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...They say the apple never falls far from the tree. or is it, there's a rotten apple in every barrel? Either way, there aren't enough clich?s in the world to comfort South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, whose All My (Corrupt) Sons soap opera has the politician yearning for the do-nothing end of term to which a lame duck is entitled. Kim's youngest son, high-living L.A. resident Kim Hong Gul, faces charges that he took at least $1.2 million in bribes from local businessmen to facilitate deals. He apologized to his parents and the nation...
...most-intriguing-looking prospect, you'll have to wait until midseason: "Kingpin," a violent HBO wannabe about a Mexican drug lord and the DEA agents chasing him, had touches of both amoral crime opera and glitzy soap (its creative team comes from HBO's "The Sopranos" and "The Corner"; the production company is prime-time soap czar Aaron Spelling's). The network is hyping it, probably self-fulfillingly, as the most controversial show of the season - and NBC's so bravely behind it, they're ordering a whole six episodes. (Most new shows initially...
...SITCOM OPERA STUD...
...school. These days, it is sitcoms and TV newsmagazines that are generating buzz for budding music stars. When JOSH GROBAN, 21, released his self-titled album last November, its unconventional style baffled radio stations. That's because Groban wraps his baritone around a hybrid of opera and pop, sings in English, Spanish and Italian and, when he performs, is not afraid to look and act like Michael Bolton. If DJs were indifferent, viewers clamored for information after Groban appeared on Ally McBeal playing a loser with pipes of gold. Last week, after he was profiled on ABC's 20/20, sales...
Jean-Marie Messier certainly made a splash when he moved to New York City from Paris last year. He settled into a $17.5 million Park Avenue duplex and started popping up at Metropolitan Opera soirees and in the gossip pages. Perhaps that's fitting, since Messier is a former water-company executive who became a man-about-town and a French business celebrity by turning Compagnie Generale des Eaux into a $51 billion global media giant, Vivendi Universal. Messier did it by orchestrating a series of stock-and-cash deals for American assets such as Universal Studios and USA Networks...