Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, July 24, 1990 TAG: 9007240251
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: from wire reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
"I didn't mean to shoot him," Christian Brando was quoted as telling the first police officer who reached the gated estate where 26-year-old Dag Drollet had died.
"He (Christian Brando) said he didn't care for the guy a whole lot, but he didn't want the guy killed," recalled Los Angeles police Officer Steve Cunningham. "He didn't want anybody to be shot."
Cunningham testified as a preliminary hearing opened. Municipal Court Judge Larry Fidler will decide at hearing's end whether there is sufficient evidence to have the actor's son stand trial for murder and a weapons violation.
Sylvester Stallone says he will flex his brain more than his biceps in films.
Stallone, 44, who rose to prominence with the original "Rocky" film about an underdog fighter, said in this week's People magazine that audiences cannot identify with the kind of superhero he portrayed in "Rambo III."
"I recently saw `Rambo III' again and recoiled at a scene where, strong and invulnerable, I stood up there. I mean, I was so invincible, I had veins in my hair. There I was, superhuman, with my gun obliterating everyone crossing my path," Stallone said.
Cybill Shepherd says her ex-husband, Bruce Oppenheim, won't talk to her.
"I'm hoping that at some point I'll be able to talk to him and he'll be able to get over his anger about the divorce to be able to talk about what's best for the children," she was quoted as saying in the August issue of Fame magazine.
Oppenheim, a chiropractor, is the father of Shepherd's 3-year-old twins. The two were married in 1987 and divorced last year.
by CNB