"Sunday Morning" has gotten a 4. 5, which favorably compares with the 4. 6 average of "Today" and the 4. 9 of "Good Morning America" For the current season, which began in September, "Sunday Morning" has a 5. 1 ratings average. The center has no official link with UCSD's prestigious visual arts department and is officially viewed as a center for "recreational activity" But Carlson said that "given the science leanings of the university, there's a certain hunger for recreational crafts. Waiters in tuxedos serve you, and although the presentation is Continental and the sauces light, the preparation and seasonings originate in the Cantonese area of China. Trying to convince the public that it deserved a whopping license fee, the BBC has engaged in such ratings-building stunts as deploying ABC's middlebrow blockbuster "The Thorn Birds" opposite Granada's smashing "Jewel in the Crown" "The Thorn Birds" cleaned up An omen for the future?. Ruth, to explain the deeper meaning of "God Thank You Woman" which includes the lines "In this world you are my pleasure / No one else can compete" If those lyrics weren't being warbled by a man whose androgynous image had been promoted as a cultural phenomenon, they wouldn't be half as interesting As it is, they still aren't that interesting.

Pianist Earl Wild will present three recitals in Carnegie Hall, New York, this month. Eight 20th-Century works constitute the loan, though the installation of Henry Moore's "Large Spindle Piece" will be delayed until Friday. Teroy's solo section calls for a flashy series of corkscrew turns-executed at breakneck speed. The film is built around the competition in Las Vegas in December of 1983 for the World Cup Championship in women's body building. The young British soprano stoically sat out the first three movements on stage, then embarked on the "Wunderhorn" verses without so much as a hint that she might want to clear her throat.

But sometimes it's really hard to remember that" Harman continued, "You hope that down the line that it's going to pay off and things will get a little easier. Her 21 grandchildren became teachers and salesmen, writers and truck drivers, but none became farmers. in 1978 because I was too tall" "I auditioned for Bob Fosse" choreographer of a slew of hit musicals on Broadway, Segal said, "and he said, 'Watch that tall girl. When he first joined the band, I tried to get him to take drum lessons. Most critics would disagree. Standing defiantly at the door of her ramshackle hut, Katherine Smith, a 67-year-old Navajo elder, gripped the stock of her decrepit rifle, a determined look hardening her lined face.

Bigger kills Mary Dalton (Elizabeth McGovern) without premeditation during an acute moment of panic. Masahiro Shinoda's "MacArthur's Children" (opening Friday at the Cineplex) begins on V-J Day, Aug 15, 1945, but it looks back in pride, not shame. To speed concession transactions, and to not drive patrons crazy with overt penny-ante gouging, the owners of Perfect World include the tax in their nicely rounded prices. Scott Fitzgerald is available for work, never heard of Benny Goodman, vaguely associate the Beatles with World War II, regard 35 as advanced middle age and think of yesterday afternoon as the past. I feel like a piece of meat on display" However, when another reporter ran up to her, notebook in hand, and asked how she felt about the show, she said, enthusiastically, "I love these shows I look forward to them every year You couldn't keep me away ". Finally, a word of commendation for the intimately suspenseful fight choreography devised by J. R Beardsley It is first-class. (he has one speaking line) and old faces like Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Wilford Brimley and Maureen Stapleton, "Cocoon" is a sentimental, feel-good fable aimed at a broad audience It will be difficult to sell.

Against the current tradition of the closed set, "A Chorus Line" has welcomed a stream of visitors, on the grounds that it is never too early for word-of-mouth attention. The political situation has affected the availability of South African recordings: England's Rough Trade stopped distributing them two years ago after hearing that royalties were going to the whites-only musicians union. Here, tender ears are assaulted by what the composer calls a "pre-maximalist" vocabulary. He was inner-directed in an industry that more often moves by an uneasy radar. But Sutherland, a punctilious sort, insists that at the very moment the man was supposed to be killing his mother he was in fact a passenger in Sutherland's car. Now ABC has turned again to the former theatrical director to help revitalize another area that's hurting: prime-time programming, where the network, third in ratings last season, doubtless will still be when this season ends "My deal is very unusual" Monty points out. When it talks, when it tells a story, it's got mush in its mouth" Bill Gale of the Providence Journal wasn't of two minds.

