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Orange County Register (California)
 

May 27, 1996 Monday MORNING EDITION
 

PEOPLE;
Sleuths make O.J. an offer, Jerry Seinfeld to change act, and John Mellencamp has new tune …
 

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A well-known San Francisco private eye and five fellow sleuths have
an offer for O.J. Simpson _ to help find Nicole Brown Simpson’s
killer for free.
The San Francisco Examiner reported Sunday that detective Hal
Lipset and fellow sleuths want to crack the case and would waive
their usual $ 100-an-hour fee to chase down any leads.
Lipset’s offer was a response to reports quoting Simpson as
saying there were leads in San Francisco but that he was running
out of money to fund his investigation, the Examiner reported.
Lipset said there could be major leads, and “maybe the man is
innocent,” but a thorough investigation was needed, the Examiner
reported.
“If there are leads in San Francisco that somebody is not
looking into, then I think they should be,” Lipset told the
Examiner.  “We’re serious.  But if I find something, I want the right
to tell the public and the San Francisco district attorney. ”
Simpson’s private investigator, Bill Pavelic, welcomed
Lipset’s offer, telling the Examiner he would discuss the
proposition with Simpson, who was acquitted in October of murdering
his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Lipset, who turns 77 today, is the legendary sleuth who
designed the olive bug _ a martini olive as transmitter with
toothpick as antenna, the Examiner reported.
New approach
Jerry Seinfeld says it’s time to sit down.
Come next season, the comedian will drop the stand-up bits that
have opened NBC’s long-running hit “Seinfeld. ”
He says there’s too much work to do because co-creator Larry
David is leaving the show.
“I have more responsibility with Larry gone, more writing to
do,” Seinfeld says in the June 1 issue of TV Guide.  “So we’re going
to have to come up with a different opening for the show.  It’s a
one-parent family now. ”
A close-knit family, from what Seinfeld says.  The cast of Jason
Alexander, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Seinfeld get
along so well, there is talk of continuing the series past next
season despite hints that the eighth season will be the final one.
“We’re the same group of four people, the same personalities,”
Seinfeld said.  “When we’re not shooting, we sit around the set and
talk.  We know it’s not going to last forever, so we’re enjoying it. ”
Clapton’s home damaged
British rock star Eric Clapton’s luxurious London home was
damaged by fire Saturday night, police and firefighters said Sunday.
No one was injured in the fire, which was started by an
electrical fault, they said.
“Mr. Clapton is very well.  He discovered the fire himself and
called the fire brigade at 9:40 p.m. last night,” said Michael
Kelter of a west London fire station.
“Damage was extensive on the second floor of the house and to
a lesser extent on the first floor. ”
Kelter said the guitarist’s $ 1.5 million house in the Chelsea
district was full of valuable artifacts.
Rushdie on gods
Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” forced him
into seclusion seven years ago, called on Bard College graduates to
“defy their gods. ”
In his first commencement address, the British author said in
Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., that the 247 graduates will find
themselves up against “big and little gods, corporate and
incorporeal gods, all of them demanding to be worshipped and
obeyed. ”
“Defy them.  That’s my advice to you,” he said Saturday.  “For as
the myths tell us, it is by defying the gods that human beings have
best expressed their humanity. ”
Rushdie, 48, went into hiding in February 1989 after the late
Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a
“fatwa,” or death sentence, for the author and placed a $ 1 million
bounty on his head.  The ayatollah said “The Satanic Verses”
blasphemed Islam.
Recently, Rushdie has been more relaxed about appearing in
public.
New outlook
Songs from the heart have a whole new meaning for John
Mellencamp.
The Indiana rocker, whose new album is titled “Mr. Happy Go
Lucky,” says his heart attack in the summer of 1994 affected his
approach to work.
“There were many dark moments when you confront what heart
disease means,” Mellencamp says in the June 12 issue of Rolling
Stone.  “These songs come out of that. ”
Mellencamp, 44, who still smokes, said his brush with death
changed the way he views life.
“I felt I was bulletproof before the heart attack,” he says.
“And when I had the heart attack, I thought life was over.  Then I
realized there was life afterward; I realized destiny was in my own
hands. ”
Mellencamp says his new album isn’t totally morbid: “I want to
write songs that people will still dance     and throw a Frisbee to
years from now. ” The record is due in August.
Hollywood in Australia
Thousands lined Sydney’s main street Sunday to catch a glimpse
of Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and Jean-Claude Van Damme at
the opening of Australia’s first Planet Hollywood.
The crowd _ estimated by police at 5,000 to 10,000 _ screamed
as the celebrities made their way down the red carpet to a stage
set up in the middle of the street.
Actor Charlie Sheen and model Cindy Crawford also made an
appearance at the chain’s 32nd outlet.
To the accompaniment of the “Rocky” theme, Stallone bounded
onto the stage acknowledging the cheers of the 10- and 20-deep
crowd.
“Oh stop that, I’m not a god,” Stallone said.  “I thought we saw
enthusiasm in Las Vegas, I thought we saw enthusiasm in New York,
in Rome _ but you bury them. ”
Today’s birthdays
Novelist Herman Wouk is 81.  Actor Christopher Lee is 74.  Former
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 73.  Actress Lee Meriwether is
61.  Musician Ramsey Lewis is 61.  Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 60.
Actor Bruce Weitz is 53.   Singer Siouxsie Sioux is 39.  Actor Todd
Bridges is 31.  Rock musician Sean Kinney is 30.  Singer Left Eye is
25.  Rapper Andre is 22.
Edited by Steve Burns from Associated Press and Reuters reports. 
 

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GRAPHIC: BLACK & WHITE PHOTO; CLAPTON; SEINFELD; Rushdie talks; Author Salman Rushdie, whose novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ forced him into seclusion seven years ago, talks with Bard College (N.Y.) professors before commencement exercises Saturday. See accompanying story.
 

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