New Mexico well driller won't hog Leno's Harley all to himself
A New Mexico water well driller has ponied up to take home Jay Leno's celebrity hog.
Frank Davis, of Portales, placed the high bid of $360,200 on the online auction site eBay last week for the talk show host's autographed Harley Davidson motorcycle.
The money will go the Twin Towers Fund for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Davis appeared Friday on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and told Leno he wants to use the bike to raise more money for victims of the terrorist attacks.
Leno asked celebrities who visited his show to sign the limited edition Harley-Davidson FXDL Dyna Low Rider, which he bought in July. A list of stars covered it in signatures, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington and Tom Cruise.
'Tonight Show' to skip on-location Olympics shows
Jay Leno will not broadcast NBC's "The Tonight Show" from Salt Lake City during the Winter Olympics.
"It's just too cumbersome and too expensive," said Rebecca Marks, NBC's senior vice president of entertainment publicity. "That's why we don't travel the show very often."
NBC had planned to send hundreds of production staffers to Salt Lake's Rose Wagner Theater. Instead, Leno will arrive before the February games to tape some comedy sketches.
Marks said the decision to keep The Tonight Show in Los Angeles had nothing to do with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
'Providence' production staying away from Rhode Island
Set among the docks, sailboats and New England architecture, the NBC show "Providence" won't get any new on-location scenes this season.
The cast canceled plans to travel to Providence, R.I., because of last month's terrorist attacks.
Instead, scenes will be shot in California, said John Masius, the show's creator and executive producer.
"There was no way," Masius, 51, said. "It was a gut management choice."
The city will miss the economic boost the show brings, where NBC spends about $100,000 a day during eight-day shoots.
Masius, who has produced "Touched by an Angel" and "St. Elsewhere," said he hopes to return this spring to film for next season.
No-shows leave festival without its headliners
"Jackie Brown" star Pam Grier has canceled a weekend trip to an inaugural festival celebrating the accomplishments of women in film.
Grier said she was ill and unable to travel from California to the High Falls Film Festival to accept a career achievement award on Saturday.
CBS reporter Lesley Stahl of "60 Minutes" fame also canceled an appearance because of an assignment in Iraq.
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