SHUTTER BUG
If you’re a fan of Malibu’s David Hockney, be sure to check out the retrospective of his famed photoworks at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It’s the first major exhibit devoted solely to Hockney’s work behind the lens and features portraits of friends, colleagues, natural landscapes and shots of his own paintings done in the legendary Hockney style. The show comes to MOCA after a five-city tour across Europe. The exhibition runs July 22 through October 21.
GRAMMER LESSON
Malibu’s Kelsey Grammer can teach the gang over at “Friends” a thing or two about salary negotiations. The “Fraiser” star has reportedly hammered out a $75 million deal with Paramount that would make him the highest salaried TV star in history. The very lucrative deal will keep Grammer in the role of pompous radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane until 2004. He’ll get a whopping $1.6 million per episode, surpassing Jennifer, Courtney, Lisa, Matt, Matthew and David with their headline-grabbing weekly take of $750,000. But sky-high ratings give the studio something to cheer about and as far as TV execs are concerned, this doctor is definitely in.
A RUN FOR THE MONEY
David Arquette joined a little gathering of, oh … about 60,000 Nike-shod sports enthusiasts at the Los Angeles Coliseum for this year’s Revlon Run/Walk for Women. Arquette got the competition off to a running start along with fellow celebs Dylan McDermott, Melanie Griffith and Karen Duffy.
Every year the event gets some heavyweight help from Hollywood with sponsors like MGM, Paramount Studios, Fox, Disney and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).
EIF president and CEO Lisa Paulson expressed her thanks to the community of studios and stars for pulling together to raise money and awareness for breast and ovarian cancers, saying, “We are especially grateful to our entertainment family–celebrity participants and industry employees–for supporting this event over the years.”
For the past seven years, the event has raised more than $17 million, with proceeds going to many local organizations like the USC/Norris Cancer Center, the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Program and The Wellness Community. The race has become the largest 5K run in the country, and with continued support, it could get the fight against cancer well pass the finishing line.