And a McCain-Arnold joint appearance would surely generate more cameras than another rerun of the Arnold "reform" road show. Stella lives in a dream house in the affluent Marin County suburb of San Francisco with her 11 year old son, Quincy (played by Michael J Pagan). The Contra Costa County commissioner hearing the case ruled recently that the 30-year-old Plummer had no grounds to challenge the prenuptial agreement he signed with McMillan, 54, in 1998. Author Terry McMillan and husband Jonathan Plummer in happier times. And it did. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Author-who-unwittingly-married-gay-man-gets-her-2602141.php Photo: John Storey Locations used for the film include the Round Hill Hotel and Villas in How Stella Got Her Groove Back is based on Terry McMillan's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. Plus, it turns out that the 63-year-old Hall -- who worked as a court administrator before serving on the The retirement check also comes with lifetime health benefits for both him and his wife. He says he didn't know he was gay when he met her in 1995. That's because if and when Hall gets booted by the seven-member development authority board, the city will have to pay him some $240,000 in severance, as required by Hall's contract. How Stella Got Her Groove Back Synopsis: Stella is a highly successful, forty-something San Francisco stock broker who is persuaded by her colorful New York girlfriend Delilah to take a well deserved, first-class vacation to Jamaica. More than a love story, it is ultimately a novel about how a woman saves her own life--and what she must risk to do it. Stella is then faced with a difficult decision of following her heart (or, at least, animal instincts) by persevering with the relationship or to listen to the advice of her friends and put an end to it.How Stella got her Groove Back is unlikely to appear on your list of all-time favourite films but does provide entertainment for a girls' night in and some beautiful scenery shots of Jamaica. Original caption from 1996: Author Terry McMillan, 44, cuddling with her 21-yr-old live-in lover, college Terry McMillan was 44 and Jonathan Plummer 21 in 1996. News of the messy divorce, which we first reported in June, made headlines around the country. (Photo by John Storey//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) Ran on: 06-26-2005 He says he didn't know he was gay when he met her in 1995. Arnold's staff has been trying to schedule some kind of women's event in the Bay Area. How Stella Got Her Groove Back is an unconventional love story set in Jamaica, San Francisco and New York.
McMillan countered that the marriage should have been annulled on grounds that Plummer had defrauded her by not telling her he was gay.
The ingredients for this made-for-the-cameras event were: McCain -- always in the news as a possible presidential contender -- was in L.A. on Monday filming a cameo for the TV action series "24." More than anything, McMillan told us, she was "deeply offended for being portrayed (by her husband) as a homophobe ... particularly when my insulting comments were directed solely at and privately to my husband." Hall denies it, and says Newsom and company are out to get him because he raised questions about Anderson's exclusive development deal. Sargent said it was just a case of big bucks ruling the day. For months, Gov. The novel was adapted in to a screenplay by Terry McMillan and Ron Bass, who had previously worked together on the big screen adaptation of McMillan's previous novel "Waiting to Exhale". The end result means that, while Stella's getting her groove back, you're making your own indelibly in your seat. What the TV cameras didn't show was McCain answering snarky questions from print reporters about Arnold's massive fundraising, or the clips of McCain talking about the other hot topic at the women's event -- illegal immigration. She apparently was referring to the time she left him a bottle of Jamaican hot pepper sauce on which she wrote, "Fag Juice Burn Baby Burn." At the heart of the case was Plummer's contention that he had signed a prenuptial agreement under pressure from McMillan shortly before they wed seven years ago, and that it should have been voided.
He's blasted away at how little the city charges movie companies to film on the island, and recently accused the mayor's office of cutting a sweetheart deal with lobbyist and major Anderson, who helped raise money both for Hall when he was a supervisor and for Newsom, has countered that Hall tried to get his personal attorney a $420,000-a-year job to lobby for Anderson's development. How Stella Got Her Groove Back is full of Terry McMillan's signature humor, heart, and insight.