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Showbiz Sam
(Daily Record Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Q Am I right In remembering hearing that Jodie Foster is the mother of Ben Fogle? Margaret McLachlan, Bellshill
A No. Miss Foster is 43 and the hunky TV presenter and author is 32! Ben is the son of actress Julia Foster and vet Bruce Fogle. Ben recently wed children's party organiser Marina Hunt who he met when they were exercising dogs in Hyde Park.
Q Please help! I'm trying to find a Bryan Ferry song which is in a TV ad. It's called Let's Get Together, I think, but no shops can help me. Mrs E Ferguson, Glasgow
A You mean Let's Stick Together (Let's Work Together) which he took to number four in June 1976.
Q Could you tell me the main stars of the film Ghosts Of Mississippi and is it on video? Jean Hoolichan, Bellshill
A The 1996 film is available - GB title Ghosts From The Past. It's a Hollywood recreation of a real trial.The stars were Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods and Craig T Nelson.
Q It's our 10th wedding anniversary on Nov 8. Could you let me know what the number one record was on that date in 1996? Colin Forbes, Inverness
A It was the first week of a fortnight for Robson and Jerome with What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted/Saturday Night At The Movies/You'll Never Walk Alone. You could never accuse those lads of shortchanging their fans, could you!
Q There are two Mars Bars at stake here! Who played McGill in the TV series Man In A Suitcase? Stewart Smith, HMP Edinburgh
A Richard Bradford starred as Jon McGill in the 1967-8 series. McGill was a CIA man forced into PI work after being accused falsely of treason. He scoured Europe for clues to clear his name, taking any job which paid '$500 a day plus expenses'.
Q Can you tell me if the racing commentator Clare Balding has recently married? I'm sure I spotted her wearing a gold band on her wedding finger. M Steele, Galashiels
A She went through a civil partnership ceremony last month with her long-term partner, actress Alice Arnold, at Chiswick House in London. The dress code was 'glamorous but fun'. Miss Arnold is the former partner of Sandi Toksvig.
Q Can you tell me the name of a film which starred Robert Redford as a fur trapper? T Richardson, Glasgow
A It was Jeremia Johnson (1972). It was the tale of a mountain trapper pursued by Indians. Beautifully shot in the desolate snow-scapes of Utah, it co-starred Will Geer and Allyn McLerie.
Q Can you tell me the name of the song that Harry Dean Stanton sang in Cool Hand Luke? Martin O'Donnell, Airdrie
A He sang the hymn Just A Closer Walk With Thee. You can obtain the entire soundtrack of the 1967 movie from Amazon.com, including Paul Newman warbling Plastic Jesus.
Q To settle a pounds 10 bet, did John Wayne ever appear in an episode of Wagon train? Joe Shearer, Edinburgh
A The popular Western series first ran from 1958-64 and attracted many popular stars to make guest appearances. Wayne appeared as General Sherman, along with Carlton Young and John Carradine, in an episode called The Colter Craven Story. His friend John Ford directed.
Apart from royalty, who is the only living person to have appeared on a British stamp? Matt Fleming, Aberdeen A stamp was issued in memory of Freddie Mercury in 1999 but caused a fuss as Queen drummer Roger Taylor could be spotted in the background. The law which stated the royal family were the only living people who could be depicted on Royal Mail stamps was repealed last year.
Copyright 2006 . Scottish Record & Sunday Mail Limited.
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