Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, July 30, 1994 TAG: 9407300036
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: B9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Ford explains: "The character's very fun to play, the movies are great entertainment, so I have no resistance."
\ Nicole Kidman will star opposite Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey in "Batman Forever," the third in the caped crusader series.
The movie's director, Joel Schumacher, announced Kidman's casting on Thursday.
She will play a psychiatrist specializing in the study of the criminal mind. She tries to anticipate the next assaults of Gotham City's masterminds Two-Face and The Riddler.
\ Don Johnson may be dry as a bone after a stint at the Betty Ford Center, but he and Melanie Griffith will not be getting together again.
That's the word from Johnson publicist Elliot Mintz. In the Aug. 8 TV Guide, Mintz says: "The chances for a reconciliation do not appear as a viable option. They live in separate houses, they don't talk to each other, they're represented by legal counsel, and they're sharing time with their children independently."
Actress Patti D'Arbanville, who lived with Johnson in the '80s and is the mother of their son Jesse, 11, says Johnson didn't admit to having an alcohol problem until June 1, when he was in a serious car accident that jeopardized not only his but Jesse's life.
"It was actually a blessing," says D'Arbanville, "because right after that, he got it taken care of."
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