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STARR REPORT
Michael Starr

07/25/2002
New York Post
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No Disguise' for Carvey's emotions

Dana Carvey, who's returning to the limelight with his new movie, "The Master of Disguise," tells tonight's "PrimeTime Thursday" (10 p.m./Ch. 7) that he's appalled at how people react to news that he's had heart problems in the past (including an angioplasty and bypass surgery).


"What has shattered me a little bit is people thinking something's wrong with me," he says. "You'll see guys, 400-pound guys with a Philly cheese steak and a cigarette going, Mr. Carvey, I'm worried about your heart!"
Chazz gets Creative in Showtime flick

Oscar nominee Chazz Palminteri ("Bullets Over Broadway," "A Bronx Tale") marks his directorial debut tonight by co-hosting a screening of his latest movie, Showtime's "Women vs. Men," at the Paramount screening room with Showtime chairman/CEO Matt Blank and William Baldwin who, like Palminteri, are members of the Creative Coalition. Stars expected to attend include Caroline Rhea, Steven Van Zandt, Tom Fontana and Court TV's Catherine Crier.

"Women vs. Men," airing Aug. 4 on Showtime, is a comedy that explores the changes that occur between men and women in a long-term marriage. The movie's stars include Joe Mantegna, Glenne Headly, Christine Lahti, Robert Pastorelli and Jennifer Coolidge. It was executive-produced by Ed Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Rick Solomon.

CSI: Miami' stars curling up in South Beach

Cast members of the upcoming "CSI" spinoff, "CSI: Miami" - including Khandi Alexander ("ER," "NewsRadio"), Adam Rodriguez (ex-"Roswell") and Emily Procter (a frequent guest star on "West Wing") - have been working out on location at the David Barton Gym in the Delano Hotel in South Beach.

All of the stars have been doing curling and cardio workouts in the Barton gym on downtime from the series, which debuts this fall with stars David Caruso and Amy Brenneman. E!'s Brooke Burke ("Wild On") was also spotted in the gym recently with her teenage son.

Moore the merrier? Not so, says study

TV Guide has gotten its hands on a confidential study implying that many of the viewers abandoning CBS' "The Young and the Restless" - the soap lost nearly 1 million households between February and April of this year - are African-Americans who tuned out after Shemar Moore left to star in The WB's new series, "Birds of Prey."

CBS Daytime chief Lucy Johnson, however, pooh-poohs that theory. "There is no empirical evidence that Shemar's exit caused the downfall," she tells TV Guide. "It's not like we talked to 10,000 African-American women and they all said that [was the case]. Nielsen does not monitor why viewers stop watching."

The story appears in the Aug. 3 issue of TV Guide, hitting newsstands Monday.

This just in . . .

* Victoria Recaño has joined "Inside Edition" as a correspondent based in New York. "IE" airs 1 p.m. weekdays on Ch. 11.

* Named to "The John Walsh Show": Andy Barsh (director), Andrew Scher and Ronnie Weinstock (supervising producers), Andy Jones (senior news producer) and Robin Mathiesen (production exec). Alexandra Jewett is the show's EP.

Emily Procter