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AFFILIATE MARKET NOTES: Luciano Pavarotti was from Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Ron Howard was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. George Clooney was born in Lexington, Kentucky. "Gidget" was filmed in Los Angeles and Malibu, California.

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"Pavarotti"
Courtesy CBS Films

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"Gidget"
From Columbia Pictures

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TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENT ROUNDUP RANGES FROM AN ITALIAN SINGER TO A MALIBU SURFER. HERE'S DAVID DANIEL WITH THE HOLLYWOOD MINUTE.

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KATHY KOHNER ZUCKERMAN, WHO INSPIRED THE CHARACTER "GIDGET," DOESN'T "HANG TEN" MUCH ANYMORE AT AGE 78, BUT SHE STILL TRAVELS AS AN AMBASSADOR, INSPIRING A NEW GENERATION OF GIRLS -- AND BOYS -- TO TAKE UP SURFING.

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"Can you be sure you'll hit the note?"
"No. That is the beauty of my profession." (nat-laughter)

FILMMAKER RON HOWARD AND THE TEAM BEHIND "THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK" RETURN WITH A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ANOTHER WORLDWIDE MUSICAL LEGEND. "PAVAROTTI" TAKES US BACKSTAGE AND ONSTAGE WITH THE OPERA STAR, INCLUDING HISTORIC PERFORMANCES AND NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE. LOOK, AND LISTEN, FOR "PAVAROTTI" IN JUNE.

"And I just showed up and went to work, and put on a leather dress -- as you do."

GEORGE CLOONEY IS "HITTING THE ROAD" WITH M-G-M. HIS "SMOKEHOUSE PICTURES" PRODUCTION COMPANY HAS SIGNED A TWO-YEAR FIRST-LOOK DEAL WITH THE STUDIO. HE'S SET TO START BY DIRECTING, AND POSSIBLY STARRING IN, A FILM ABOUT 19-80'S CAR DESIGNER AND ENGINEER JOHN DELOREAN.

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IT'S BEEN 60 YEARS SINCE SANDRA DEE FOUND LIFE WAS A BEACH, AS "GIDGET" HIT THE BIG SCREEN. THE SURFING MOVIE, BASED ON THE NOVEL, AND THE T-V SERIES THAT FOLLOWED INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF WOMEN TO DIVE INTO THE MALE-DOMINATED SPORT. IN HOLLYWOOD, I'M DAVID DANIEL.

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ENTERTAINMENT SHOWBIZ HOLLYWOOD ROUNDUP MOVIES MUSIC OPERA LEGEND CLOONEY CONGRATC STUDIO OSCARS SURFING BEACH