HOLLYWOOD JOURNAL Signing Off
After six years anchoring CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley, 59, has been shifted to a job as a full-time correspondent on 60 Minutes, CBS confirmed May 31. Anthony Mason, 60, will take over as interim anchor in July.
Pay Up
There’s more money woes for Tori Spelling, 44, and Dean Mcdermott, 50. After they missed a lateMay court appearance, a judge ruled that they must pay City National Bank a $220,000 default judgment. The money is part of a $400K loan the bank claims the couple failed to pay off.
Splitsville
Three years after saying “I do,” Daredevil star Elden Henson filed for divorce in late May from wife Kira Sternbach, 32, citing irreconcilable dif- ferences. Elden, 39, is seeking joint custody of their son, Dodger, 2.
Passed
The Comeback actor Robert Michael Morris died May 30 at age 77. “A truly good soul,” gushed co-star Lisa Kudrow. • Actress Molly Peters, who played Bond girl Patricia Fearing in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, died May 30. She was 75. • Actress Elena Verdugo, who starred as nurse Consuelo Lopez on the 1970s show
Marcus Welby, M.D., died May 30. She was 92.
Isn’t It Ironic?
Alanis Morissette’s 1995 album, Jagged Little Pill, which featured hits like “You Oughta Know” and “Ironic,” is becoming a musical, the singer, 43, announced May 30. Writer Diablo Cody and director Diane Paulus are working on the show, set to premiere in May 2018 in Cambridge, Mass.
Sick Leave
Singer Olivia NewtonJohn, 68, announced May 30 that she is postponing her tour after being diagnosed with metastasized breast cancer. Olivia, who previously battled the disease in 1992, will undergo radiation and other treatments.
Banned
Just two hours before Wonder Woman’s May 31 Lebanese premiere, officials banned the superhero flick in the country
because star Gal Gadot, 32, is Israeli. Lebanon, which has a history of con- flict and war with Israel, has a law boycotting products from the country.