Apocrypha or truth? Who knows! An unjaded reader reports:

My friend was sitting near Francis Ford Coppola at a restaurant and overheard him saying how his daughter won't tell him how much she's making these days because she's afraid if he knew, he'd take away her freakin' ALLOWANCE!!! Apparently he said it as though he thought it was very funny, with no attempt to be hush-hush. So is that actual gossip, or just normal rich person obliviousness? I was shocked, but I'm mighty naive about these things.