
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 18, 1994                   TAG: 9402180154
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PEOPLE

On the plus side, actor-comedian Eddie Murphy is married, and he's rested. On the other hand, his singing career has no pulse, and he badly needs a hit to keep his film career afloat.

His next film project might just be the ticket: Time magazine reports that Murphy will remake a Jerry Lewis classic, "The Nutty Professor," in which Lewis played a nerdy scholar who changes into a smooth ladies' man when he downs a potion.

Wayne Newton sued the owners of his Wayne Newton Theatre in Branson, Mo., for $5 million Wednesday, accusing them of mismanagement, defamation and of shorting him of $600,000 from his $6 million contract for last year. The '94 season at the 3,000-seat theater, however, will go on.

by CNB