Leave it to television executives to take a stab at responsible programming–and miss. After airing part one of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer season finale, the WB network has infuriated fans by yanking part two until school’s out. In the wake of the recent wave of school shootings, WB honchos were worried about their show’s violent graduation scene. Several newspapers have published articles praising the network’s decision, but show devotees say the network suits are just playing politics with the popular teen fantasy series. After all, the scene in question actually involves Sunnydale High’s students taking up bows and arrows against a 60-foot reptile. Were copycat crimes really a big threat?
Tyson Hits the Streets
Motorists beware: Mike Tyson is free again. Less than four months after being convicted of beating up two people who bumped him in a fender bender, Tyson was released from a suburban Maryland jail last week. He spent much of his slammer time studying for his high-school diploma and visiting with his wife and two children. There was also that ugly little moment when he threw a television into some prison bars, but neither the temper tantrum nor his criminal record is expected to keep the ear-chomping pugilist from returning to professional boxing. He might fight as soon as August in Las Vegas, where he’s under contract to the MGM Grand for three more bouts. At least there he’ll get paid for his punches.
Dear Sophie: Get Real
Forget the rumors about Prince Edward. It looks like Sophie Rhys-Jones is the real Windsor Family Wimp. When the naughty London Sun published a front-page story headlined sophie topless last week, the royal fiancee’s Stiff Upper Lip went limp. “This has ruined my engagement,” says Rhys-Jones, who is scheduled to marry Edward on June 19. “This was supposed to be the happiest time of my life.” Never mind that the picture, taken by a friend, is 11 years old–and blurry. Or that it’s nowhere near as humiliating as those 1992 shots of Fergie sucking her boyfriend’s toes. Yet even Buckingham Palace, which should be immune to such photographic embarrassments by now, got its knickers in a twist, calling The Sun’s story an act of “premeditated cruelty.” Now if they had been seminude shots of Princess Margaret, the palace might have had a point.
