David Hasselhoff: News 1999

16 Nov 99 LOS ANGELES - "Baywatch Hawaii" will be back for another season but David Hasselhoff will not be donning his Speedos for the return. The longtime "Baywatch" star has finally made official what he had been hinting at for months - that after 10 years he would be leaving his starring role in the successful series following the current season. At the same time, he is announcing plans to star in a new syndicated series called "AKA Picasso," which could arrive by next fall if the pieces come together. Hasselhoff has been talking about his desire to spend more time with his kids and his intention to pursue other career directions for quite a while, often hinting but never outright saying that the "Baywatch" demands were just too great for this point in his life. Hasselhoff will continue in his role as one of the show's executive producers, but even his off-screen role will be greatly diminished. Hasselhoff says he's enjoyed living in Oahu for this past season's "Baywatch Hawaii," but thought it was time to get back to the mainland and settle into family life.

[written by Richard Sherwood - Entertainment News Wire]

 
7 Nov 99 CORRECTION!
David Hasselhoff is not planning a concert tour in Europe at this time. I apologize for the error...
At this time, no one (in Baywatch-Hawaii or in L.A. Baywatch offices) knows exactly when or where the new Spanish album will be released.

[Reported by Nancy]

 
5 Nov 99 HOLLYWOOD (Variety) -- "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff will soon no longer be saving lives on the world's most popular TV show.
Hasselhoff has quit his starring role as a hunky lifeguard in the long-running show to star as a debonair sophisticate in "AKA Picasso," which will debut in syndication in fall 2000.
He will continue to executive produce "Baywatch" and make recurring appearances, but he will hand over the beach house keys to Jason Brooks ("Days of Our Lives"), who debuted in the series this year and will now play its "pivotal character," the show's producer, Pearson Television said.
"Baywatch" premiered on NBC during the 1989-90 season with Hasselhoff starring as Malibu's top lifeguard. The network declined to renew the series for a second season. After nine seasons, the series was transformed into "Baywatch Hawaii" and is currently shooting in Oahu.

[from Reuters/Variety, 03:26 11-02-99]

 
4 Nov 99 Baywatch will be filming on Maui and also the Big Island. David Hasselhoff is not acting on the show anymore but is still a producer. David is in Europe on tour, and also finishing up the album in Spanish.

[Reported by Nancy]

 
2 Nov 99 HASSELHOFF'S NEW GIGS
David Hasselhoff will be departing BAYWATCH to head up the new syndication action series AKA PICASSO. In the THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR-like show, the German superstar will play a convicted art thief working to stop thieves to escape a harsh prison sentence. Hasselhoff guest stars on NBC's THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN this Tuesday night at 8:30, when JUST SHOOT ME and WILL & GRACE also return, playing Dick's plastic surgeon.

[from ZENtertainment newsletter #351]

 
30 Sep 99 The new album of David is in Spanish language. David will stop with "Baywatch". (Spits, 27 september 1999, The Netherlands)

[Reported by Stefan de Bildt]

 
24 Sep 99 Few days ago David was in München and he said that his new album will be released this Autumn and that he will film with his wife Pamela a German TV series in Germany.

[Reported by Zsuzsi and Zsofi]

 
23 Sep 99 09.20.99 - BEYOND BAYWATCH, With the onset of the new season, David Hasselhoff takes a look at life with or without 'Baywatch'

 

09.21.99 - Hasselhoff Hangin' Up the Speedos?

 
10 Sep 99 According to ULTIMATE TV, David Hasselhoff will guest star as a plastic surgeon on an upcoming episode of the NBC sitcom 3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN. Check it at: Ultimate TV

[from ZENtertainment newsletter #343]

 
17 Aug 99 Hawaii gov. to appear on 'Baywatch'
HALEIWA, Hawaii (AP) - "Baywatch" moving to Hawaii brings a special perk for Gov. Ben Cayetano: a chance to be on the TV show. Cayetano will play himself in an episode of "Baywatch Hawaii" called "Risk to Death." He'll do scenes with series star David Hasselhoff Aug. 23 at the Haleiwa Surf Center. He'll be eligible for the minimum pay of $596 for his appearance. "Baywatch" moved its production to Hawaii this year after nine seasons in Los Angeles.

