Official Drink of the Pepperdine Law School:Did...

Official Drink of the Pepperdine Law School:

Did you hear the big Whitewater news? Well, Gatorade has just come out with three new flavors, including “Whitewater Splash.”

Already bottles of that flavor are being shown around on the campus of Pepperdine University, where Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth W. Starr will take up residence as dean of the Law School.

By the way, the drink is green. You know, like the color of money.

HOT PROPERTY? We have no reason to doubt the reports that Starr’s move out here is evidence that his investigation of the Clinton administration is winding down. It’s just a coincidence that a few months ago we published a weekly newspaper’s ad that spoke of “shocking White Water” property in the Southland (see accompanying).

LIST OF THE DAY: Some unusual sightings reported by Only in L.A. readers:

* A soft drink whose label says “natural and artificial” (submitted by Charles Downey).

* A restaurant that proudly says it uses “oliver” oil (from David Geffner).

* A flier from a company that says “affordable incontinence and skin care is our business” (from Georgia Means).

* A menu offering “beep” soup (from Bob Ferguson, who observes it’s “just the thing for commuters”).

* And, finally, a roll of wallpaper with a label saying it was “handmade by machine” (from Gary Hanson). But a natural or artificial machine?

AND THE LOSER IS . . . Bookmakers in London, Las Vegas and Tijuana have posted odds on the Oscar winners. The favorites are Geoffrey Rush (“Shine”) for best actor, Brenda Blethyn (“Secrets & Lies”), for best actress and “The English Patient” for best movie.

But the bookies have not dared make a betting line for the worst performances (natural or artificial) of the year. The awards will be presented by the Golden Raspberry Foundation on March 23 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

So, as a public service, we chart two of the Razzie races:

Worst Actress

(Odds, performer, bad movie, comment)

4-5: Pamela Anderson Lee (“Barb Wire”). A bust.

3-2: Demi Moore (“Striptease”). Keep it on, keep it on!

2-1: Julia Roberts (“Mary Reilly”). Always a contender.

4-1: Whoopi Goldberg (“Bogus,” “Eddie” and “Theodore Rex”). For body of work--in one year.

8-1: Cher (“Faithful”). Less entertaining than an infomercial.

Worst Actor

6-5: Jim Carrey (“The Cable Guy”). Disconnected from reality.

4-3: Tom Arnold (“Big Bully,” “Car Pool” and “The Stupids”). We’ve never heard of any of them, either.

2-1: Bruce Willis (“Last Man Standing”). A double Razzie night for his family?

3-1: Pauly Shore (“Biodome”). 1996 Razzie winner.

10-1: Sylvester Stallone (“Daylight”). Sentimental choice.

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On “The Adventures of Philip Marlowe,” KNX radio’s half-century-old L.A. detective series, a key piece of evidence in a recent episode was a letter that was returned because of insufficient postage. The sender was unaware that the post office had raised its rates--to 6 cents.