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...early natives of the Canary Islands,*70 miles off the northwest coast of Africa, knew better. They chose the name Pico de Teide (Peak of Hell) for the 12,200-ft. volcanic mountain that looms broodingly over Tenerife, largest of the seven major islands: the natives thought the devil lurked inside it. Last week Tenerife was about as hellish as any place on earth...
French Choreographer Maurice Béjart had a devil of a time casting his ballet rendition of Goethe's Faust. Who could play the aging hero, a scholar struggling to recapture his youth by bargaining with Mephistopheles? "There aren't many 50-year-old male dancers left," explains Béjart, who happens to be exactly 50. So, even though he hadn't danced onstage in nine years, Béjart decided that in the Broadway premiere of his Notre Faust, he himself would play the title role and Mephistopheles as well. Before his debut...
Then there would be Edith Ann, a 5½-year-old demon even the devil could not exorcise. Edith Ann's idea of playing with dolls is to put one under her dress-and tell everyone she's pregnant. "I don't usually get a cold," she confides. "I have leprosy...
...producers are concerned, No. 1 Angel Farrah Fawcett-Majors is turning into a devil. Buoyed by the record-breaking sales of Farrah posters and 40 or so movie offers, the Charlie's Angels star has decided to quit the hit ABC series. The Hollywood line has it that she is playing games to raise her salary from $5,000 per episode to as much as $75,000. The word from the Fawcett-Majors household, however, is that the actress has simply done some basic arithmetic. Since Farrah's 5 million poster fans alone would probably...
Springtime for Springsteen, too, speak of the devil. Those of you who saw Sissy Spacek, in "Carrie" will be happy to know that, because of strained ligaments, she'll be unable to join Bruce in his current tour. But you should catch Bruce--along with an all-star group of new background performers with Roots or summer cottages in or near Asbury Park, N.J.--on Tuesday, March 22 at the Music Hall...