Telly Savalas was a folk hero in England years after "Kojak" waned in America "Hill Street Blues" is now at the top of the charts there. Despite the "Mulligan and His Concert Band" billing, he had left his regular men in New York and hired the drummer Frank Capp to put together a group of top-notch Los Angelenos. The headline the other day said it all: "It Will Take Divine Intervention to Stop Georgetown" That doesn't leave much left for the gregarious McGuire to talk about on his "Championship Special" show Sunday at 12:30 p. m, Channels 4 and 36. "The director said, 'The swing is a vehicle for the protagonist's attempt at homeostasis' I said, 'Gee, all I wanted to do was keep the audience interested' " " 'The Last Class' is a one-man show (I appear in it) which deals with a professor who's been fired and is giving a final lecture on 'Philosophy and the Dynamics of Creativity' It's about a man who walks the razor's edge. "The agent wakes up and says, 'Well, Charlie is going to get $5 million today instead of $4 million. It makes sense that sales of her exercise cassette would increase now. "At that time, Neal Hefti was writing all those great things for the Basie band, and I asked him if I could copy some of his arrangements.
"Everything is pretty much the same" The studio shut down Sept. The importance of these matters varies greatly from record to record, but they roughly deserve 10 points each. The local press is covering visual arts activities more broadly and intensively than ever before. Sylvia was always interested in finding someone who had something special to say" At age 17, more than five years before YMF was formally established, Lewis came under Kunin's guidance The two, he says, "just got to know each other. KABC program director Wally Sherwin threw out all commercials for the hour and Jackson spent the time fielding calls from listeners, interspersing them with updated news reports as they became available.
But where a pioneer like Malevich made his statement in metaphors of theory, Serra states his in terms of intimidating physical reality. More information should be forthcoming "in a day or two" THE RUMOR MILL II: Wouldn't the Ahmanson just love to get "Pravda" the David Hare London hit that's become a personal triumph for actor Anthony Hopkins? "I told them I'd like to bring it for 1986-87" said artistic director Robert Fryer, "but Hare won't let anyone but Tony (Hopkins) play it. "Right now, I'd have to say they are the most important critics in the country" said another studio publicity boss who quickly added, "but don't you dare use my name" The majority of those interviewed said Siskel and Ebert were vital not only because of their broad-reaching audience but because their reviews are intelligent and, perhaps most important, delivered in an entertaining way. "After 'Eye of the Tiger' the fans wanted an album full of songs like 'Eye of the Tiger' " said Jamison, who was not with the band when its second album, "Caught in the Game" was released in 1983, long after the hit single "An average or a good album wouldn't be enough The band needed a great album and some huge hit singles. Actually, the statuesque singer they were buzzing about is a 22-year-old newcomer named Meli'sa Morgan. Meanwhile, Padres president Ballard Smith, who chairs the San Diego Symphony's $6. 5-million fund-raising campaign for its Fox Theatre acquisition, has announced his "campaign cabinet" David Copley, senior vice president of Copley Newspapers, will spearhead fund-raising efforts among local foundations Attorney and USD law Prof Hugh Friedman will focus on the government sector.
Ambitious intentions, unfortunately, do not ensure imposing achievements. For nearly three decades a mainstay of local airwaves, Morgan disappeared from the morning slot at KMGG-FM (105. 9) during a recent format and call-letter shuffle. -Even as production on this season's episodes of "Dallas" began, Barbara Bel Geddes announced she would not be returning to the show. It was definitely worth their wait; the new place is an architectural stunner, a Tuscan villa in rust and yellow stucco. "Funnily enough, before it went to Metro (MGM, one company suggested I reset the story in Iran during the collapse of the shah's regime because they said that would be an easier 'sell' for Americans But that wasn't the story I'd optioned, so I said no. Advisers included Ernest Fleischmann, John Nelson, Andre Previn, Michael Steinberg, Henry Fogel, Tom Hall and Christoph von Dohnanyi. . LONDON — Princess Diana boogied with her husband, Prince Charles, in front of more than 8,000 people to raise an extra $655 for a charity that helps young people.
