A Cook County jury "rejected" a film production
company's $16M lawsuit against MICHAEL JORDAN over his
failure to appear in the '91 movie "Heaven is a Playground."
The jurors deliberated for about seven hours before reaching
a verdict. The jury also awarded Jordan his $50,000 advance
to do the movie, which he had previously returned (Mark
Brown, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 10/16)....CBS Sports' PHIL SIMMS,
MARCUS ALLEN and GREG GUMBEL of "The NFL on CBS" and
Clippers F LOY VAUGHT have cameo appearances on tonight's
episode of CBS's "Buddy Faro," about a "sleazy sports agent"
(CBS)....MAGIC JOHNSON said that the 16-screen theater he
plans to build at US Airways Arena "will cater to black
residents and be a place where blacks 'get the respect we
deserve.'" Johnson also "pledged" to bring in a Starbucks
and a TGI Friday's restaurant after the movie theater is
completed next year (WASHINGTON POST, 10/16). In N.Y.,
Peter Vecsey reports that Johnson "is no longer using" LON
ROSEN to handle his business affairs (N.Y. POST, 10/16)....
America's Cup crew member DAWN RILEY will be in N.Y. Sunday
to teach inner-city girls how to sail as part of the True
Youth community out-reach program (True Youth).
