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29 July 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Bob Hope may have been associated with NBC for a record 60 years, but it was CBS that was the only broadcast network to air a special about him Monday night on the day that his death, at age 100, was announced. (He succumbed to pneumonia late Sunday.) The network quickly mounted a special half-hour edition of 48 Hours devoted to Hope, which captured a 6.6 rating and an 11 share at 8:00 p.m. and was the highest-rated show in the time period. On cable, CNN's Larry King assembled a show that featured call-ins from Jane Russell, Wayne Newton, Mickey Rooney, Phyllis Diller, Connie Stevens and Nancy Reagan. (And Hope's obit in the New York Times bore the byline of the late TV critic Vincent Canby -- suggesting a line that could have been written for a Hope monologue: "How old was he when he died? I don't know, but the guy who wrote his obituary died three years before he did.")

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26 February 2003 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Sexy atar Reese Witherspoon is to follow in the footsteps of Hollywood idol Marilyn Monroe - by recreating the role that first made the blonde bombshell famous in the 1950's. Legally Blonde actress Witherspoon will play singer Lorelei Lee in a remake of the 1953 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which first shot buxom Monroe to worldwide fame. What's more, Hollywood A-listers Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz are said to be battling it out for the co-starring role of Dorothy Shaw - originally played by Jane Russell. A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "Bosses are hoping to start filming by the end of the year."

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