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Bryan White, A Bridge Too Far, Connie Chung, Gary Sinise

Whatever happened to Bryan White?
—Billie McDowell, Wilson, N.C.

In 1999, White—whose hit singles include "Someone Else's Star," "So Much For Pretending" and "Rebecca Lynn"—was burned out from touring and recording and took some time off. In 2000, he married One Life to Live actress Erika Page, with whom he now has two children. "I stayed creative during the time and was fortunate to have a cut ("Sometimes I Feel Like Elvis") on Wynonna Judd's last album," he says. "Since being married and having children, I look at life through a different lens." He's back on the road this summer in support of his new album, Out of the Storm.

My husband and I were watching the movie A Bridge Too Far. It had a very large cast. I think a young Richard Burton was in it, but my husband says no. Who's right?
—Nancy Bradley, Longmont, Colo.

Your husband wins this one. The 1977 movie classic, which depicted an ill-fated attempt during World War II by Allied soldiers to capture key bridges behind German lines, was jam-packed with an international cast of stars, including Sean Connery, Elliot Gould, Gene Hackman, Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Michael Caine, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Hopkins, James Caan and Ryan O'Neal—but no Richard Burton, who, by the way, would have been in his early 50s at the time.

Where is Connie Chung nowadays? How can someone so good at what she does not be on TV anymore? We miss you, Connie!
—James Doughty, San Antonio, Texas

Chung, whose career has included stints at all three major networks, currently is without a TV home. Her recent Weekends with Maury & Connie, which she co-hosted with husband Maury Povich, was cancelled last month by MSNBC. Chung ended the series June 17 with a song-and-dance parody of "Thanks for the Memories," performing atop a grand piano in a gown and white gloves, surrounded by glowing candelabra.

In the movie Forrest Gump, how did they make it look so convincingly like Gary Sinise's character, Lt. Dan, lost both his legs?
—Glen Ahlswede, Eagle River, Wis.

Sinise, who now stars on TV's hit series CSI: New York, explains that his legless look in Forrest Gump was achieved by a couple of different special-effect techniques, including a rigged wheelchair that concealed his legs underneath him. Other sequences involved a special "blue-screen" process that let the filmmakers optically remove his legs from each shot. "There is a special-edition DVD of Forrest Gump that shows all the techniques that were used," he notes.

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