Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, February 24, 1992 TAG: 9202240068
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PEOPLE
Anticipating a crush of airborne gawkers, the airspace over Disneyland has been restricted during Elizabeth Taylor's private 60th birthday party on Thursday night.Only law enforcement officials or news media representatives with the right credentials will be allowed within a one-mile radius of the Anaheim, Calif., Magic Kingdom theme park during the party.
The October nuptials of Taylor and Larry Fortensky produced a high-altitude free-for-all over Michael Jackson's California ranch. The media clamor included 17 helicopters, two fixed-wing aircraft and a parachuting paparazzi who crashed the wedding wearing a helmet-mounted video camera.
The park was rented for the party, which will include fireworks in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle. A thousand people have been invited.
Geraldo Rivera fleshed out his talk show with a cheek-to-cheek fat transfer to fill in his frown lines.
A cosmetic surgeon removed a needle full of fat from Rivera's behind and put it in his face as 250 people watched during taping of "Geraldo" on Feb. 4. The show will air today at 10 a.m. on WSLS (Channel 10) in the Roanoke viewing area.
Was there a bit of vanity involved?
"When men and women get to be my age, every time you look in the mirror you see a new wrinkle, a new crevice," the 48-year-old Rivera said. "You wonder, `What would I look like if I could just iron it out?"'
Comedian Benny Hill, recovering from a mild heart attack, got a visit at a London hospital Saturday from Michael Jackson, a British news agency reported.
The 67-year-old comic, best known for his bawdy television show, was stricken last week.
Country music star George Strait was named "George-of-the-Year" by a club of folks in San Antonio named George who like to get together around George Washington's birthday.
Strait, a two-time Country Music Association entertainer of the year, trounced other contenders in Friday's voting. Among the others on the ballot: former San Antonio Spurs star George Gervin, sportscaster George Michael, Star Trek actor George Takei, actor George Hamilton and pianist George Winston.
George Club members started their tongue-in-cheek association four years ago on President Bush's inauguration day. Bush won last year's balloting.