People and Celebs

It's a freakishly funny formula: A chicken, a tiger, a Mike Tyson, a Wayne Newton, a Carrot Top, eight babies (four sets of twins), three unknown leads and Vegas, day and night.

At first, the Greeks said thanks but no thanks.
You cannot shoot a movie at our ancient ruins, even if it does star Nia Vardalos from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
"They weren't being persnickety; they were just being protective of their national treasures," Vardalos said in a phone call this week to talk about "My Life in Ruins," now opening.

His name is not so recognizable, but Canadian-born actor Bruce Greenwood's face is a familiar one, with a long list of box-office favorites under his belt. He's currently on the big screen playing Capt.

Jorma Taccone has spent his career tethered to Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer.

Adrien Brody is attempting to get comfortable in an uncomfortable straight-back chair. He folds his legs underneath him and sits on them. Although that position looks torturous, he swears it feels great.

It took just nine episodes of "Seinfeld" for actor Patrick Warburton to become typecast. He played Puddy (the stoic boyfriend of Elaine) so successfully that he is still identified with that character. The son of a surgeon, Warburton, 44, ended up following his mother's footsteps into acting.

Zachary Quinto was the first star of the new "Star Trek" movie to get cast -- he plays Spock as a young Starfleet officer. We spoke with him by phone.
Q: Was it an advantage having Leonard Nimoy on set?

Despite what many might think, Julius La Rosa is still very much alive and singing -- coming out of semiretirement, for instance, to perform at a recent benefit concert.
La Rosa, 79, performed on Arthur Godfrey's radio and television show in the 1950s and was fired on the air by the host.

After listening to Billy Bob Thornton go on about his neuroses, it's tempting to send him a bill for psychological services rendered. Then again, he is much more amusing than an average neurotic. Maybe he is the one who ought to be paid.

He broke the sound barrier, battled Germans and has been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a special peacetime Congressional Silver Medal of Honor. At 86, Chuck Yeager (www.chuckyeager.com), retired major general in the Air Force, continues to fly and make personal appearances.