People

By Michele Orecklin

DAUGHTER'S DEBUT: DEVIL IN A DIOR DRESS

"I'm the essence of vengeance," says DOMENICA CAMERON-SCORSESE of her role as an unhappy specter in the film Bullfighter. And apparently vengeance is well dressed this year. In her first big screen role, the 22-year-old daughter of director Martin Scorsese and author Julia Cameron wears gowns by Christian Dior designer and fashion darling John Galliano. As for her own fashion sense, Cameron-Scorsese says she's a chameleon, having split time between New Mexico with her mom and New York with her dad. As a child she had bit parts in Scorsese films. Would she like to work with her father again? "Of course," she replies. "What actor in her right mind wouldn't?"

BUT WILL IT LAST?

LAST WEEK BOB DYLAN AND PAUL SIMON ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD TOUR TOGETHER

Pros: --Appreciate each other's Mott the Hoople stories --Can swap copies of Modern Maturity --Can bond over failed projects (Simon: The Capeman; Dylan: Christianity)

Cons: --Dylan hard to understand without an interpreter --Simon may have to share the stage with Soy Bomb --Simon's rocky relationships: three marriages, one Garfunkel

PREDICTION: Yes! They're both cranky

LORD, HAVE MERCY

Oddly, a movie that features a trash-talking Apostle and a female God is not one with which Disney is eager to be associated. Dogma, written and directed by KEVIN SMITH, takes an unorthodox look at religion, and Disney, producer Miramax's parent company, fears it will offend Roman Catholics. So Miramax honchos Bob and Harvey Weinstein have said they'll buy the rights to the film and sell it to another distributor. Smith, a practicing Roman Catholic, says the movie "was always intended as a love letter to both faith and God almighty."

DIARY OF A MARRIAGE

The brief but spectacular marriage of Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra is officially over. The union lasted only five months, but the two experienced as many highs and lows as a couple married twice as long. A few of the most noteworthy:

1 Nov. 14, 1998 Rodman and Electra are married in a Las Vegas chapel

2 Nov. 16, 1998 Rodman's agent says marriage is a sham; his client was inebriated at the nuptials

3 Nov. 17, 1998 Electra's publicist issues Rodman statement saying he's happily wed

4 Nov. 23, 1998 Rodman files for an annulment

5 Jan. 22, 1999 In a TV appearance on the Tonight Show, Rodman says he's still married

6 April 6, 1999 The two officially file for divorce

HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY GRIP

With the phenomenal success of their film The Matrix ($27.7 million in its opening weekend), brothers Larry and Andy Wachowski confirmed that in Hollywood, being your brother's keeper--and co-director--can make your mother very proud indeed.

ANDY & LARRY WACHOWSKI PAST FILM Bound CURRENT FILM The Matrix AGE DIFFERENCE: Larry, 33, is two years older FUN FAMILY FACT: Former carpenters, the brothers built their parents a house RECURRING MOTIFS: Intimidating women HOW CLOSE ARE THEY? "[Gina] Gershon [seen recently in Showgirls] learned that the brothers speak as one." --Chicago Sun Times

JOEL & ETHAN COEN PAST FILMS Fargo, The Big Lebowski FUTURE FILM Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? AGE DIFFERENCE: Joel, 44, is three years older FUN FAMILY FACT: Their parents were both college professors RECURRING MOTIFS: Black humor, kidnappings HOW CLOSE ARE THEY? "They're two individuals with one invariably shared opinion." --L.A. Times

BOBBY & PETER FARRELLY PAST FILM There's Something About Mary FUTURE FILM Stuck on You AGE DIFFERENCE: Peter, 42, is one year older FUN FAMILY FACT: Their parents did not let them watch television RECURRING MOTIFS: Lewd sight gags HOW CLOSE ARE THEY? "The Cumberland, R.I.-born brothers are close in age--and even closer in their sense of humor." --USA Today

ALBERT & ALLEN HUGHES PAST FILMS Menace II Society, Dead Presidents FUTURE FILM From Hell AGE DIFFERENCE: Albert, 27, is nine minutes older FUN FAMILY FACT: Mother was the Pomona, Calif., chapter president of National Organization for Women RECURRING MOTIFS: Violence, '70s music HOW CLOSE ARE THEY? "As co-producers and co-directors of their films, the brothers work very much in concert." --New York Newsday

CHRIS & PAUL WEITZ PAST FILM Wrote screenplay for Antz CURRENT FILM American Pie AGE DIFFERENCE: Paul, 33, is four years older FUN FAMILY FACT: Their father, designer John Weitz, was a spy for the OSS RECURRING MOTIFS: Too soon to tell, but hopefully they won't revisit teenagers fornicating with pies HOW CLOSE ARE THEY? "If Paul burps 10 miles away, Chris will apologize." --Chris Weitz

VINCENT VAN COBAIN

Kids, beware of enterprising teachers. You never know when they may put your homework up for auction. Robert Hunter, the high school art teacher of deceased Nirvana singer and enduring cult figure KURT COBAIN, recently consigned some of the musician's work to Christie's auction house for an upcoming sale. Among the items, a signed pencil and watercolor depiction of Michael Jackson and a graphite on paper rendering of then-President Ronald Reagan, below. The latter earned high marks from Hunter ("Kurt, your caricatures are outstanding. 10/10, A"). Christie's appraisers, apparently, favored the Jackson, assigning it a pre-sale estimate of $3,000 to $5,000, while the Reagan likeness was estimated at $2,000 to $3,000. Alas, the public will not have its say. According to a Christie's spokesperson, Hunter pulled the lots following entreaties from Cobain's family, which wanted mementos from this period of his life. Fans will just have to wait for some old math tests to surface.