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...Lena, a Hurlbur resident, discreetly whited-out the year of birth on her passport, replacing the seven in the date with a four. No one, Lena claims, has ever questioned the validity of her passport...
...series' long-term impact, judging from the networks' preliminary plans for fall, may be substantial. This week's episode, with Tony Orlando playing a counselor for troubled teens, is the pilot for a potential spin-off. Next week's season finale, with Lena Horne as guest star, may also be the springboard for a new series. Both CBS and ABC are developing their own comedies about black families, obviously inspired by Cosby's success, and the show is being credited with reviving network interest in the sitcom form in general...
...LENA'S PASSAGE to India is remarkably faithful to a book whose themes are frequently cryptic and complex. It takes advantage of much or Forster's lively dialogue and, unlike many adaptations, does not chop out major portions of plot from the original book...
...Cotton Club" really was a Harlem nightclub that popped up during the prohibition era. This infamous speakeasy partied socialites, mobsters and movie stars; gang wars were Hemingway's "lost generation" found themselves in the tunes of performers like Duke Ellington, Lena Horne and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson...
...five lifetimes, to be more precise. Said an awed Danny Kaye: "You get to the top and just before you start down you know that that is the very top of where you are going." Comic Actor Kaye, 71, shared the pinnacle moment last week in Washington with Singer Lena Home, 67, Opera Composer Gian Carlo Menotti, 73, Playwright Arthur Miller, 69, and Violinist Isaac Stern, 64. The quintet were receiving this year's Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement in the arts. They join a select company of only 30 other recipients...