David Hasselhoff: News 1998

2 Dec 98 Adult entertainment site INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT GROUP will soon offer the first volume of SEX LIVES OF THE STARS on both video and the Internet. This first-of three volumes tells of the sexual escapades of 28 major celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Jordan, George Clooney, Vanna White, Sean Penn, Charlie Sheen, Matt LeBlanc, David Hasselhoff, and Larry King, via infamous sex therapist Natasha Terry, confessions, and reenactments. "We have interviewed the women who have had these extraordinary sexual exploits with famous personalities and all of the stories check out," says IEG President Seth Warshavsky, "As a way of double checking, we also administered polygraph tests in some cases, and received sworn affidavits and other documentation in others. The stories are sometimes hard to believe, but they are real, sometimes hilarious, and they make great party videos."

[from ZENtertainment newsletter #270]

9 Oct 98 -----> COMING ATTRACTIONS
- October 9th -
LEGACY: Starring David Hasselhoff, Corin Nemec, Rod Steiger. Directed by T.J. Scott.

[from ZENtertainment newsletter #255]

7 Oct 98 David Hasselhoff begins production on the four-hour miniseries SHAKA ZULU - THE CITADEL in January, and is now set to follow it with a six-hour miniseries adaptation of "THE DIAMOND HUNTERS" in May. SHAKA ZULU is a sequel to the first SHAKA ZULU film, while "THE DIAMOND HUNTERS" is an adaptation of a Wilbur Smith novel about two men battling for a great African fortune.

[from ZENtertainment newsletter #254]

4 Oct 98 It's offical Baywatch will be filming it's final episodes for this season on Bondi Beach in Australia. The filiming will go ahead in the next few weeks they will also be picking up six Australian cast members to guest star in the episodes and if all goes well with filming and the producers are happy with it baywatch will film it's full 10th season in Australia!

[Posted by jeannie on on October 02, 1998 at the "Baywatch Forum"]

2 Oct 98 PR Newswire: Hasselhoff Signs for 2nd Miniseries to Film 'Diamond Hunters' May 1999

17 Sep 98 New episodes (Season 9 of "Baywatch") start the week of September 21st.

[Posted by baymarketer on September 16, 1998 at the "Baywatch Forum"]

3 Sep 98 PR Newswire: Shaka Zulu - The Citadel - Four Hour Mini Series Hasselhoff and Cele to Star, Kaleidoscope and MS International to Distribute

27 Jul 98 STAR MAGAZINE August 4, 1998: IT'S A LEAP YEAR...
David Hasselhoff turns 40- and celebrates by going sky diving

23 Jul 98 New episodes of MTV's CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH resume airing on the network this Thursday, July 23rd, at 10pm. This is the 6th episode of a 13-episode first season, and MTV has already announced plans to produce up to 22 episodes for a 2nd season debuting this fall. Highlights of upcoming first season matches include Janeane Garofalo VS. Cindy Crawford (7/23), Fiona Apple VS. John Popper, Christopher Walken VS. Gary Oldman, Garth Brooks VS. Marilyn Manson, Leonardo DiCaprio VS. Jack Nicholson, Puff Daddy VS. Trent Reznor, David Hasselhoff VS. John Tesh, Bruce Willis & Demi Moore VS. Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman, David Spade VS. Steven Seagal, David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson VS. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, and Jackie Chan VS. Jean-Claude Van Damme.

[from ZENtertainment newsletter #232]

2 Jul 98 David Hasselhoff will be honorary GUEST RINGMASTER at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's "Greatest Show on Earth" celebrity night, July 22, 1998 at Los Angeles Sports Arena (3939 South Figueroa Los Angeles, CA 90037). All proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

[Reported by Linda]

29 Jun 98 Yesterday David Hasselhoff sang:"Bless A Brand New Angel" (written for "Baywatch" for the funeral of Alexandra Paul's character) and "Castles in the Sky" (a song he co-wrote) at the benefit concert in the Diana, Princess of Wales, memory.

[from USA TODAY ]

29 May 98 MANIA: David Hasselhoff is Nick Fury

21 May 98 NEW LINE CINEMA has announced it's acquired Mike and Chris Bender's script for GIGANTIC, a spoof of TITANIC, which they promise to get into theaters before the other TITANIC spoof in the works, which will star David Hasselhoff and Pricilla Presley.

