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1V: In pile of two separate
copyright mfcingement Ia ui
filed inst Paramount 0\u
Coming To America,· Eddie
Murphy' productio oOmpany
plaas to go ahead . a si com
\USion of the bit movie for CBS,
which could be 08 the air by
midseason. urphy i expected
to make a cameo appearance in
icA
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the first episode. Another Mur­
phy project for CBS, "What's
Alan.Watching?· is slated to go
into production this month. The
hour-long pilot, which is being
tagged a comedic commentary
on television, stems &om·an
idea that Eddie had alo. with
some of his former saturday
�Jght Live colleagues. In the
pilot, Jated to air on Ftbruary·
'E1 at SPM, Eddie will play both
James Brown and-Mike Tysoo.
� pilot stars Barbara Barrie
and former We ter co-star I
Corky Nemcc. Morc of
Murphy's 1V projeda, iD.dud­
ing a syndicatcd Chr· tm ..
movie for 1989, will be an­
nounced soon.
It' 0 ror
• Despite the rum the
Ia ui and the tabloid tale&, .
appears that thece till remain
some sparks between Robin and
Mike Tyson. The couple repor-
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tedIy bepn again over
the holidays, acoording to a
source to GNe . Tyson is
all over her. Meanwhile, profes­
sionally- peaking Givens will
find herself t the mercy of a
homicidal maniac who once
her childhood best friend, in a
St� White productioll tided
"Penthou e" hich a
scheduled to begin filming in
Vancouver, B.C. las weekend
Thc made-for., 1V movie air
OIl ABC later . season. The
telepic also tars Robert Guil­
liamc in· thc role of Givc
fatber.T per, Te
D ty argument with friend
and a little too much to driDkap­
paready resulted in the Irrest 0
�tIock· co-star Kcnc Hol­
� for van . aDd drunk
driviDg, over thc Iloliday .
a quarrelled the 39-year
old adoI'to smash out • dows
of a &ieDd's ho before get­
tiDa into his care aDd a ·
into a par� vehichle. Short
-r : Stevie W del' aDd the
Temptatioas wece those
inducted· to the "Rock N' Roll
HaD Of Fame·· star- tuddcd
cere . at Waldorf As ..
toria Hotel· York City. In
other entertainment Matt
Williams, execu� producer
aDd creator of the hit 1V series,
"Roseanne,· walked off the set
I t week. Williams, ho is
Black, had long beea'espedeac­
. aeatiYe teDsions with coeee­
dian Roseanne Barr, had
made a stake for CceatiYe con­
trol of er 0 character. Ac­
cording to one source, things
had gotten so b d between the
two that they weren't speaking
A spokesman for Williams has
said that he will no return to the
show, but will instead I pur sue
other projects.
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