Two years ago, 70% of porn profits were generated by theaters. Adam Hill directed, at 8517 Santa Monica Blvd, where performances continue Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p. m, Sundays at 7 p. m, (213) 854-3988. . However, she and Anderson agreed that the publicity would more than make up for it. The strongest pieces are images of towering trees that make you feel as though you are looking up at an ancient redwood from the forest floor. 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.
In a project estimated to cost $350,000 and funded by AT&T, the world premiere production of the musical "Shout Up a Morning" about the legendary "steel-driving man" John Henry, will transfer to the Kennedy Center in Washington from the playhouse in exchange for a modern adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy "Ajax" "The La Jolla Playhouse was chosen because it is one of our nation's finest performing arts companies, and it deserves national recognition" William Clossey, AT&T's vice president for Southern California operations, said in a prepared statement. It is, he said, a matter of enforcing security guidelines that have previously existed. Interestingly, Mozart's gem of a concerto has survived only in faulty copies, a situation that has engendered seemingly endless speculation about the original instrumentation-some claim it was supposed to be played by the now obsolete basset horn-and notation of the concerto. I don't know if we'll remember Harrison as one of the greatest actors of the century, but in this kind of thing he has always been unsurpassed, and the Wilshire sees him in top form. The disclaimer would represent a costly move by the studio to deflect criticism of the film, objected to as both sexist and racist by Asian-American leaders Since the film, directed by Michael Cimino, opened on Aug. One could laugh at the creaky silliness of it all, or cry at the unnecessary abuse heaped upon a masterpiece The feelings were, as they say, mixed But all was not lost Far from it. Because it has a special interest in the "hows" of the special effects gizmos and gadgets, Hollywood publicists think of Cinefantastique as a "fanzine" But fan magazines usually are adoring to a fault; Cinefantastique adores-and analyzes and criticizes.
"Woodward had come with tape recorder and notebook" Robb continued, "and furiously made the revisions and additions as instructed He got it all down. Drake makes Lennie so lovable that traveling with him seems no trouble at all, and his brutality is indicated rather than demonstrated-one doesn't fear, in the gut, for his victims. "I said, 'The last couple of movies"Splash" and "Cocoon-have been good experiences, but they weren't always fun because they were so hard to do' " Howard recalls telling the star of his comedy "Night Shift" " 'I'd really like to do this movie, and I'd like to do it with you because I think we'd have a lot of laughs. Showing a keen eye for detail, "Louie Bluie" director Terry Zwigoff lets us eavesdrop on a host of impromptu Armstrong and Bogan jam sessions (often accompanied by "Banjo" Ikey Robinson. (In a separate fund, the festival board last year gave $51,900 to five cultural programs, including the Laguna College of Art, Laguna Art Museum and Ballet Pacifica.
"Today, it's a hostile one" "Even a man like Stephen Sondheim finances his own records" Sandi added. In fact, they become a smart device for bridging scenes musically. His mobster counterpart is Vincent Danzig, played by Eli Wallach Once boyhood friends, the two are now bitter enemies There is far more to the McKays than the Danzigs. "Not so much stronger, but maybe a little smarter" she explains, lacing her fingers together and looking out the window. Has music director Vanda Thompson thrown up her hands in despair? Two exceptions deserve immediate mention, so welcome are they: a military courier played by Jeff Okey pours out his soul in a heart-wrenching, sweetly sung ballad about a young man dying on his hometown's square, called "Momma Look Sharp" He closes the tedious, 90-minute first act with musical promise.
Even more impressive were the seamless orchestral fabric and grand musical plan achieved by Clark in what is arguably Brahms' most demanding symphonic masterpiece, the Second Piano Concerto. This "Count of Monte Cristo" isn't a reconstruction of James O'Neill's famous old war horse It's a deconstruction of it And I didn't trust a minute of it. " 'The Color Purple' is only one of a handful of films in the history of the academy to receive the extraordinary total of 11 award nominations. In one of the night's entertainments, Gregory Hines coaxed MGM/UA board vice chairman Frank Yablans into performing an impromptu tap dance duet.