[from ZENtertainment newsletter #215]

27 Apr 98 TV Guide May 21,1998: MITCH GETS HITCHED
The Baywatch cast elopes to Alaska for an icy shipboard ceremony - bikinis and all

13 Mar 98 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER: David Hasselhoff 'invades' Manila

13 Mar 98 VARIETY Feb 23 - Mar 01, 1998, two synopses on David's new movie LEGACY:
'LEGACY' starring David Hasselhoff and Rod Stieger - Dedicated war photographer joins beautiful Eurasian girl on a dangerous quest for her legacy.
'LEGACY' - A young woman enlists a journalist to embark on a dangerous odyssey with her to uncover a tresure worth milioins.
There is also a full page add for the movie in the magazine.

[Reported by Linda]

12 Mar 98 David Hasselhoff has just finished filming Legacy in the Phillipines. He and his wife attended the SAG awards in Los Angeles on March 8. David was looking fit and handsome in his black tux, as he always done.

[Reported by Margaret March]

2 Feb 98 "Showbiz Lingo Plus" had a short interview with David Hasselhoff. David said that he and Regine (Velasquez) will sing at the HardRock Cafe (in Makati, Philippines) on Feb. 9, 9 p.m. It turns out that he has all of Regine's albums. The program also showed some segments of the video of the duet, "More Than Words Can Say".

[From Regine V. Mailing List]

27 Jan 98 DONITA IS HASSELHOFF'S LEADING LADY
Manila, Jan. 27, 1998 (PHNO) - Donita Rose has been chosen to be the leading lady in the Hollywood movie "Legacy" which will be shot partly in the Philippines. She will star opposite Baywatch superstar David Hasselhoff. The first official, though sketchy, report about the project confirmed Donita's role in the international film. However, no mentioned has yet been made on what role has been assigned to Chin Chin Gutierrez, who was reported earlier to have been chosen with Donita for the movie. Donita, one of many Filipina actresses to audition for the part, plays a young doctor in the movie which is being directed by TJ Scott. Shooting was scheduled to begin today.

[From PHILIPPINE HEADLINE NEWS ONLINE]

26 Jan 98 MANILA, Jan. 26 (PNA) - American actor David Hasselhoff who won world renown for his current "Baywatch" and his previous "Knight Rider" and Young and Restless"" television series is currently in Manila for a filming assignment in the Philippines. Local entertainment world sources said Hasselhoff is set to start his film shooting today, January 26. Produced by Star Pacific Cinema, the movie titled "Legacy" includes in its cast young and beautiful Filipina actress Donita Rose.
Hasselhoff is only one of several western movie stars currently in town to shoot movies. Others also currently and separately filming here are Bill Pullman and Claire Danes. Hasselhoff is popular worldwide among television viewers with his top rating "Baywatch" series which he produces himself, and which continues to be shown in at least 140 countries via cable television reaching an audience of over a billion people. An accomplished singer in his own right, Hasselhoff has a number of platinum and gold recordings, the most popular of which were "Crazy for You" and "Looking for Freedom" which became even more memorable when he sang it at the Berlin Wall at the time it was torn down. His latest album for Polydor Records has for its carrier single "More than Words Can Say", a duet he did with Filipina chanteuse Regine Velasquez.

[Copyright 1998 - Philippines News Agency - All rights reserved]

23 Jan 98 David Hasselhoff that will be starring in a made-for-TV movie "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." based on the Marvel Comics character, placed this full-page ad as part of the Hollywood Reporter's special "Stan Lee's 75th Birthday" issue (Jan 19, 1998), wishing him a happy birthday.

[From Team Knight Rider Site]

22 Jan 98 HASSELHOFF IN RP, STARS W/DONITA, CHIN-CHIN
Manila, Jan. 22, 1998 - The Evening Tempo reports that David Hasselhoff of Baywatch fame is in the Philippines location hunting for a movie in which he will star with at least two Filipina actresses.
Donita Rose and Chin Chin Gutierrez are reported by Earl Blue as being in the cast of the movie, the working title of which has not yet been announced. Donita and Chin Chin were chosen after a series of interviews and script readings.
Amanda Page was also reportedly being considered for a role, but the foreign producers and Amanda's manager did not agree on some terms.

