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

DATE: THURSDAY, July 6, 1995                   TAG: 9507060076
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

THE PEOPLE COLUMN

Macaulay Culkin, 14, is now ensconced in the relative safety of pal Michael Jackson's abode because Culkin is torn up about the feud between his parents, Patricia Brentrup and Christopher ``Kit'' Culkin for control of the children's film career.

Burt Reynolds is being sued by the William Morris Agency, which claims the actor owes $140,000 in commissions. According to a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles, the agency says Reynolds, 59, has defaulted on an agreement to pony up $5,850 a month.

Aretha Franklin owes a fortune to Saks Fifth Avenue after a freewheeling shopping expedition, the department store says. The Queen of Soul allegedly racked up nearly $263,000 in unpaid bills, and the store is suing to collect.

Ike Turner's new leading lady is Jeanette Bazzell. Ike, Tina Turner's ex, tied the knot with Bazzell at the Circus Circus Casino in San Marcos, Calif. The couple met in 1988, the year the film version of Tina's book, ``What's Love Got to Do With It,'' portrayed Ike as a womanizing Svengali who beat her and abused drugs. Now Ike's got his own book, ``Takin' Back My Name,'' due out in September. Bazzell, 32, who will use the Turner name, translates: ``He's taking it from Tina and giving it to me.''

by CNB