleep were an Olympic sport, I’d be Michael Phelps.”

His physically grueling role on 9-1-1 also keeps him in shape. “I’m going up and down ladders and rappelling down buildings,” he enthuses. “The 12-yearold boy in me just loves coming to work.”

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Even before Abby’s announcement, conservative Meghan McCain’s on-air rages created a chasm between her and the show ’s progressive-leaning co-hosts Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and moderator Whoopi Goldberg. The trio reportedly had been giving Meghan, 35, the silent treatment backstage. “[The on-air conversation] gets heated and they argue,” explains the insider. “Then they all head for their dressing rooms. The last thing anyone wants is small talk.”

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At press time, a permanent replacement had not been announced, although Republican strategist Ana Navarro’s name has been mentioned. “It’s unlikely,” notes the insider. “The producers want someone younger who can butt heads with all of them, including Meghan.”

It’s also improbable the mood at The View will lighten up. “Meghan has fantasized about quitting. There are days when she can’t stand Whoopi, Joy and the producers, who she says favor their opinions over hers,” says the insider. “But Meghan’s not going anywhere. She wants to be on the show for the 2020 election. She feels The View needs her more than ever.”

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oupy Sales learned a valuable lesson on Jan. 1, 1965. He jokingly asked kids watching The Soupy Sales Show to go into their parents’ wallets and send him the “little green pieces of paper.” “It was just a gag,” said Soupy, who was reported to the FCC and suspended for two weeks. “It was the first time I realized how powerful TV was.”

Born Milton Supman in Franklinton, N.C., Soupy had an equally powerful impact on his own children. “I did get a work ethic from him,” son Hunt Sales (who along with brother Tony went on to become musicians in David Bowie’s band Tin Machine) tells Closer. “He raised me the way he was raised, as opposed to spoiling me, and instilled morals and values in me.”

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explained, “Once I found out adults were watching, too, I never consciously changed anything to play to them.”

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Soupy, with wife Trudy, at his 2005 Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony

It turns out audiences of all ages can’t resist a pie in the face — Soupy’s signature gag.

“One of my younger fans made the mistake of heaving a frozen pie at me,” Soupy said. “I dropped like a pile of bricks.”

The shtick made Soupy famous. “All kinds of people came to the house, from Frank Sinatra to George ‘Goober’ Lindsey,” Hunt recalls. “But my dad didn’t like the Hollywood showbiz thing.”

Instead, Soupy (who died at 83 in 2009) focused on his life’s mission: cracking people up. “He gave people joy — that is no small thing in this world,” says Hunt. “People of all races have told me how much they enjoyed his humor. He was a people person, and he loved what he did.” — Bruce Fretts, with reporting by Fortune Benatar

“I’ll be remembered for the pies, and that’s all right.”

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MY LIFE IN FROM THE start, Diane Colleen Lane lived a tumultuous life. The daughter of an acting coach and a Playboy centerfold who split when she was 13 days old, she started acting onstage at age 6. “I was hijacked” into the job, she’s said, and it made her feel like “an adult hiding in this 8-year-old body.” She lived with her mom, then her dad until age 15, when she left him and moved to LA. Her mom took her back to Georgia, leading Diane to take her mom to court. All this made her ideal for the tough-girl roles of her youth — and may have contributed to rocky marriages to exes Christopher Lambert and Josh Brolin.

“Relationships with the opposite sex are the most challenging things I’ve done,” she said. “You lose your compass. You’re trying to make everybody happy, including yourself…. It’s humbled me.” But she let her vulnerability show in her adult roles, and it led to an Oscar nod for 2002’s Unfaithful. And as she turns 55 on Jan. 22, she’s also celebrating her lasting relationship with daughter Eleanor Lambert, who’s joined her at her premieres. “To me, there’s no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.”

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1989 TAKING SOME MEASURE “I feel very grateful to be a part of Lonesome Dove,” the classic Western TV miniseries. “It’s become [part of the] fabric of my life, and I’m still amazed that I’m in it. It is iconic.” She later heard that she “didn’t have a lot of TV [viewer popularity, so] it wasn’t a perk to get me. They were doing me a favor to bring me to a new audience.”

2000 STORM TROUPER She enjoyed making The Perfect

2013 SUPER MOM She adopted Superman (Henry Cavill) as Clark Kent’s mom in Man of Steel.

“Martha Kent is really pragmatic. I think she has to be when you find this star child in your barn,” Diane laughed. “And when you realize all the capacities this young being has, there’s a moral obligation to be the best tour guide you can be.”

2002 AFFAIR TO REMEMBER Were the sex scenes in her drama Unfaithful tough? “Oh my God, yes,” she recalled. “You see, [the director’s] a yeller. Stuff like, ‘Great! Go! Do it again!’

By the end, you’re physically and emotionally shattered. It took a lot out of me — like having a baby. Still recovering.”

But the hard work canoodling with Olivier Martinez paid off: She got an Oscar nod.

1995 BALANCING ACT “[Alec Baldwin] was my Stanley and I was his Stella” in the TV movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire, she said. “My daughter was about 2 years old, and he was just fascinated, trying to figure out how it was that I could both work and be a mother. And sure enough, about a month later, I hear that [Alec’s

2008 OLD FRIENDS “It’s true that he and I have this thing,” she admitted of Richard Gere, her costar in Nights in Rodanthe and previously The Cotton Club and Unfaithful. “It’s wonderful to have the comfort level of all our past conversations and experiences to not have to wear kid gloves. To get right in there and trust each other’s boundaries and to not be walking on eggshells.”

2016 FULL CIRCLE After making her Broadway debut in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard back in 1977, Diane didn’t hesitate returning to the Great White Way to be in a revival.

“I pretty much identify with every single character in this play. Chekhov makes you find the comedy and tragedy inside yourself.”

2017 TOUGH LOVE How did Diane raise her actress daughter, Eleanor Lambert?

“You do not need to justify your decisions. Your job is to set the boundaries and keep your kids safe.

So when my daughter said, ‘Why, Mom? It’s not fair!’ my smile just got bigger, but I didn’t budge.”

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White glove delivery included in shipping charge. Professionals will deliver the chair to the exact spot in your home where you want it, unpack it, inspect it, test it, position it, and even carry the packaging away! You get your choice of stain and water repellent synthetic DuraLux with the classic leather look or plush microfiber in a variety of colors to fit any decor. Call now!

The Perfect Sleep Chair®

1-888-750-7337

Please mention code 112600 when ordering.

REMOTE-CONTROLLED EASILY SHIFTS FROM FLAT TO

Long Lasting DuraLux

Tan

Chocolate Bur und

Blue

A STAND-ASSIST POSITION

DuraLux II Microfiber

Indigo

Because each Perfect Sleep Chair is a custom-made bedding product, we can only accept returns on chairs that are damaged or defective. © 2020 firstSTREET for Boomers and Beyond, Inc.

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