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Conflict of interestAllegheny County, Pa., Assistant District Attorney Debbie Jugan gives a hug to Moose at her home in a Pittsburgh suburb. She had to remove herself from an animal cruelty case after she adopted the canine victim. Jugan, who often handles the county's animal cruelty cases, fell in love with the 4-month-old German shepherd-Labrador retriever mix as she prepared to prosecute his former owner.
Peter and Jane Fonda called their famous father the "silent terror" when they were young, because of his unnerving silences.
"The Henry Fonda everybody loves on screen was not the Henry Fonda at the dining-room table," Peter said in the March 8 Parade magazine. "Dad could sit on the bus and talk to strangers for hours.
"But for us in the immediate family, he never knew how to fill the space. The more we demanded, the further he withdrew."
Fonda's experiences with his late father allowed him to identify with his character in "Ulee's Gold," a part that earned him a best-actor Oscar nomination.
Like his father, Ulysses Jackson is dour, hardworking and right-thinking.
"I know who he is, and I know in his heart the guy is good," Fonda said.
Robert Downey Jr.'s trips from jail to a movie studio have the Los Angeles County sheriff playing the villain.
"When people are in jail, whatever their status, they should all be treated alike except for the security needs. Nobody is entitled to special treatment," Sheriff Sherman Block told reporters Wednesday.
Over the objections of Block and prosecutors, Municipal Judge Lawrence Mira on Tuesday cleared the way for more studio visits. Downey showed up Wednesday at Warner Bros. in a blue jail jumpsuit to continue post-production work on "In Dreams."
Mira sent Downey back to jail Dec. 8 for violating probation on drug charges by failing to stay clean and sober. At the time, Mira said the actor would be allowed out to complete work on ongoing projects.
"In my opinion there is nothing special about this treatment," Mira said earlier this week.
What about that recent trip to a plastic surgeon after a fight with another inmate? Mira did not immediately return phone calls yesterday.
The crowd surrounding Steven Seagal was going wild. One woman wormed past police and kissed him on the cheek, but Seagal remained serene.
"I am an old student of Zen and Buddhism. Things like that don't affect me in the slightest. It is all an illusion," he said Wednesday upon arriving by helicopter for an appearance at a new multiplex.
The action star spent an hour playing guitar and drums with other musicians on an outdoor stage.
Seagal's films include "On Deadly Ground," "Under Siege" and "Above the Law."
Burt Bacharach is getting the star treatment from his fellow musicians.
The famed composer will be honored in a concert special on TNT next month, with several artists performing their renditions of Bacharach songs arranged by the man himself.
Sheryl Crow, Dionne Warwick, Luther Vandross, Elvis Costello, Noel Gallagher, Chrissie Hynde and Ben Folds Five will participate. Comedian Mike Myers will give his own rendition of "What's New, Pussycat?"
It's the first of the "TNT Master Series," special programs on major figures in entertainment and sports. The cable network will tape the concert in New York and air it April 15.
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