[From PHILIPPINE HEADLINE NEWS ONLINE]

Created by Paola Vaccari, Novara, Italy

2 Dec 98	Adult entertainment site INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT GROUP will soon offer the first volume of SEX LIVES OF THE STARS on both video and the Internet. This first-of three volumes tells of the sexual escapades of 28 major celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Jordan, George Clooney, Vanna White, Sean Penn, Charlie Sheen, Matt LeBlanc, David Hasselhoff, and Larry King, via infamous sex therapist Natasha Terry, confessions, and reenactments. "We have interviewed the women who have had these extraordinary sexual exploits with famous personalities and all of the stories check out," says IEG President Seth Warshavsky, "As a way of double checking, we also administered polygraph tests in some cases, and received sworn affidavits and other documentation in others. The stories are sometimes hard to believe, but they are real, sometimes hilarious, and they make great party videos." [from ZENtertainment newsletter #270]
9 Oct 98	-----> COMING ATTRACTIONS - October 9th - LEGACY: Starring David Hasselhoff, Corin Nemec, Rod Steiger. Directed by T.J. Scott. [from ZENtertainment newsletter #255]
7 Oct 98	David Hasselhoff begins production on the four-hour miniseries SHAKA ZULU - THE CITADEL in January, and is now set to follow it with a six-hour miniseries adaptation of "THE DIAMOND HUNTERS" in May. SHAKA ZULU is a sequel to the first SHAKA ZULU film, while "THE DIAMOND HUNTERS" is an adaptation of a Wilbur Smith novel about two men battling for a great African fortune. [from ZENtertainment newsletter #254]
4 Oct 98	It's offical Baywatch will be filming it's final episodes for this season on Bondi Beach in Australia. The filiming will go ahead in the next few weeks they will also be picking up six Australian cast members to guest star in the episodes and if all goes well with filming and the producers are happy with it baywatch will film it's full 10th season in Australia! [Posted by jeannie on on October 02, 1998 at the "Baywatch Forum"]
2 Oct 98	PR Newswire: Hasselhoff Signs for 2nd Miniseries to Film 'Diamond Hunters' May 1999
17 Sep 98	New episodes (Season 9 of "Baywatch") start the week of September 21st. [Posted by baymarketer on September 16, 1998 at the "Baywatch Forum"]
3 Sep 98	PR Newswire: Shaka Zulu - The Citadel - Four Hour Mini Series Hasselhoff and Cele to Star, Kaleidoscope and MS International to Distribute
27 Jul 98	STAR MAGAZINE August 4, 1998: IT'S A LEAP YEAR... David Hasselhoff turns 40- and celebrates by going sky diving
23 Jul 98	New episodes of MTV's CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH resume airing on the network this Thursday, July 23rd, at 10pm. This is the 6th episode of a 13-episode first season, and MTV has already announced plans to produce up to 22 episodes for a 2nd season debuting this fall. Highlights of upcoming first season matches include Janeane Garofalo VS. Cindy Crawford (7/23), Fiona Apple VS. John Popper, Christopher Walken VS. Gary Oldman, Garth Brooks VS. Marilyn Manson, Leonardo DiCaprio VS. Jack Nicholson, Puff Daddy VS. Trent Reznor, David Hasselhoff VS. John Tesh, Bruce Willis & Demi Moore VS. Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman, David Spade VS. Steven Seagal, David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson VS. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, and Jackie Chan VS. Jean-Claude Van Damme. [from ZENtertainment newsletter #232]
2 Jul 98	David Hasselhoff will be honorary GUEST RINGMASTER at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's "Greatest Show on Earth" celebrity night, July 22, 1998 at Los Angeles Sports Arena (3939 South Figueroa Los Angeles, CA 90037). All proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. [Reported by Linda]
29 Jun 98	Yesterday David Hasselhoff sang:"Bless A Brand New Angel" (written for "Baywatch" for the funeral of Alexandra Paul's character) and "Castles in the Sky" (a song he co-wrote) at the benefit concert in the Diana, Princess of Wales, memory. [from USA TODAY ]
29 May 98	MANIA: David Hasselhoff is Nick Fury
21 May 98	NEW LINE CINEMA has announced it's acquired Mike and Chris Bender's script for GIGANTIC, a spoof of TITANIC, which they promise to get into theaters before the other TITANIC spoof in the works, which will star David Hasselhoff and Pricilla Presley. [from ZENtertainment newsletter #215]
