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...about to get another, if less egregious. My Fair Lady, starring TV miniseries idol Richard Chamberlain, opens in early December after just over seven lucrative months on the road, topping $1 million at the box office in one week and coming close to it in another. That has been rewarding for Chamberlain: his deal is 10% of the gross. About the show itself, he is less enthusiastic. He is delighted with the role and the approach of English director Howard Davies. "On the physical side," Chamberlain says, however, "the producers, Fran and Barry Weissler, have treated it like summer stock...
...watch fencers, especially his idol, Mauro Muna, van Leeuwen chooses to watch basketball. His favorite team is the Chicago Bulls ("I'm a band-wagonner," van Leeuwen explains). Yet if he had cable, he would be glued to soccer games...
...hears, rewards and punishes. The concept, among other virtues, helped establish the dignity of the individual and led ultimately to liberal humanism. There was, however, a liability: a personal God could easily become no more than a projection of humankind's limited hopes and fears; in short, an idol. Seeking to escape this dilemma, mystical traditions, which emerged in all three religions, taught that God was to be experienced -- albeit by a dedicated elite -- rather than defined. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the mystical Sufi movement was the dominant force within Islam. In the 15th century, facing persecution...
...dealt with the best. Madam to the stars and moguls, foreign and domestic, Heidi prospered for three heady years, reaping 40% of her girls' earnings. A slim and attractive 27, she hung out in the best joints, was seen with the likes of Billy Idol, Sliver producer Robert Evans, and Victoria Sellers, Peter's daughter. She lived in a $1.6 million Benedict Canyon mansion (Hollywoodese for house), whose previous occupant was Michael Douglas and whose current owner is her father, Los Angeles pediatrician Paul Fleiss. She threw a smashing party there for none other than Mick Jagger. Jack Nicholson showed...
...clientele. Now, of course, the customers, said to be mainly show-biz celebrities and executives, are apoplectic with worry. Press agents last week were telling reporters that, oh sure, their clients have "met" Heidi but know nothing else about her. In a statement faxed to the press, Idol proclaimed, "I have never used ((Heidi's)) professional services, and, God knows, I don't need to. Fortunately, I've never had to pay for sex." The Los Angeles Times wrote that Heidi was sometimes paid for her services with corporate checks, which were written off as production expenses. Her phone...