People: Jul. 26, 1999

A GOOD WALK GETS BETTER

Though not commonly perceived as the type of athletes who attract groupies, golfers do have their fans, and, apparently, they don’t all wear plaid. Last week during the first round of the British Open, TIGER WOODS got an eyeful on the 18th hole when an enthusiastic onlooker with seemingly few body-image issues sprang from the crowd to demonstrate her admiration. The unidentified woman embraced and kissed the not entirely reluctant golfer before running off. “Luckily, she didn’t have a lot on,” said a relieved Woods, “because if someone comes out of the stands like that and has a lot of clothing on, you never know what they have in there or what they’re hiding behind their back.” As a course hazard, it sure beats a sand trap.

ONE FAMILY TRIANGULATES

Not since the Brontes has one family been so well represented on library shelves. After FRANK MCCOURT’s, left, memoir Angela’s Ashes became a Pulitzer-prizewinning international best seller, younger brother MALACHY, right, got in on the action and wrote his own book, A Monk Swimming, also a best seller. Now Alphie, a third brother who stayed with his mother in Ireland when his elder brothers left for America, has an agent and is shopping his version of events around town, eager to report what few details of the family’s hardscrabble upbringing remain undocumented. It may be a crowded McCourt season. Frank’s sequel, ‘Tis, is one of the most anticipated books of the fall, and Malachy has a contract for his own follow-up. Insatiable fans of the literary clan might want to save room on their bookshelves: a fourth brother, Michael, will surely find his literary voice shortly.

ARE YOU REALLY GOING OUT IN THAT?

There was a time when it was considered not only good publicity but also good manners to dress for one’s own movie premiere. Those days are gone. Whether it’s the result of a stylist backlash or a dearth of good tailors in Hollywood, many celebrities, particularly men, are going from natty to tatty. DAVID KELLEY seemed to have come straight from a backyard barbecue to the premiere of Lake Placid, which he wrote. The film’s star BRIDGET FONDA at least looked well groomed. At the premiere of Eyes Wide Shut, NICOLE KIDMAN turned up the glamour (adorning her arm with what looked like a painful piece of jewelry), while husband and co-star TOM CRUISE dispatched with elegance in favor of studied nonformality. And surely ADAM SANDLER (seen here with co-star ROB SCHNEIDER) could have found a fresh T shirt for the premiere of his film Big Daddy. Are we really asking so much?

GOOD NEWS

Singer MARILYN MANSON will divert his attention from recording and touring

BAD NEWS

He will use this time to write and star in his own movie, to be called Holywood

[GOOD NEWS]

Baltimore mayoral candidate DOROTHY JOYNER voiced her crime-fighting views on local TV

[BAD NEWS]

She was arrested leaving the TV station after a cop alleged she was a burglary suspect