You can find more freshness and daring in the range of nominations from the 700-some members of the Independent Feature Project/West (which included such films as "After Hours" "Trouble in Mind" "Dream Child" "The Hit" and "Smooth Talk" in a variety of categories) than in the bulk of the Academy ballot. Most commemorations deal with the conscious and consciousness. "If that were true, we would have 11 million cases of AIDS instead of 11,000" said Garland Kyle, director of health education at the Gay and Lesbian Community Service Center in Los Angeles AIDS was a focus of a 1983 "St Elsewhere" episode on NBC. Similarly, Collins did a takeoff on a corny Las Vegas lounge entertainer during a tedious introduction of band members-only to spend much of his time between songs telling jokes that were every bit as dumb as you'd hear in a lounge (But-wait-the pace is starting to lag. All in all, it's an invigorating night's fare that can't help but make one optimistic about the range of talents displayed. He explains that no overt budget cutbacks have as yet materialized, but that a certain amount of bureaucratic attrition may accomplish the same ends. Joe" is an example of a kids' series that came after the line of toys, and, of course, each sells the other Battling "G. I Joe" may be the vastest of the tie-ins.

He found very few collectors in San Diego, perhaps three, and had never sold a canvas here for more than $300. "The Lemon Grove Incident" an excellent docudrama about the event, will premiere at 9 o'clock tonight on KPBS (Channel 15. Klausner's 1981 book "Son of Sam" How out of line is "Out of the Darkness" Well, on lesser matters, the actual Son of Sam case was played out in the spring and summer, while most of the scenes in "Out of the Darkness" are snowy and wintry, sort of like "The French Connection" More dramatic intensity, less truth. . Weitzman called Anderson's comments "slanderous, preposterous and ludicrous" adding that Osbourne's reputation and career had been damaged. It's Hot" One of "Drood's" leading ladies, Cleo Laine, was nominated as best actress in a musical. It is a blend that makes the work come across with the ideological rigor of the old Russian avant-garde. It reminded me a lot of (playwright) Harold Pinter" he recalled "It was something different I wanted to try.

It is the Dacca-born Ghatak's lament for the 1947 partitioning of Bengal and a longing for Bangladesh-Bengal reunification, which on one level is expressed as a longing for a mother figure. Or supply them with a couple dozen emotions and Scott and Shames will nimbly improvise their way down the list, pulling out more funny lines than some of us can think up in a year. Bach concerts at the Music Center, as well as the local premiere of the "Rome" segment of Robert Wilson's and Philip Glass' "The CIVIL warS" on the Philharmonic's "American Music Weekend" Stulberg said he takes over the New Mexico orchestra during a time of transition "We are a regional orchestra with a budget of $1. 5 million. We are in the forefront" (However, even the Shubert Organization is not currently represented by a new musical on Broadway, and most of its impressive income this season is from holdover musical hits from past seasons, including "Cats" "Sunday in the Park With George" and "Dreamgirls" which has announced its final weeks) Most others interviewed for this article-producers, business managers, publicists-reflected the more typical, jaundiced view being expressed these days in theater circles.

As an Angeleno transplanted to New York, he has glowing memories of tropical climes and harsh encounters with a grubby, cold city-all re-created in his paintings. Since it is so insensitive a film we can only be grateful that it is oblivious to the strife and turmoil currently besetting that region. Members of the dance troupe (an offshoot of Pilobolus) are rehearsing a descent from a catwalk on professional alpinists' ropes to the sound track from a Dracula movie. 12 story in Calendar about the Petrie family's involvement in show business did not clarify that the film "Lifeguard" which Dan Petrie directed, was written by Ron Koslow Koslow was the only writer to receive credit on the film. . One store owner predicted that consumers will be confused by a third format.

But with the opening of her latest movie, John Landis' "Into the Night" in which she stars with Jeff Goldblum, she finds herself getting praise from the critics not only for her looks but for her talent too Not everyone liked the film But almost everyone liked her. He churned out about 60 "Men in the Cities" between 1979 and 1982 and, though he has gone on to other things, one recent work suggests that the idea still interests him. It's too soon to tell if Robert Longo's huge drawings of "Men in the Cities" will survive their popularity, but so far they haven't faded with overexposure. The 10-by-10-foot mosaic will be displayed at the end of a corridor that leads to the visitors' gallery of the U. N General Assembly. . "The only real pressures come from business matters-meetings, contracts, deadlines But you have to accept that as part of your life. Like all detective stories, the issues dealt with are a reflection of larger issues.

