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'Caddyshack' theme restaurant tees off

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida -- Just when you thought theme restaurants were so passe ...

Bill Murray and his five brothers have opened a new restaurant based on the 1980 movie "Caddyshack."

The Murray Bros. Caddyshack barbecue restaurant opened Thursday, and on Saturday Murray hosted a party for friends and celebrities including Peter Bonerz from the TV show "Three Sisters," and Tim Meadows from "Saturday Night Live," according to the Associated Press.

The restaurant is the first of three planned by the Murrays.

In the film, Bill Murray played an off-kilter greenskeeper, who dreams of winning the Masters and tries to annihilate an annoying gopher.

Hanks visits Michigan town

PORT SHELDON, Michigan -- It's the event of the year for Port Sheldon residents.

Tom Hanks is visiting the lakefront town for four days to shoot scenes for the upcoming film "Road to Perdition," being directed by Sam ("American Beauty") Mendes. Hanks plays Al Capone's hitman, Michael O'Sullivan.

But the real story is whether residents will get to hang out with the two-time Oscar winner.

People have been calling the Rosemont Inn in Douglas, where Hanks has been rumored to be staying.

"We are trying to lure him," Jen Lacy, a Spectators Bar & Grill waitress, tells the Associated Press.

The film's publicist, Amanda Brand, says it's unlikely Hanks will have time to visit with the locals.

"I can't swear he won't, but it's unlikely. He has a lot to do in four days," Brand says.

'Beverly Hills Cop IV' in preproduction

HOLLYWOOD, California -- Eddie Murphy might be donning the Axel Foley garb and laughing that silly laugh again.

Variety reports that producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Paramount Pictures have tapped a screenwriter for "Beverly Hills Cop IV." Jason Richman, a former rock guitarist who has a screenwriting deal with Jerry Bruckheimer Films and the Walt Disney Co., is to concoct a new adventure for Foley and company.

Bruckheimer and his late partner Don Simpson produced the first two "Beverly Hills" films. The first one, released in 1984, depicted Murphy as Detroit detective Axel Foley, who engages in a fish-out-of-water comedy adventure when he chases a suspect to the palm-lined streets of Beverly Hills.

The film helped launch Murphy to the upper stratosphere of comic actors, and went on to gross more than $300 million worldwide.

Mike Farrell tours 'cancer alley'

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- Actor Mike Farrell is turning his attention to helping others.

The former "M*A*S*H" star joined politicians touring communities near the Mississippi River's petrochemical plants to draw attention to so-called "cancer alley." Their bus tour included a stop at Myrtle Grove Trailer Park, where high levels of vinyl chloride were found in the water system in March. Vinyl chloride is known to cause cancer and liver damage.

"What we are seeing here is environmental injustice," said Farrell, according to the Associated Press.

"I find it irresponsible that industries are doing this to their neighbors without them willing to take responsibility for their actions," said Farrell. "I find it horrendous that politicians are willing to turn their backs."

Although the industrial corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans has become known as "cancer alley," the Associated Press reports ongoing debate over whether health problems there are the result of pollution or unhealthy lifestyles.