Confessions of a FILM FOX

Confessions of a FILM FOX

DEPARTMENTS

Hiya, hiya, hiya gang, and welcome to another segment of Everything You Wanted To Know About Hollywood (But Were Too Cool To Check Out): As today's episode opens, we see Burt Reynolds hustling ex-girlfriend Dinah Shore into a chic New York jewelry store. Is it the dreaded band of gold? Dunno, but it's a ring of some sort... In another part of the Big Mango, Bianca Jagger was busy taking in the sights and sounds of a David Bowie concert with Ryan O'Neal, who was so engrossed with the performance he didn't notice Bianca's mysterious departure halfway into the show. Maybe she was too excited to sit still after finishing The Ringer, a new flick which is supposed to set the sultry Nicaraguan on the road to stardom (haven't we heard that song before?)... And while we're on the subject of tinsel-town groupies, Britt Eldand has hung up her boogie shoes next to those of Foghat's Roger Earle (???!!), while Rod "Tangerine" Stewart is imploring sweetie Alana Collins Hamilton to find him a new hair color, preferably one common to homo sapiens. In other late-breaking news, Mary Kay Place's latest "baby boy" is none other than screaming Eagle Glenn Frey, and Mr. & Mrs. Peter Wolf (Faye et la Wolf) are still trying to prove their marriage is intact, even though their recent public appearances have been about as cozy as a nudist vaulting a barbed-wire fence. Could there be some truth in the whisperings about Faye and photographer Tarry O'Neill?

Steve McQueen and All McGraw were in Japan at the same time recently (hey! hey!) but definitely on different rickshaws (awww) — Steverino was instituting a lawsuit against a Japanese firm and Ali was promoting her new flick, Convoy... Speaking of Macs, maybe Mac Davie should consider an honorary scholarship to the Sacred Heart Seminary: his lady, Julie York, refused to accompany him to a gig in Lake Tahoe and told her pals Mac4s "too moody" for her. Who's singing "Don't Get Hooked On Me" now?... Could it be true that Carol Lawrence and Robert Goulet are considering a reconciliation as a result of Big Bob's "divorce" from the bottle? That's all well and good, but now Peggy Lee can't live without her fifthhusband, that is: Count Philip Ashley... Unfortunately, it seems bionics and not the bottle is the reason behind the Lindsay Wagner/ Michael Brandon break-up, though Brandon insists "We're still friends. " How friendly will they remain after Lindsay was spotted munching a brunch with Peter"Just-Her-Height" Frampton?... And why does everyone still believe that David Frost and Caroline Cushing are a hot item when the frozen one has been dinner-dating Lynsey de Paul and the cushy one is being shown the ropes by David Graham, son of Washington Post owner Katherine Graham?...

If the film's a flop, the love scenes are not: Marjoe Gortner and Candy Clark are certainly setting tongues a-waggin' with their impassioned clutches on and off the set of When You Cornin'Back, Red Ryder?... Speaking of shooting shenanigans, this month's biggest on-location giggle comes from Mae West, whose powers of recall are not quite as well-preserved as the rest of her: During the filming of Sextette, darling Mae was fitted with a small hearing device so the script could be read to her. But problems arose when a plane flew overhead and crossed lines with her radio, causing her to recite the latest Hollywood Blvd. traffic tie-ups instead of what the script called for.. Atthe other end of the sexpot spectrum, kiddie pom princess Brooke Shields is driving costume crews crazy because impending puberty has added three inches to her frame in the last three months. We presume that means she's gotten taller... This has certainly been the year for rockers defecting to Hollywood. After wrapping up his part in The Legacy, Roger Daltrey was heard to be nagging co-star Katharine Ross to join him in McVicar, a pic he's planning to co-produce this fall with himself in the title role... A Cheech & Chong film called Upln Smoke is set for release in August. Back to grass-roots tec hniques, huh boys?... And it was only a matter of time before Dolly "Pontoons" Parton realized her assets would be better appreciated on the big screen. She's currently negotiating with 20th Century-Fox studios for her movie debut. Wonder if she'll take over the wet t-shirt throne now that Jackie Bisset has returned to "serious" acting in The Greek Tycoon?... Goodbye Ruby Tuesday, the film-of-the-bookof-the Rolling Stones tune, is set for production. The plot? "A look atthe high powered world of a late night TV talk show." Has anyone approached Martin Mellon the subject? Another rock/flick crossover is a sci-fi pic based on Jefferson Starship's Blows Against The Empire album. Keith Carradine and Hoyt Aston will star (which one plays Grace?)...

Just got wind that Nell Diamond will take A1 Jolson's place in a remake of The Jazz Singer, and a foul wind it was. Better start burning the cork, Neil... Now that he's a star, John"Happy Feets" Travolta is trying to cut down on his teevee appearances in Welcome Back, Kotter to make room in his schedule for the dozens of films he's been approached on. And was he responsible for getting older brother Joey signed to a Casablanca recording contract and a two-film deal with Paramount? Can he dance? Drool?... What! We haven't said anything about Fanah?! Yes, we must: the leaky Fawcett has finally settled out of court with the producers of Charlie's Angels. The settlement calls for at least six guest appearances on the show over the next two years. And it seems the lengthy court battle has certainly taken a toll on of beaverbuns, who is frantically ingesting maltedsand milkshakes since lately she's been looking like outtakes from Skeletons Of Ancient Egypt...

Til next month, remember.. .as Gregg Allman once said.. .we may not remember what Gene Simmons looks like, but he's taller than Sonny Bono.