27 Apr 98	TV Guide May 21,1998: MITCH GETS HITCHED The Baywatch cast elopes to Alaska for an icy shipboard ceremony - bikinis and all
13 Mar 98	PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER: David Hasselhoff 'invades' Manila
13 Mar 98	VARIETY Feb 23 - Mar 01, 1998, two synopses on David's new movie LEGACY: 'LEGACY' starring David Hasselhoff and Rod Stieger - Dedicated war photographer joins beautiful Eurasian girl on a dangerous quest for her legacy. 'LEGACY' - A young woman enlists a journalist to embark on a dangerous odyssey with her to uncover a tresure worth milioins. There is also a full page add for the movie in the magazine. [Reported by Linda]
12 Mar 98	David Hasselhoff has just finished filming Legacy in the Phillipines. He and his wife attended the SAG awards in Los Angeles on March 8. David was looking fit and handsome in his black tux, as he always done. [Reported by Margaret March]
2 Feb 98	"Showbiz Lingo Plus" had a short interview with David Hasselhoff. David said that he and Regine (Velasquez) will sing at the HardRock Cafe (in Makati, Philippines) on Feb. 9, 9 p.m. It turns out that he has all of Regine's albums. The program also showed some segments of the video of the duet, "More Than Words Can Say". [From Regine V. Mailing List]
27 Jan 98	DONITA IS HASSELHOFF'S LEADING LADY Manila, Jan. 27, 1998 (PHNO) - Donita Rose has been chosen to be the leading lady in the Hollywood movie "Legacy" which will be shot partly in the Philippines. She will star opposite Baywatch superstar David Hasselhoff. The first official, though sketchy, report about the project confirmed Donita's role in the international film. However, no mentioned has yet been made on what role has been assigned to Chin Chin Gutierrez, who was reported earlier to have been chosen with Donita for the movie. Donita, one of many Filipina actresses to audition for the part, plays a young doctor in the movie which is being directed by TJ Scott. Shooting was scheduled to begin today. [From PHILIPPINE HEADLINE NEWS ONLINE]
26 Jan 98	MANILA, Jan. 26 (PNA) - American actor David Hasselhoff who won world renown for his current "Baywatch" and his previous "Knight Rider" and Young and Restless"" television series is currently in Manila for a filming assignment in the Philippines. Local entertainment world sources said Hasselhoff is set to start his film shooting today, January 26. Produced by Star Pacific Cinema, the movie titled "Legacy" includes in its cast young and beautiful Filipina actress Donita Rose. Hasselhoff is only one of several western movie stars currently in town to shoot movies. Others also currently and separately filming here are Bill Pullman and Claire Danes. Hasselhoff is popular worldwide among television viewers with his top rating "Baywatch" series which he produces himself, and which continues to be shown in at least 140 countries via cable television reaching an audience of over a billion people. An accomplished singer in his own right, Hasselhoff has a number of platinum and gold recordings, the most popular of which were "Crazy for You" and "Looking for Freedom" which became even more memorable when he sang it at the Berlin Wall at the time it was torn down. His latest album for Polydor Records has for its carrier single "More than Words Can Say", a duet he did with Filipina chanteuse Regine Velasquez. [Copyright 1998 - Philippines News Agency - All rights reserved]
23 Jan 98	David Hasselhoff that will be starring in a made-for-TV movie "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." based on the Marvel Comics character, placed this full-page ad as part of the Hollywood Reporter's special "Stan Lee's 75th Birthday" issue (Jan 19, 1998), wishing him a happy birthday. [From Team Knight Rider Site]
22 Jan 98	HASSELHOFF IN RP, STARS W/DONITA, CHIN-CHIN Manila, Jan. 22, 1998 - The Evening Tempo reports that David Hasselhoff of Baywatch fame is in the Philippines location hunting for a movie in which he will star with at least two Filipina actresses. Donita Rose and Chin Chin Gutierrez are reported by Earl Blue as being in the cast of the movie, the working title of which has not yet been announced. Donita and Chin Chin were chosen after a series of interviews and script readings. Amanda Page was also reportedly being considered for a role, but the foreign producers and Amanda's manager did not agree on some terms. [From PHILIPPINE HEADLINE NEWS ONLINE]