Confessions of a FILM FOX

Confessions of a film FOX

Now that Bob and Sara Dylan have untied the knot, what's to become of that outlandish little hideaway they were building outside of L.A.? Word has it that Bobby has ordered the entire structure be demolished.

Talk about town is that Cher's little sister and new starlet of the soaps, Georganne LaPiere, will soon be exchanging "I dos" with Eagle Don Henley. (Stevie who?) Cher, by the way, is currently recovering from a nasty case of ficklemania.

Tatum O'Neal and Michael Jackson discovered.. .licking sticky fingers? 'Tis rumored that the little darlings met at a night club (tsk tsk), although Tat's mom (Joanna Moore) insists the place of rendezvous was a chicken shack.

(Papa Ryan O'Neal, still hiding out with Joni Mitchell, was unavailable for comment.)

Despite his current "retirement", Elton John is a busy little bugger these days. A cartoon series projected for TV next year will be an adaption of his and Bernie Taupin's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.

Also on El's agenda will be a cameo appearance in the Sgt. Pepper flick,, along with rock group Chicago, Olivia Newton-John, Barry Manilow, Doris Day and Rock Hudson.

The once celebrated TVer, Dobie Gillis, is being revived for return to the tube next season featuring the familiar faces of Dwayne Hickman and Bob Denver, who helped to make the old series a fave for years. (No attempt was made to contact previous co-stars Warren Beatty and Tuesday Weld.)

Ringo Starr and Keith Moon took time out of their shooting schedule (co-starring with Mae West in Sextette for Paramount) to visit the set of* TV's Happy Days. The Fonz (Henry Winkled lost his cool, standing goggle-eyed and tongue' tied while the lads paid their compliments.

Tiny Tim (not so tiny, weighing in at a hefty 250 lbs. these days and considering changing his narpe to Tubby Tim) is holing up in a room in . Chicago still awaiting the return of his estranged wife, Miss Vicki, who has been "missing" for three years. He devotes most of his time to watching soap operas and—need we sayeating.

Apparently Ann-Margret gives a damn. It's no secret that the little lady from Sweden is practicing her y 'alls for when she auditions for the role of Scarlett in Gone With The Wind, II.

Go get those bean sprouts! Gloria Swanson,

78, was the recipient of an award on American J Nutrition Awareness Day. Her advice on the subject included a warning to teenagers to get rid of their junk food and replace them with bean sprouts and seven-grain bread, or they'll all be dead by age 25.

Disco Duck to go Hollywood? Rick Dees, voice of the quack itself, is rumored to be planning a TV series via the Robert Stigwood Organization, which will feature 30 minutes of quack and waddle.

Love in bloom: sweet little David Cassidy has found his Ms. Right in the form df actress Kay Lenz (you remember her from TV's Rich Man, Poor Man—she played the role erf a professional widow). The couple isn't talking, but as they stood cooing at-each other for photogs ip London recently, 'twas overheard they're secretly engaged.

The wheels are in motion to produce a film called The Buddy Holly Story, based on the life of the legendary singer. Although a film company or star haven't been named yet, shooting begins later this year in Dallas.

Reunion of the wackos: It's said that Mary Hartman's Louise Lesser and her male counterpart, ex-hubby Woody Allen, are planning to produce a comedy,

The wrath of Hugh Hefner maybe on actor Andrew Prine (ex-star of a Playgirl centerfold), who was spotted squiring Hef s playmate of the decade, Burbi Benton, about town recently. Speaking of Barbi, it's said she's in line for the female lead in the movie version of The Fan Club, behind Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Farrah, by the way, is still reluctant to do the flick, since many of the scenes call for her to appear au nature!.

Wrist-slapping time.. .Starsky and Hutch's David Soul (who was singing for his supper long before he was busting bad guys) took to a London courtroom recently. It seems a local book shop was selling Soul souvenirs, which could prove to be a legal no-no, since the actor/singer's said to be readying his own little line of dust collectibles.

Getting along very well without hubby Ike, singer Tina Turner is one of the top choices for the lead role in Broadway's upcoming science1 fiction rock musical, Phantom Jelly.

Singer Bobby Vinton refused toseO his palatial Pacific Palisades mansion when Arab oil tycoon offered him $ 1 million in cash. (Now, if he'd been a Polish tycoon, maybe...)

Isaac Hayes (who filed for bankruptcy a few months back) seems to be well on the road to financial recovery. He and Roots star John Amos were featured in an recent Rockford Files segment, which may turn out to be a TV series of its own.