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Dick Powell —Gambler Or Sleuth? New Look For‘Dragnet’s’ Other Cop HOLLYWOOD . . . Dick Powell is cook¬ ing a new TV series, but hasn’t decided whether to play gambling- joint-owner “Willie Dante,” “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” or ad¬ venturer “Richard Rogue.” . . . Weight¬ losing news; Ben Alexander, Drag¬ net's Frank Smith, has shed 25 pounds on doctor’s orders, anticipates he’ll lose even more when the Alexanders’ first child ar¬ rives in August. Jackie Gleason vows he won’t start another of his fre¬ quent diets until he dis¬ covers a formula that’s foolproof. Johnny Weiss¬ muller is taking off weight, too, for his Jungle Jim series, but not by dieting. He has ropes hanging from trees all around his house, and goes swinging about in his old motion- picture Tarzan style. ■ With all the pros and cons about who’s the vil¬ lain in the tangled Eddie Fisher-Debbie Reynolds romance, this might be enlightening: A prominent guest on my TV show was present in New York when Ed¬ die’s manager, Milt Blackstone, pointed to a recent list of best-selling records and said to Eddie, “You see? I told you. You haven’t had a hit record since you got engaged.” ■i Jack Benny is up to his fiddle in work, filming eight more shows for next season—four this month, four in August. He’ll spend July in New York with wife, Mary, and close friends George Burns and Gracie Allen, awaiting the birth of daughter Joan’s baby. Jack has accomplished the minor miracle of talking Mary into appearing in some four of the planned programs—on film, of course. . . . An¬ other Hollywood-to-New York visi¬ tor: Joan Caulfield, who took off for a two-week shopping spree, far from the interior decorating hubbub at her new Bev¬ erly Hills home. A big star on a re¬ cent Lux Video Theater show was stewed to the gills at dress rehearsal time, but came through with a first-rate perform¬ ance on the air 90 minutes later . . . Bing Crosby is due to pick up $100,000 apiece for his two shows for CBS. First one goes before the cameras next month. . . . Bill Bendix’s wife, Tess, tells me she has a sure-fire system for playing the horses and beating the stock market. “I only pick horses or buy stocks that have the initials ‘B.B.’ ” So far, she’s way ahead. . . . Art Linkletter says he knows just the right co-hosts for a British giveaway show—Ezra Pound and Jan Sterling. “They’d be worth their weight in gold,” he chortles. ■ Jimmy Durante reports: “I over¬ heard a chorus girl on my show ask her girl friend, ’How long have you been married?’ To which her chum replied, ’This time, or all together?’” NEXT WEEK: EARL WILSON Debbie Reynolds: no hits? 22