 
6 Aug 99 08.06.99 - They had it coming!, Legacy is shown gain after MTRCB suspension

 
1 Aug 99 07.31.99 - ABS-CBN, chief censor break bread

 

07.22.99 - Nude KK by the light of the silvery moon

 
31 Jul 99 PHILIPPINE INQUIRER: "Legacy" was forced off Philippine cinema screens for a week by the government censors, allegedly because of a trivial error in the advertising copy.

[Reported by Bob Couttie]

 
18 Jul 99 07.19.99 - Hasselhoff gets profit share for 'Legacy'

 

07.18.99 - Donita's Legacy

 

07.07.99 - Freehand: Chin Chin stars in 2 films for int'l release

 
1 Jul 99 Legacy has its world premier in Manila on July 19 and will be sponsored by the National Press Club of the Philippines.
The press conference to launch ABS-CBN Entertainment's Legacy, starring David Hasselhoff and Rod Steiger, will be held on July 2, 1999, at Annabel's restaurant, Tomas Morato St, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines at 12 noon.
Here is the press kit (pdf format)

[given by Bob Couttie/Mad Dog]

 
28 Apr 99 ‘Baywatch’ planning restaurant in Hawaii

 
27 Apr 99 Hawaii setting welcome change for ‘Baywatch’ star

 
7 Apr 99 Yup. It's official! We're filming in Hawaii next year. We'll be taking over the old soundstage they used for Hawaii 5-O, and building a tank for the underwater shots. I'm really excited about this - this is going to give the show so much to work with in the new season, from cool new cast to some incredible new locations and scenery. I am one happy Baymarketer!

[Posted by baymarketer on April 05, 1999 at the "Baywatch Forum"]

 
4 Mar 99 `Baywatch' Irks Australian Town
Wednesday, February 24, 1999 (08:29 PM EST)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Citizens of a beachfront Sydney suburb don't mind seeing ``Baywatch'' on their TV screens. It's seeing the show filmed on their beach that bothers many of them. After a rowdy meeting in Avalon Beach with opponents of the ``Baywatch'' filming, producer Greg Bonnan on Thursday considered invitations from other Australian coastal towns that have welcomed the chance to put their beach on TV screens worldwide. Producers say the highly popular ``Baywatch'' is seen each week in more than 100 countries. It stars executive producer David Hasselhoff and a brigade of red swimsuit-clad lifeguards. On Wednesday, Bonnan attended a public meeting in the north Sydney suburb, with some of the 1,700 people who attended shouting, ``Don't come here, leave us alone!'' and ``We don't want you here!'' A fifth of the town's population turned out for the meeting, which appeared to split the community between younger ``Baywatch'' fans and older people who resent the invasion of privacy and inconvenience that film production inevitably brings. More than two-thirds of those attending the meeting opposed ``Baywatch'' setting up at their small surf club. Bonnan and Hasselhoff first proposed moving the show from Los Angeles to Australia when they filmed two episodes of ``Baywatch'' Down Under at Avalon Beach in October. But members of the community revolted when security guards blocked off part of the beach and banned a surfer from the area. ``I am sorry. We intend to change those things,'' Bonnan said. ``We will not get in your way.'' Bonnan said his show would not only bring economic and tourism benefits to Avalon and the greater Sydney area but would help demonstrate how to use Australia's beaches safely.

[Associated Press Online]

 
3 Mar 99 NAPTE Convention: Shaka Zulu: The Citadel and The Diamond Hunters poster

[Given by Linda]

 
28 Feb 99 Qld Minister to meet Baywatch producers
Friday 26 February, 1999 (6:54 AM AEDT)
Queensland's Tourism Minister Bob Gibbs will have talks with the producer of the American-made Baywatch television program today. Baywatch executives met the chairman of the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation earlier this week to discuss filming some episodes on Gold Coast beaches. Arts Minister Matt Foley also met the producers in Los Angeles last week. The Baywatch producers are also considering Wollongong and Coffs Harbour as possible locations after residents of the northern Sydney beach of Avalon demonstrated against proposals for the program to be filmed on their beaches.

