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...EGADS, EGAN: "I know that everyone is talking about Jonathan Franzen this fall, but don?t you need a female voice as a counterpoint?" asks a publicist at Doubleday. The female voice she has in mind is that of novelist and short story writer Jennifer Egan, whose second novel, "Look at Me," will be published by Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday on September 18. Egan has a lot going for her: superagent Binky Urban, a 15-city reading tour, and confirmed coverage in Vogue, Elle, Harpers Bazaar, O, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire, Talk, Paper, Vanity Fair and the NYT Book Review...
...played an alcoholic on the road to recovery in the movie Bounce. Maybe it wasn't all acting? Last week square-jawed Pearl Harbor star BEN AFFLECK revealed he had entered rehab for an alcohol problem. Said publicist David Pollick: "Ben is a self-aware and smart man who has decided that a fuller life awaits him without alcohol. He has chosen to seek out professional assistance and is committed to traveling a healthier road with the support of his family, friends and fans." And food, folks and fun, along with additional alliterative assurances at the Malibu drying-out center...
...selling female singer of the '90s, with more than 140 million albums and singles sold. Barely a month before the release of her first starring movie, Glitter, and an accompanying CD, Carey, 31, was admitted on July 25 to a Westchester County, N.Y., hospital suffering from what her publicist, Cindi Berger, calls "an emotional and physical breakdown." The tabloids said Carey entered the hospital with her hands bandaged, as if she had attempted suicide--an account denied by the ambulance driver who took her there...
...dying to know how far their amorous relationships have gone. In the case of P.S. 164's Rachel Marks and Nick Applebaum, we're still working the story. We do know that TOM CRUISE and PENELOPE CRUZ have got to first base, and, at least according to Cruise's publicist, Pat Kingsley, the homonymic duo have also been "on a couple of dates." "He's been separated for months now," said Kingsley, "and I think both he and Nicole [Kidman] have had enough time to get adjusted to not being married." Speak for your own client. A friend of Kidman...
USHER Prince Azim, son of the Sultan of Brunei, attended one of the shows on the singer's European tour and, according to a report, proffered the R.-and-B. sex symbol $250,000 worth of gifts. Usher's publicist wouldn't comment on the gifts story, but confirmed that the prince and the rock star met at a concert. Any talk of oil prices...