Steve Harvey will be on vacation until...

Steve Harvey will be on vacation until Aug. 20. But you’re not rid of him. While he’s gone, this space will be filled with excerpts from his book, “The Best of Only in L.A.,” just published by the L.A. Times Syndicate. Here are some items from the “Showbiz” chapter.

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NATURAL TRANSITION? Ex-Malibu resident Harry Reems, the porno star of “Deep Throat,” renounced the movie business and moved to Park City, Utah. He became a real estate agent.

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OH POOH: A theater group’s program proclaimed: “The stereotypes portrayed in ‘Winnie the Pooh’ are in no way condoned by the Young Artists Ensemble, and we have left them intact to preserve the author’s original message.”

It added: “All bears do not like honey, not all donkeys are slow, not all piglets are easily frightened, and not all boys think that Winnie the Pooh can talk to them.”

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NAUGHTY DISNEY: Careful viewers of the laser disc version of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” a Disney co-production, insisted they saw a pantyless Jessica Rabbit in one scene and a bare-breasted Jessica in another. Also spotted: graffiti on a phone booth reading, “For a good time, call Allison Wonderland.” The phone number was Disney’s.

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LIST OF THE DAY: Some unusual casting calls:

* “Females, 18-35, wtd to step on bugs with bare feet for short films, lrg feet welcome. Jeff at Squish Productions.”

* “Seeking: Magician or hand model: To play “Thing,” the disembodied hand that serves the Addams Family. Must be male Caucasian. Hand must be big, arms long and preferably double-jointed.”

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THAT WAS BEFORE SHE SAW BRAD PITT:

Lynda Slagle heard a stylish woman in her 30s say it at a movie screening: “Before I was in therapy, I wanted to be with someone like Warren Beatty in ‘Bugsy.’ But now after three years of analysis, I’m more interested in meeting someone like Nick Nolte in ‘Prince of Tides.’ ”

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THERE’S ENOUGH FOR A NEW SITCOM HERE: When a car hit a pedestrian on the South Pasadena street where the TV show “Homefront” was being shot, actor Jonathan Terry ran to help. Terry, who was also trained as a nurse, “started to perform a neuro check by moving his finger from side to side and up and down, having the man follow his finger with his eyes,” said a spokesman for the show.

But Terry momentarily forgot he was dressed for his role as a Roman Catholic priest. “The poor man thought Jonathan was a priest performing last rites,” said the spokesman. After explanations all around, the relieved pedestrian was found to have no serious injuries.

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HE WAS INSPIRED BY THE TITLE: A production company won a $1.8-million judgment against a former employee accused of stealing the concept for a television game show. Name of the pilfered show: “Anything for Money.”

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When Hollywood (temporarily) became a city in 1903, it forbade the driving of more than 2,000 sheep down Hollywood Boulevard.