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By Times staff and wire reports

© St. Petersburg Times, published April 28, 2001

Report: George P. Bush photos are "sizzling"

Remember when George P. Bush, 24-year-old son of Gov. Jeb Bush, was all the talk of the presidential campaign for his striking good looks? The New York Post reported Friday that we'll soon get to see more of him in a Details magazine "sizzling photo spread." "Sources predict the steamy shots will leave the White House red-faced with embarrassment," the Post breathlessly reported. Details declined to comment on the Post report.

Hudson author, Capote relative on Leno's show

Marie Rudisill of Hudson, a cookbook author and aunt of the writer Truman Capote, will appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on WFLA-Ch. 8. In her last appearance, the 90-year-old Rudisill, author of Fruitcake: Memories of Truman Capote and Sook (Hill Street Press), directed Leno and actor Mel Gibson in a hapless, hilarious fruitcake-baking effort. Rudisill's assignment on Wednesday: Bake a cherry pie.

Nude photos don't sink CNN anchor Thompson

CNN Headline News is sticking by its decision to hire former NYPD Blue actor Andrea Thompson as a news anchor, even though nude photos of Thompson are floating around the Internet.

A story about the photos was headlined "Headlined Nudes" on the front page of the New York Post on Friday.

The photos, available on several Internet sites, were still shots of Thompson taken from a 1986 Italian film Manhattan Gigolo and separate photos from Black and White magazine.

Thompson, who played Detective Jill Kirkendall on the ABC drama until leaving in 1999 and switching to a journalism career, defended the pictures.

"I did pose for Black and White magazine, a prestigious, artistic publication, several years ago," Thompson said. "I did this as a piece of art and make no apologies for the creative decisions I've made as an artist in my 20-year career."

The Atlanta-based cable network issued a statement supporting the 41-year-old anchor, who worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KRQE-TV in Albuquerque, N.M., for less than a year before CNN called.

Placido Domingo's pain forces cancellations

Placido Domingo is to undergo surgery following acute pain, forcing him to cancel his upcoming performances in Vienna, Austria, a statement from the State Opera said Friday.

The tenor was scheduled to appear in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci on Monday, Thursday and May 7.

The opera house is looking for a suitable replacement, the statement said. There were no details on Domingo's ailment.

'Weakest Link' host to tell her story

Television's hottest -- and coldest -- game-show host has a book deal. The memoirs of Anne Robinson, the snippy star of NBC's Weakest Link, will be published this fall for an advance almost certainly worth at least six figures.

"The book, like Anne herself, is filled with insight, honesty and humor," Louise Burke, president of the New American Library, said in a statement Thursday. The New American Library is an imprint of Penguin Putnam. Titled Memoirs of an Unfit Mother, Robinson's book will cover her years as a London journalist and consumer advocate and her struggles with alcoholism.

Concert canceled

A May 11 recital by violinist Maxim Vengerov at the Palladium Theater has been canceled. Vengerov has an injury.

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