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...brother's been doing this for a few summers now, so I thought it was time I had a go," she says. At Surfrider beach in Malibu, Calif., Megan Stone, 16, says she surfs because "it's something that isn't ordinary." And up the coast in Santa Cruz, Mel Hanson, 42, a mother of two, got hooked last year after a friend taught her how. Not even a couple of wipeouts that left her scratched up and seeing stars have dimmed her enthusiasm. "I think about it all the time. It's an addiction," she says...
...security guard might seem like a snarky L.A. writer's easy swipe at a red-state sort he has no firsthand knowledge of. In fact, White's father Mel was an evangelical minister who ghostwrote books for Jerry Falwell and Billy Graham. Mel White was also gay and deeply closeted, undergoing electroshock and aversion therapy to "cure" his homosexuality. (He is now out and heads an organization for gay Christians.) When White was 11, he found a tape of his parents discussing his father's sexuality with psychologists and asked his father about it. "He was such a sneaky little...
...during its pre-Broadway run in Seattle. Now, as its Aug. 15 opening approaches, theater insiders are touting it as the hottest show since The Producers. Advance ticket sales have topped $6 million--approaching the $13 million The Producers racked up before its opening. Celebs like Danny DeVito and Mel Brooks have shown up at previews; newspaper columnists are virtually ordering readers to get tickets before it's too late; and Bloomingdale's is getting set to open Hairspray-inspired boutiques in five of its stores nationwide. The shops will sell '60s-era clothes (including plus sizes), cosmetics, wigs...
...Disney shares. Two weeks ago, after the company reported weak quarterly results, word leaked that the pair had adopted an unusually combative tone. Some now speculate that Eisner won't be re-hired when his contract expires in 2006, or may go earlier. Mentioned as successors are Viacom president Mel Karmazin, Sony of America CEO Howard Stringer, and former Disney-ite Jeffrey Katzenberg...
...someone in the major leagues will bat .406 again but never in as dramatic a fashion as Williams did: hitting 6 for 8 in a season-ending doubleheader. The Splendid Splinter was, indeed, splendid. MEL TANSILL Catonsville...