l,r' , ,,i \ rlilltl i rl\ 1!','\,' i F i "-;itr)it J \ i t * i I ' -! From Smoke Is This Rank's and Mirrors, Final Bow? Millions /\N Hrs 8rsr srnrHoev r.-Asr (J*eek. Ole BIue Eyes had f-\avid Gopperfield saws many of us shedding tears. lJhimself into two bloody Several tributes on Dec. 12 halves in his new show, but its marked another year for sold-out Broadway run is no Frank Sinatra, amid concerns illusion. Due to his vigorous over the cantankerous schedule-twice as many crooner's failing health. The performances as usual- Empire State Building was "Dreams fr Nightmares" will bathed in blue light. On TV, reap the highest five-week grosses ever (about $6 million) on Broadway by the time it closes, on Dec.29. The magic is spectacular. though sneering New York crowds still have to put up with the syrupy, Vegas- style shtik. Copperfi eld's audience is mostly "girls dragging their boyfriends," he Exner (shown in 1.993) says she was carryinglFK'sbaby 34 years ago told Ntwswmr, "andwhen I see someone who's going to be cynical, I pull his wife up on JFK: Secrets tr Lies? stage." What does girlfriend Claudia Schiffer think of the Q nr crnrerNt-y wAsN'T THE oNLy orHER woMAN. BUT AFTER show's erotic dancing and r.)35 years, Judith Exner is the sole mistress of the Kennedy age sexual-fantasy sequences? " She who's kissed and told. In 1977, she admitted to bedding JFK in the likes those parts best," says the White House, and in 1988, revealed that she'd been a messenger magic man. And you're sfill not between Kennedy and mob boss Sam Giancana. Last week married? - Exner-62 and terminally ill with cancer-delivered a final zinger: She once carried jFK's child. When she informed Kennedy in January 1963 that she was pregnant, E ner tells Liz Smith in January's Vanity Fair, he asked, " 'What are you going to do?' Then he corrected himseHand said, 'I'm sorry. What are we going to do?' " JFK didn t mind if she kept the baby, but she didn't want it. So, at his suggestion, she asked Giancana to arrange an abortion. The Kennedys have never responded to E:Fidel Castro assassination plot. "48 Hours" saluted him with performance footage and an interview with pal Joey sample: "The first day ofXmas/ Bishop. On "Turning Point," Slay Bells my homeboy gave to me/ a sack Nancy Sinatra discussed the of that Krazy Glue/ and told me pinched nerve and pneumonia A TLEASTMRS. BENNETT to smoke it up slowly." A real he suffered last month-but Aknows what not to get her stocking stuffer. not the rumor that he'd had a husband for Xmas. Former stroke or whether we'll ever drug czar Bill Bonneft-who hear The Voice sing again. last week blasted retailers for Sinatra spent his 8l.st secluded hawkingprofane CDs- with his family. "We asked wouldn't enjoy "Christmas on him the other day, 'What do Death Row." That L.A. label you want foryour birthday?' " has Snoop Doggr Doggand Nancy recalled. "And guess others rapping "Silent Night" what he said? 'Another and tunes like "Santa Claus birthday'." One of Daid's'Dreams Goes Straight to the Ghetto." A B. J. STGESMUND

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