Is Bea Arthur Considering a TV Reunion?
Energetic former Golden Girls star Beatrice Arthur, 81, is considering the idea of reuniting with her former TV co-stars for a one-off TV-movie special.  The details are quite sketchy at present, but a source close to Arthur says, "Bea is considering a few TV and stage projects.  One of these projects may very well be a TV-movie reunion with her former co-stars".  If Arthur, a veteran Broadway star, star of hit TV shows, and vocal animal activist, does go ahead with her TV-movie, she'll reunite with Amanda's co-stars Simone Griffeth, Fred McCarren, and Tony Rosato.

St John Set to Shock in Picasso film
Sprightly Canadian actress, Myrtle St John, 99, has shocked Hollywood by agreeing to star in the graphic Lusting After Picasso, currently in pre-production.  The film, which is to be based on the stage production of the same name, has attracted considerable critical attention, but most talk of the film has been negative.  "I'm an actress," stated St John matter-of-factly to Appalling Trash, "and I believe in the truth and message of this film."  And what does St John have to say about the numerous sex scenes in the film?  "I'm looking forward to playing Mary Ellen, warts and all."  The film is set for international release in summer 2005.

Sweeney's 
Revelations Inspire Film 
Sweeney Diplick, 54, the midget circus artiste and occasional actor whose revelations of lifelong drunkenness and Jane Seymour fan club addiction hit the headlines late last year, has inspired a film a la 1997's In & Out (which was inspired by Tom Hanks' speech at the Academy Awards).  Danny DeVito, who is attached to the project as both star and director, says, "Sweeney's life is perfect film material.  If only he'd killed a few people along the way, we might have had an even more interesting story to play with."

Petral Heats Up Petrol Sales
Saucy Italian soap star Petral Velomini, 36, has signed a contract to advertise Acme Petroleum in print ads for the next four years.  The advertisements were filmed early in 2004, and will appear in magazines beginning next month.  Environmentalists are outraged that Velomini has decided to advertise fossil fuels, while Family Association chairman, Aym Prewdish, has denounced the scantily-clad shots of Velomini straddling a petrol pump as "blatantly sexual, detestably rotten images by a company that has absolutely no moral fibre."  Velomini, who is busy filming a movie in Tunisia, has yet to respond to the criticism.

Van der Spak Goes Nude
Hunky Sean van der Spak, 22, flashed his considerable assets inadvertently at a clothing store on Hollywood Boulevard last week.  Onlookers were shocked and amazed when Cireola Dubios' muscle-bound beau accidentally stripped off his boxers while trying on some jeans.  One onlooker cooed, "He's all man.  And I mean, all man!", while another commented on van der Spak's choice of underwear.  "He was wearing French lace knickers. It was quite disturbing."