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Continued from Page 1 WHERE DOES YOUR DRIVE I’m at my girlfriend’s house WHAT PROJECTS ARE YOU AND DETERMINATION with her two children and CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN? COME FROM? I just produced a powerful DO YOU FOLLOW A SPE- It’s something that gets thought I would lose my mind. CIFIC HEALTH REGIMEN? I had never traveled so far ‘Cancer Schmancer Tea Party’ I eat lots of vegetables, fruits developed in childhood be- DVD filmed at my home in cause of a family dynamic. I got alone without my husband and and whole foods, complex was so miserable with her two Malibu. It features all ages and carbs that are slower to digest. attention, approval and love races of women, thin to fat, to from my parents while grow- screaming kids that I rerouted A lot of organic chicken and my trip and went to visit educate women about gyne- fish and occasionally red meat. ing up when I was achieving, cological cancer and treat- being strong and self-sufficient. [a friend from previous My food choices increase the work projects] in London. ment. I’m developing a TV natural alkaline and decrease I started schlepping around series for me and Rosie the acidity in my system. Can- WHEN DID YOU DECIDE O’Donnell. And I’m writing a ON A COMEDY CAREER? with her very proper English cer can only thrive when your During high school, I evalu- schoolgirl daughter who was children’s book. body’s acidic. ated all the things I could see kvetching that her new shoes WHAT’S IMPORTANT FOR JOHANNA’S LAW TO FUND myself doing — hairdressing, were hurting her [which re- YOU IN 2008? A NATIONAL GYNECOLOG- acting, writing, being an entre- sulted in thoughts about nan- No new romance yet — but ICAL CANCER-AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WAS SIGNED preneur (all of which, by the nies and kids]. I couldn’t sleep this is my year. I’ve just decided INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT way I’ve accomplished) — and that night and called [her then- to achieve greater balance and BUSH IN JANUARY 2007— WHAT’S HAPPENED SINCE acting came easily and I felt husband] Peter [Jacobson] am encouraging more of a THEN? good doing it. I have a funny from London and told him I lightness in myself. I want to We’ve jumped through family. My parents have a good felt I had finally found the right enjoy romantic love again. several hoops, but the first sense of humor, so it’s part vehicle to pitch to CBS: a spin I have Esther, an amazing 1 $6 ⁄2 million for the campaign heredity, part environment. on the ‘Sound of Music,’ but brown Pomeranian dog who has been funded for 2008. instead of , I taught me about loving after WHY DO YOU THINK ‘THE Now we’ve introduced an NANNY’ WAS WARMLY come to the door. loss. She’s so sweet, giving and initiative to the state of Cali- EMBRACED BY VIEWERS? We gave that one-liner to loving, perfect for me at this fornia legislature that man- One of the things I’m very the development person — stage of my life. dates more diagnostic screen- proud of is that people are ‘ is Photo by LEO HETZEL ers [such as vaginal ultrasound always telling me they laugh from hell’ — and the rest is Dee Long is a freelance jour- Fran Drescher, shown at her Malibu home with Esther, and breast MRI testing] for out loud when they watch the television history. nalist based in Van Nuys. says her Pomeranian has “taught me about loving.” women.... episodes, and that kind of At Mrs. [Coretta Scott] humor is very healing. But it’s King’s memorial, [I thought] also very hard to achieve that what a shame that a woman — you know, the situation like this should perish from may be funny, but where’s the ovarian cancer in the 21st laugh? We were lucky that we century. managed to surround our- Our tag line for Cancer selves with writers who could Schmancer is ‘Stage 1 IS the find that laugh. cure,’ meaning early detection IS IT TRUE YOU PITCHED is the cure for the three kinds THE IDEA FOR ‘THE of gynecological cancer — NANNY’ TO THE PRESI- DENT OF CBS ENTERTAIN- ovarian, cervical and uterine. MENT BECAUSE YOU WERE The woman is the caregiver ON THE SAME PLANE? in most American families, the I was on a plane going to very glue that holds the family visit a girlfriend in southwest- together. We want every ern France, and the president woman to take control of her Jeff Sagansky was on the same body by becoming a medical flight to Paris. We exchanged consumer and knowing what hellos, and I kept thinking tests are available. Become an “carpe diem, carpe diem,” so I advocate for your own health. ran to the bathroom to put on I don’t give away power of some makeup, came out and attorney over my money, why sat down next to him. He told should I give away power over me the kind of series he my body? thought would be right for me, I hope to see in my lifetime and I told him that nothing is that every woman with gyne- going to fit me hand in glove cological cancer is diagnosed because I’m too original. at Stage 1, when it’s curable. Nine and a half hours later, Preventive measures

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