"Possibly many more people think I'm Whitney, but they don't come up to me and ask for an autograph-Whitney's autograph I remember at the Grammys, people thought I was Whitney. Who wants to see Frank Stella in Stuttgart or Henry Moore in Hanover? We want hometown heroes like Otto Dix or Kurt Schwitters. She keeps a videotape of TV personality and former Miss America, Debra Sue Maffett, that she calls her "inspirational reel" and recounts how former client Maffett lost the contest for Miss Texas several times before moving here and getting the California crown. 6, when the the unions' previous commercials contract expired. .

Also falling flat was an ambitious setting for everyone (except the dancers) of an excerpt from Ravel's "Tombeau de Couperin" In fact, ambition often seemed to get the better of the multi-talented Greene. "If you met most of these Amal guys, they're not that sophisticated" said Glass, who lived a combined five years in Beirut first as a free-lancer and later as an ABC correspondent. Grant's departure comes at a time when KABC has been discussing making major changes in the entire all-talk format, including popular talk-show host Michael Jackson, whose show is heard locally from 9 a. m to 1 p. m. "Grant made a courageous choice in supporting that purchase" Petersen said. Couples with cameras posed in front of the door, while other people waited impatiently to get inside.

(You think of Armstrong's remark that if you have to ask what jazz is, you're never going to know) The ancient words of loss and betrayal and loneliness still carry overtones of the urgency and pain in which they were composed, in a different place, in a different world, out of a different kind of life experience. "The Orange County celebration is the latest in a line of truly marvelous showcases" Ives said in a telephone interview from his home in Santa Barbara. After many months of opening for major acts like Hall & Oates and Rick Springfield, Hart is now a headliner. There's plenty of synthesizer in the record, but New Order isn't a techno-rock band. He made some instrumental tracks for a song called "Chocolate" but never wrote any lyrics.

The thief's extensive secret coaching for his new identity becomes for Kurosawa an idyll which allows him to reflect with reverence upon the rituals and traditions that gave meaning to Shingen's enclosed world. If so, they will likely be reminded of her on viewing the art of Jennifer Bartlett in a retrospective survey at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art to March 23. A large painting called "Chicago" provides a link by showing that ragged shapes once painted in crisp, uninflected white have become textured segments of turbulent sea, rock and sky. One of her offerings is an assortment plate (for four) of eight dessert tastes and two fresh ice creams or sorbets, all light and delicately flavorful without being heavily sweet.

The inherent hocus-pocus tricks have not withstood the passage of a century very comfortably. "They include in part the consequences of successfully resisting the (Turner) takeover attempt, a listless economy and a marked softness in the advertising marketplace for the balance of this year and 1986. This usually means a limited selection and uninformed sales personnel. "We are sad that some of our American friends stayed away this year" said Michel Bonnet, secretary general of the festival. The music is a treat, but the real show is Armstrong, whose fiddle style fits his personality-sly, exuberant and full of bravura twists and turns. Tickets have dropped from a high of $65 at the Coliseum to $15 in Long Beach. "I look for dancers who have a lot of movement imagination and who are consummate technicians" said Lubovitch, whose company will perform Friday through Sunday in Royce Hall, UCLA.

HELSINKI — Finland's State Board of Film Censorship has banned the public showing of a Finnish-American film, "Born American" described by critics here as brutal and anti-Soviet, a board spokeswoman said. One reason d'Annunzio is so hot for his female guests is that he hasn't any other way left to prove that he exists Mussolini has entombed him in these marble halls. A barrio is a place where geraniums bloom in tin cans, and the pachuco , who grins like a razor blade, razzes, "Orale no se escamen " "Hey, don't be afraid. "I think President Reagan is marvelous" At the very least, Reagan is a phenomenon. All in all, it's an invigorating night's fare that can't help but make one optimistic about the range of talents displayed. "I was interested in getting art out into public places" she explained. Contemporary art is escaping the confines of traditional galleries and museums and finding its way into new public environments, from storefront museums in shopping malls to banks and office buildings. Rosalind, the central figure, has a lot to teach Orlando about love-his idea is simple and true blue.