It was easy enough to demonstrate that Mamoulian was well paid and had influence over script, cast and crews. CIVIC DUTY: Now that the San Diego Symphony has taken its 100-odd performance dates out of the Civic Theatre, what will fill the gaps at the city-owned 3,000-seat hall? Road shows from Broadway and more one-night concerts by popular artists such as James Taylor and Chaka Kahn are likely, according to officials at the Civic Theatre. Redgrave called the case a fight for the civil rights not only of herself but of any artist whose political views are unpopular; she hearkened back to "McCarthyism" and the Hollywood "blacklist" Redgrave, who had been expected to appeal the judge's action, asserted at a press conference at the Los Angeles Press Club: "Judge Keeton's ruling cannot go unchallenged, and it must be reversed" On Feb. "I'm just a thin little woman with a pointed face leading a rather stupid life. And television is still the only place where the Hall of Fame exists. With her face on the February cover of Artnews and a major piece about her in Connoisseur's February issue, Graves arrived recently in Los Angeles to unveil her largest outdoor sculpture, "Sequi" a 13-foot-tall, 20-foot-wide painted bronze that looks like a refugee from a botanist's hallucination. Personally, I don't believe there is such a thing as 'the big break' I think it's a lot of little breaks that starts the word buzzing, and hopefully all those things will tie together" Both Wyner and Lynne said they were trained as classical musicians, which explains Wyner's penchant for injecting his solos with well-known snippets from the classical repertoire, such as the "William Tell Overture" They wound up playing country music while working the Washington-area bar scene in the mid-1970s.

Guardabarranco (named for Nicaragua's national bird) and Bustos are part of a movement that's been dubbed Volcanto , a combination of the words meaning "volcano" and "to sing" Explained Cardenal: "We are a young movement. "Through promotions, you can create a public perception of your radio station as being a lot bigger than it really is" said Elizabeth Burley, promotions director of country stations KSON-AM/FM (1240/97. 3. It is based on novels by Robert Parker and will air Fridays at 10 p. m, opposite "Falcon Crest" on CBS and "Miami Vice" on NBC. Comedians Richard (Cheech) Marin and Tommy Chong have built a career on low-brow drug jokes. Her relationship with Megaw Artistic Director Elaine Moe proved satisfying enough that they collaborated on a musical about women in history called "Stepping Forward" which played New York's Quaigh Theatre earlier this year under the title "To Feed Their Hopes; it opens Thursday at the Mayfair in Santa Monica. And more: a dedicated, tough-but-fair policeman, a loving son, a doting uncle, a stylish dresser, a former college and professional football star. However, a little bit of Hollywood descended on the festival Friday evening when Redford attended the U. S.

Some came to it sensitive to the issue but have since become quite touched by it, have taken up a newly committed role in the issue of world hunger. The target is to have the theater opened by late 1986, he said. Customer relations begin with staff relations, and respect for staffers begins with the person at the top. As an example of poor customer relations, Wagner cites the story of an elderly woman who came to an avant-garde theater performance The ushers made fun of her middle-class way of dressing With her feelings bruised, the woman left at intermission. The switch will also increase the seating capacity from 250 to 536. Meanwhile, over at MGM/UA, the long-rumored departure of MGM chief Frank Yablans was suddenly becoming fact. Given this long stretch of inactivity, it was to be expected that the Auld horn might be more than a little rusty The expectation was wrong. Franklin's attorney, Beverly Hills- based Ronald Katz, maintains that there are grounds for a suit because of a "breach of responsibility" "Based upon evidence made available to me, I am convinced that Mr Franklin and Mr.