Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, February 26, 1991 TAG: 9102260219
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Although the district attorney's office wants Christian Brando jailed for 16 years - the maximum for voluntary manslaughter with the use of a gun - Deputy Probation Officer Christine Alexander recommends in a richly detailed report that he receive the minimum term because "prolonged incarceration is no answer in this matter."
\ Gary Busey says his near-fatal motorcycle crash changed his life - and his perception of helmets.
The formerly outspoken advocate of wind-in-the-hair riding says he is designing a helmet that would protect a rider but also make him feel, hear and see like it doesn't exist.
"I don't remember four weeks of my life . . . from Dec. 4 to Jan. 8 is a black hole, like a void," said Busey.
\ Michael Keaton will get his cape and tights out of mothballs this summer for a new "Batman" movie, doing battle this time against "The Penguin," played by Danny DeVito.
The Warner Bros. film, to be released in 1992, will be directed by Tim Burton, the studio said Sunday. Burton also helmed Keaton's first "Batman," released in 1989.
\ Dizzy Gillespie, sidelined for five weeks after cataract surgery, says he's more than ready to return to the road.
"Before, I never went more than three days without putting the trumpet to my lips," the 73-year-old jazz legend said in a recent interview. "But I'm happy that the operation went well. Now I can see what's in front of me just fine."
by CNB