Let’s Just Hope Deepak Stays Away From Tupac

Meet Deepak Chopra, spiritualist to the stars.

The former physician turned self-help author’s list of admirers includes Demi Moore, Naomi Judd, Oprah Winfrey, Olivia Newton-John, Michael Jackson, George Harrison and Linda Gray, reports Entertainment Weekly.

But Chopra rejects the notion that he’s gone Hollywood - even if he does have a high-powered agent working on movie deals. “It diminishes what I am doing,” he said. “Less than 1 percent of the attention is from Hollywood. Ninety-nine percent is from the general populace.”

Said Judd: “When he asked me about putting Demi on the board (of his healing center), my first thought was, ‘She’s a human being. She’s been down a hard road.’ But I had to say, ‘Watch out, buddy. Don’t become guru du jour.”’

Loose talk

Advice columnist Ann Landers, on Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman (in The Chicago Tribune): “I think he’s two sandwiches short of a picnic. But he’s a lovable, talented psychopath.”

The one who was in The Mamas and The Papas?

Peggy Cass turns 72 today.

‘Study hard’ wasn’t part of his vocabulary

Speaking of Ms. Moore, hubby Bruce Willis was cracking wise as he received an honorary doctorate degree from his almost-alma mater, Montclair State University. Said the “Die Hard” star: “I’ve been playing doctor with my wife for a long time.”

One less mouth at the Huxtable table

Elsewhere on the commencement speech beat, Bill Cosby told University of Connecticut grads that they can’t go home again - at least, not without starting a fight. “Your siblings are not too thrilled because they were told you were gone for good, but you’re coming back and you want your room,” he said.

Or, in Arnold’s case, how it clobbers them

Arnold Schwarzenegger passed on more wisdom at his old school, the University of Wisconsin-Superior: “The most important lesson I’ve learned in these 17 years is: To do for others is the most important thing. A person’s life is judged by how it touches others.”

Suppose you could call it a dead silence

Guest speaker Steven Bochco was cheered wildly by graduating seniors at Carnegie Mellon University at the mere mention of television creations “Hill Street Blues,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “NYPD Blue.” But the crowd fell silent when it came to Bochco’s most recent effort, the low-rated “Murder One.”

These kids are greener than we thought

Finally, Kermit the Frog received an honorary Doctorate of Amphibious Letters from Long Island University’s Southampton College, telling grads “the time has come for you to drop your tails and leave this swamp.” Said one: “It was cool. I was glad that we had someone that I can relate to rather than someone you don’t even know.”

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