In an extensive feature on PAUL ALLEN in Sunday's
SEATTLE TIMES, Richard Seven wrote that Allen is now
"cutting a rock album." Seven: "Music, movies, sports, real
estate, development, education, philanthropy, business,
technology, even a dose of politics. It is hard to find a
part of Northwest life in which Allen is not somehow
involved" (SEATTLE TIMES, 6/14)....DON KING outbid a
minority-owned media company, paying $760,000 to purchase
the Call and Post, a weekly newspaper that covers black
communities in OH (CINCINNATI POST, 6/14)....KELSEY GRAMMER
is currently shooting his new film, "The New Jersey
Turnpikes," based on a '70s ABA team "who will use any
gimmick to promote ticket sales." Grammer: "It's a fond
look back at this group of mavericks who tried to change the
face of basketball" ("ET, 6/12)....Central FL Sports
Authority President RANDY JOHNSON "plans to seek the seat"
that State House Speaker DANIEL WEBSTER is expected to
vacate. If elected, Johnson plans to stay on board with the
sports authority (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 6/13).