People talk 8/28/02

Actress in good spirits after highway mishap

BROOKS, Maine -- Margot Kidder is recuperating from a broken pelvis she suffered in a weekend highway accident.

The 53-year-old actress, who played Lois Lane in the "Superman" movies of the late 1970s and early '80s, was injured Sunday when her GMC Yukon hit a raised pavement and rolled over several times.

Kidder, who lives in Livingston, Mont., had been in Belfast to host the 15-Minute Festival, a series of original plays staged at the National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped. She was on her way to Montreal when the accident happened.

Kidder's friend, David Stuckey, said Monday that the actress won't require surgery but will remain for several days at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast.

Stuckey said Kidder was in a lot of pain. "But she's in good spirits," he said. "She's OK."

Impressionist admits repertoire falls short

NEW YORK -- Jimmy Fallon is known for his impressions of celebrities, from Adam Sandler and Jerry Seinfeld to Alanis Morissette and Dave Matthews. But there's one voice that eludes him.

"I can't do Woody Allen to this day. I worked with him and I can't even do him," Fallon said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. "I just sound like John Travolta when he was really young."

The 27-year-old "Saturday Night Live" comedian joked that he knows he has an impression down perfectly "when you don't have to tell people who it is." He thinks his best one is of Robin Williams.

"I just like that one because it's, like, so many different things," Fallon said. "Robin Williams is amazing. He does, like, 20 people. There is no real Robin Williams. He does the gay choreographer, he's like, a preacher, and he's a hick from upstate New York, in five minutes."

Fallon's debut comedy album "The Bathroom Wall," which contains many of his impressions, hit stores Tuesday. He's also hosting the MTV Video Music Awards Thursday night.

Success of reality show mystifies former teen idol

NEW YORK -- Leif Garrett doesn't understand the appeal of Anna Nicole Smith's new reality show.

"The Anna Nicole Show" on E! Entertainment Television, which follows the former Playboy playmate's wacky exploits, drew high ratings when it debuted this month. But Garrett says he can't watch it for more than a few minutes.

"Does she have any talent? I can't see it, I don't know what it is," the former teen idol told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

Garrett, who's been filming a movie with David Spade and performing with his band, said Smith's show and others like it are popular because "people are living vicariously through others, to be sure. As much as they hate it ... they get to live that through seeing it."

The 40-year-old's own life has been on display in an episode of VH1's "Behind the Music," which examined his battle with drugs and a car accident that left a friend paralyzed.

Garrett wishes the show had focused more on his music than his struggles, but he knows that's not what intrigues people.

"People want to see you crashing your car on Quaaludes, not helping the March of Dimes," he said.-- From wire reports