South Australia joins in Baywatch madness
Friday 26 February, 1999 (10:52 AM AEST)
South Australia is putting in a bid to become the location for the popular, but now controversial, American series, Baywatch. Producers of the program have been snubbed by residents of the Sydney beachside suburb of Avalon. While talks are now being held with Queensland and other Sydney locations, South Australia's Tourism Minister Joan Hall says discussions with the Australian Tourism Commission (ATC) start today to suggest the State. Mrs Hall says no financial incentives have yet been considered to make the bid more attractive, nor has a specific beach been chosen. "The case that we will be putting to the ATC says that we have sensational sun, surf and sand," Mrs Hall said. "We have turquoise seas, blue skies, perfect weather, friendly people - we've got dolphins, diving, yachts, cruisers. We will certainly rival Malibu anyday."

Baywatch poised for Queensland shoot
Friday 26 February, 1999 (2:52 PM AEST)
The multimillion dollar television series Baywatch is almost certain to go to Queensland's Gold Coast. Tourism Minister Bob Gibbs says Queensland has won an in-principle agreement to film Baywatch on the Gold Coast after he met producers this morning. The producers began looking for another location after they were snubbed by residents of the Sydney beachside suburb of Avalon. Mr Gibbs says he is confident a contract will be finalised over the weekend and formally signed early next week. "They're here for the long haul, that was made very clear this morning - that they're looking at hopefully extending the program now and keeping it going for at least another five years," Mr Gibbs said. "It needed a revamp to get the ratings back up - they believe the ideal location to do that is here in Queensland. "You'll be seeing, of course, all the traditional features of Baywatch, that is the rescue boats, the staff," he said.

Wollongong now in running for Baywatch
Thursday 25 February, 1999 (6:34 PM AEDT)
Wollongong is in the running to attract the making of the world's most watched television show Baywatch to its shores.
The city's beaches are competing against the Gold Coast, Coffs Harbour and the island of Oahu in Hawaii, to lure the show from Avalon beach in Sydney, following strong opposition from local residents. The executive producer of Baywatch, Greg Bonamm, surveyed Wollongong by helicopter this morning. Mr Bonamm says the whole coastline is spectacular but some work would have to go into infrastructure support. "The infrastructure of a warehouse and offices and the things we need to support the show need to be worked out because that stuff doesn't exist as it is here - but we could create it," he said.

[ABC Online, Australia]

 
25 Feb 99 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, January 22-24, 1999 - David Hasselhoff, D.G.A.

[Given by Linda]

 
18 Feb 99 VARIETY, February 15, 1999 - Congratulations David Hasselhoff!

[Given by Linda]

 
1 Feb 99 BAYWATCH is expected to relocate to Sydney, Australia next season, and while David Hasselhof is signed on for this next season, it's unknown if any of the other characters will make the move with him.

[from ZENtertainment newsletter #285]

 
25 Jan 99 THE MIRROR (UK) May 19,1998: TITANTIC TOO (IT MISSED THE ICEBERG)
Baywatch star David Hasselhoff and Priscilla Presley are set to star in a $15 million spoof of blockbuster movie Titanic. TitanicToo - It Missed the Iceberg - will be packed with nonstop disaster gags. Hasselhoff and Presley have been lined up to play two lovers based on the Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio characters. They save the day after sneaking into the bridge for a quickie. Overcome by passion the heroine's legs get snagged in the ship's wheel, sending the giant vessel careering off course saftely past treacherous icebergs. And in a send-up of the Jaws movies, the ship will be pursued by a shark-like iceberg all the way to New York. In other scenes a group of 'stunt polar bears' wave to the passengers from icebergs. And the movie will open with a group of eskimos cutting a hole in the ice with an electric saw.

[Reported by Linda]

 

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:
David Hasselhoff is set to star in a six-hour miniseries based on Wilber Smith's African adventure novel "The Diamond Hunters". The project will follow Hasselhoff's commitment to a new Shaka Zulu miniseries "Shaka Zulu-The Citadel." "The Diamond Hunters" scheduled for 1999 centers on two men battling for the mineral wealth of a continent. Production on the $20 million "Shaka Zulu sequel will begin in Morocco in January.

[Reported by Linda]

 

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