Monday, May. 10, 1999

People

By Michele Orecklin

HER AMBITION IS SHOWING

Virtually all of ELIZABETH HURLEY's anatomy was on view last week at the London premiere of boyfriend HUGH GRANT's film Notting Hill. But the part of her that got the most stroking was her ego, as Hurley upstaged the film's star Julia Roberts by wearing a nearly see-through Versace dress. Roberts did not go entirely unnoticed by the fashion press, but unfortunately it fixated on her armpits, which were visibly unshaven. Note to Julia: next time, try cleavage.

BUT WILL IT LAST?

Ex-spouses Pamela and Tommy Lee got back together last week. Luckily, she never dropped his surname.

PROS: --Tommy quit Motley Crue this week to spend more time with his family --From what we as a nation have seen, they have a vigorous sex life --A reconciliation enables them to attract more publicity

CONS: --Pamela has changed her appearance somewhat since they were last together --Pamela had her "Tommy" tattoo altered to say "Mommy" --Last year Pamela filed charges against Tommy for spousal abuse

YES! If these two aren't meant to be together, who is?

WILL THIS PATCH THINGS UP IN ROME?

Perhaps SINEAD O'CONNOR doesn't realize that rock 'n' roll, which she sings, is the devil's music, or that Roman Catholicism, in which she was recently ordained by a rebel sect, does not allow women in the clergy. Come to think of it, O'Connor doesn't seem to get this whole religion thing at all. Last week the woman who in 1992 tore up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live became the first female priest in the Latin Tridentine Church, a Roman Catholic splinter group. Days before the ordination in Lourdes, France, O'Connor, a twice-married mother of two, told the London newspaper the Mirror that she would like to get hitched again, but will wait "at least six months" before sleeping with her intended. Apparently the woman now known as Mother Bernadette Mary O'Connor also didn't know that priestly marriage and sex are frowned on by Catholics as well.

FEUD OF THE WEEK

NAME: Wayne "Slayed 'em in Vegas" Newton D.O.B.: 4/3/42 OCCUPATION: smartly clad crooner BEST PUNCH: Locked Orlando out of the Branson, Mo., theater at which they both performed and that they once co-owned, alleging that Orlando owed him $2 million

NAME: Tony "Slayed 'em in Vegas" Orlando D.O.B.: 4/3/44 OCCUPATION: smartly clad crooner BEST PUNCH: Sued Newton, his friend of 30 years, for $15 million, saying the lockout cost him revenue from canceled shows and damaged his reputation

THE WINNER It's a draw. We always thought they were the same person!