People talk 8/9/02

Aniston sees less ambitious self in film

NEW YORK -- In her new film, "The Good Girl," Jennifer Aniston plays a discount store employee who seems to have few ambitions.

Aniston told reporters in Los Angeles recently she once had lower expectations for herself.

"Until 'Friends,' I really thought acting was a 'you do a job once a year' thing," she said with a laugh. "I don't know if it was right to say I wasn't very ambitious but I had that thought a lot -- the dream of maybe succeeding or making money at what I really want to do might not happen -- and I might just be a professional waitress. And that was fine."

Aniston, who has received an Emmy nomination for "Friends," says she doesn't know what's going to happen to her character, Rachel Green, on the NBC sitcom's upcoming ninth and final season.

"I leave that to the writers," the 33-year-old said. "I love being surprised every week, I really do. I love being excited to see what's around the corner, and they never disappoint me."

Jack Osbourne films cameo for 'Creek'DURHAM, N.C. -- Jack Osbourne, the son of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and one of the stars of MTV's hit TV series "The Osbournes," will film a cameo Friday for the more clean-cut "Dawson's Creek."

The 16-year-old will be at Duke University to film the spot. Duke is the site of the fictional Worthington College, where actress Katie Holmes' character, Joey, attends school.

The show is based in Wilmington, but this will be the second year that it will film four or five times at Duke.

MTV and the entertainment news show "Access Hollywood" plan to send crews to cover Osbourne's cameo.

He'll appear in the two-hour Oct. 2 premiere of the WB series' sixth season.

Carson exhibit opens in September

NORFOLK, Neb. -- An exhibit featuring Johnny Carson's six Emmy Awards and his Presidential Medal of Freedom will open next month at the Elkhorn Valley Museum & Research Center.

Carson, host of NBC's "Tonight Show" from 1962 until his retirement in 1992, grew up in Norfolk and graduated from Norfolk High School. He has donated millions to the city and area projects.

Ron Stauffer, chairman of the Elkhorn Valley Historical Society's board of directors, said the exhibit, which will open Sept. 28, is an opportunity for the community to thank Carson for his generosity.-- From wire reports