ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, February 10, 1996 TAG: 9602130140
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: B9 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The People Column
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
In the end, it's the superhero work - not his cross-dressing - that takes its toll on the 58-year courtship of Lois Lane and Superman.
Tired of playing second fiddle to the Man of Steel who wants nothing less than to save the world, Lois will call it quits with her jumper-wearing paramour.
The DC Comics edition will be published on Feb. 14, spokeswoman Martha Thomases said.
Superman will duck out for some superhero work and return to find that Lois did the disappearing act this time, leaving behind her engagement ring, Thomases said.
Lois and Superman became engaged in 1990 but have dated off and on in the comic book series since 1938.
Neither character will remain lonely for long, Thomases said.
Lois will spot Superman, in his Clark Kent disguise, smooching with an old flame, mermaid Lori Lemaris. She herself will catch the eye of Spiderman's alter ego, Peter Parker, during a series of joint DC-Marvel comic strips.
Former Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson is joining the ranks of talk radio hosts.
His weekly show, ``Common Sense,'' will hit the airwaves Tuesday morning on WVOX in New Rochelle, N.Y., Whitney Broadcasting said Thursday. The show will air from 11 a.m. to noon.
Listeners will be able to call in and talk with Anderson and guests, including political figures, authors and entertainers.
Anderson was the AP's Middle East correspondent when he was seized by Islamic extremists in Beirut in March 1985 during Lebanon's civil war. He was freed in December 1992.
Anderson, now a syndicated columnist, is president of an Internet marketing company based in White Plains.
Emma Thompson is in the running for a screenwriting award for ``Sense and Sensibility.''
Thompson, who also stars in the film, was nominated Thursday for a Writers Guild Award, the prize that has become a bellwether for the Academy Awards.
``Sense and Sensibility'' is based on Jane Austen's novel of manners.
Thompson was one of seven nominees for adapting a book for the movies. Other nominees were William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert for ``Apollo 13,'' George Miller and Chris Noonan for ``Babe,'' Scott Frank for ``Get Shorty'' and Mike Figgis for ``Leaving Las Vegas.''
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