Confessions of a FILM FOX
You could say it was a ... successful navel maneuver. Cher won her battle with CBS, who wanted to bar the baring of her belly button on TV; the slinky sultress refused to appear without her navel. Gregg and Cher are hotter than ever, in fact a fire broke out in their bedroom.
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Confessions of a FILM FOX
You could say it was a ... successful navel maneuver. Cher won her battle with CBS, who wanted to bar the baring of her belly button on TV; the slinky suitress refused to appear without her navel. Gregg and Cher are hotter than ever, in fact a fire broke out in their bedroom. It wasn’t that their passion was so scorching that it burned up the sheets, but Cher fell asleep and left a candid burning at her bedside . Contrary to the rumors,'Brb’ Gregg doesn’t mind Cher being buddy-buddy with her ex, since Sonny does pay $25,000 per month child support for / the baby Bono, Chastity. In fact, Sonny’s paychecks are pretty much “polished off.” He’s obliged to pay all of Cher’s bills up to the time she marr ried Mr. Allman— including $1,100for one month of manicures!!
The Big Bite or Everything Is Starting To Smell Fishy : With Jaws packing ’em in, Hollywood is spitting out a whole school of shark flicks according to ENS,
In addition to Jaws II, there is:Mako, the Jaws of Death, Dolphin Island, Alligator, Crimson Blood, Piranha (about a crazed aquarium owner who puts the killer fish in Beverly Hills’ swimming pools), and FarewellMoses (a 20-foot crocodile).
In addition , Burt Reynolds’ 1969 filmSharJc is being re-released — the only film to show actual footage of a live shark chomping bn a human victim, an unfortunate cameraman. Flipper, where are you, nowthat we \ • need you!
The Pelvis meets The Sheik, almost. Elvis turned down a $2.5 million offer to play the silent movie star Rudolph Valentino in a stage and film musical. It’s rumored he refused because he gave up that greasy kid’s stuff years . ago. Another wordfrom inside; not only is Elvis P. dieting, but so are all his , aides. Seems Presley can’t stand to be around his pals who are chomping away, when he can’t.
David Bowie has been bffered a lead 5 in a film biography of Frank Sinatra. “I’m very flattered,” responded D.B. coyly, “Frank Sinatra is my hero.” But later Davey was miffed when he found out they wanted him to play the part of Mia Farrow, so he went home and formed his own company . Dave is now the founder of Bewley Bros. Filhns, whose first production will be Ziggy; , Stardust starring Donny Osmond. Huh?:
Clark Kent can finally come out of the closet, uh phone booth. Alex-; ander [The Three Musketeers] Salkind is to produce Superman from a script by Mario [The Godfather] Puzo. “They gave me the job,” explains Puzo, “because I told them I had figured otit how Clark Kent would be able to screw Lois Lane.”
Your favorite rock fantasy is coming to the silver screen. Dominic Sicilia is putting together the Rock Dreams movie, as an animated history of rock androlL
When first you dqn’t succeed ... Robert Stigwood is filming Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely; Hearts Club Band, which ran fot alimited time only (yeah, that means flop) as an off-Broadway play last year.
George {The Night of The Living Dead)Romero has-begun production on his latest horror flick, Blood, featuringIggy Pop as a red corpuscle and introducing Arthur Kane in his first film role as a leucocyte.
Whatever possessed Linda Blair to star in the film sequel Exorcist II? $350,000, that’s what. Did you hear that Black Sabbath confessed to one reporter that The Exqrqjst changed their life?
Now, how about a little sympathy for the devil, if not for Norman Lear, that wizard of the middleclass mentality who brought us All In The Family;, The Jeffersons, and The Hqt.L Baltimore. His ne west got nixed by NBC. It was called Hereafter, a twist on the Faust plot, where three middle-agfed men selj their souls to the devil for a yeaif of ’’life at the top. ” The only catch is that the devil turns them into 20-year-old rock stars and jqins the band himself.. Guess NBC must’ve heard that one before. Talk about the Midnight Rambler, Mick Jagger is considering playing the part of a murderer in a movie about one of the most scandalous social slayings of the twenties . According to Earth News, Mick would play the killerof architect Stanford White who was murdered in a steamy love triangle. Don’t forget, you read it first and last here. There’s anew porno pic called Surelick Holmes, being billed as a “whodunwhattowhom” movie.