Water seems to be everywhere in these pictures, and his figures-all cursed with the horrific bloating one sees in work by George Tooker or Balthus-are often waist-deep and losing ground to a rising flood. A study published in the industry newsletter VCR Letter indicates that there will be 500 million tape rental transactions by the end of the year. A wizard from Oz. This puzzle is dedicated to this year's Academy Awards nominees. She tried to separate her life on and off the set, but the role stayed with her even after production had finished. Of course if this doesn't work we've got a whole bubble-gum package waiting: 'The Gyromatics Sing the Archies' Greatest Hits' " That pervasive sense of humor is also evident in the group's "mascot-the faceplate of a 1950s-vintage Bendix washing machine emblazoned with the term "gyromatic" The Gyromatics' musical eclecticism, however, is neither a joke nor a pose, and the members profess to have a genuine affinity for a variety of musical styles. Here are other weekend programs: TODAY: Young people discuss the pain of shyness on "Teen Talk" 8 a. m (9. "Plays like 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' and 'Hurlyburly' don't automatically pick up and travel any more.

General Public's concert Friday at the Universal Amphitheatre revealed a band that is easier to evaluate in terms of what it is not rather than what it is. Regis, Off-Broadway appearances and proximity to her manager, Max Gershunoff, "an old friend from the Stravinsky days" Otherwise, her life hasn't changed much, she says. Erin Leedom conveys considerable rigid grandeur as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Abra Rudisill executes the Snow Queen's difficult and sometimes ugly stunts capably. For years, he has tended to be isolated even when doing a guest spot on a benefit concert-avoiding photographers and, often, other artists backstage by arriving just before showtime and leaving quickly after the last number. (One example, "Live in Peace" is from that album-basically similar here though given a more dynamic arrangement. Holcomb assumes his new post, which includes an adjunct professorship at the University of Rochester, on July 1. Michael Smith, former director of Baxter Art Gallery at Caltech, stepped to the podium with a prepared speech and offered himself as a candidate for leadership.

Franklin, the name signifies a long-vanished hand-manipulated technique for achieving lighting effects on stage. Figurative canvases painted in the two cities make the point that Hess has been mightily influenced by where he lives but that he remains solidly inclined toward demonic aspects of the whole universe. On the tour she will give the standard Jackie Collins Interview, the sexy-chic rapid-fire repartee about Hollywood lawyers who get "loss of status settlements" for the divorcing wives of Hollywood stars. BOSTON — Two television stations here will begin offering closed-captioning for deaf and hearing-impaired people on their local evening news programs next year, becoming the first stations in the country to offer the service for such shows, they said.

By 4 p. m, about 500 fans jammed the sidewalk across the street from the main entrance to the auditorium and shouted down the few dissenters in their midst. The wife, Holly, is supremely organized; the newswoman, Sandy, helter-skelter and flaky. Green-Epstein Productions acquired dramatic rights from the Applegate family after reading of the girl's tawdry life and death in a Calendar article by Michael London (London, now veep for development at Simpson-Bruckheimer Productions, has been retained as a consultant. But the Back Alley production, staged by Ron Satlof, takes care of a good many objections to that.

San Diego's new Horton Plaza center, also developed by Hahn, houses the fledgling San Diego Art Center for $1 a year. This is a homey place, yes, and a little quirky-you get your own drinks from a coldbox (opener at the cash register, glasses on demand, and the walls are decorated with religious art, a photo of Raul Iglesias and several signs pointedly reading, "Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted" Above all, though, it is a sterling little Mexican restaurant that resolutely makes everything itself, down to the tortillas and the chorizo sausage. But now he's busy rehearsing a new play for London, "Orphans" in which he'll play an American gangster"I was 16 before I became interested in what sort of a person my mother had been" said Mariska Hargitay "The kids I grew up with didn't know who she was. "Force Field" Dean's third and busiest contribution to Joffrey's with-it warehouse, utilizes nine tireless women in identical casual attire, nine tireless men in identical casual attire and-surprise-a tireless solo couple (Beatriz Rodriguez and Philip Jerry) in identical casual attire Everything, by the way, is white, white, white. "Outside of that, there have been no discussions with the new owners, since they haven't become the new owners yet" Kings games, Harris said, "previously were (broadcast) on KPRZ (which was recently changed to KIIS-AM) for a couple of seasons. On the surface, the Vantage book looks like the typical movie novelization that routinely appears in the wake of a hit movie But this one is vastly different. Now "The Photography of Imogen Cunningham: A Centennial Selection" an exhibition at Pomona College's Montgomery Art Gallery (through Nov 7, puts her work under the spotlight.

But there is one thing that they do share, and that is the fact that each offers a very satisfying experience Yuca's is the oldest of the three. When the session ended shortly after sunrise, most of the artists had gone Many left not long after singing their parts. But for me the most telling moment in the show comes when the partners play their new ballad, "Good Thing Going" at a party of "movers and shapers" engineered by the indefatigable Gussie. Applications can be picked up at Room 273, County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway.