Word: maestro
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...conspicuous consumption, Dynasty-co-produced by TV's maestro of glamour, Aaron Spelling-is the undisputed champion. Dom Perignon champagne and Petrossian caviar are routine props on the set, and the show's wardrobes, designed by Emmy Winner Nolan Miller, cost $18,000 an episode. Twelve to 15 new outfits are created for each hour, and none are worn twice. The popular series has even spawned a line of Dynasty clothing and home furnishings, and Collins has lent her name to a line of medium-priced jewelry...
...Crimson threw more firepower at Cornell than the Big Red defense had dealt with in any of its previous games. Crimson strikers Lane Kenworthy and John Catliff and wing raider Nick Hotchkin combined with midfield maestro Paul Nicholas to create more shots in the first half than the Cornell defenders were used...
Alas, even the maestro could not keep harmony among his dissonant musicians. Zubin Mehta, 48, the Bombay-born conductor of the New York Philharmonic, had returned to his native land after an absence of 17 years. In New Delhi, the eleventh stop of the orchestra's eight-nation Asian tour, all seemed fine as two elephants tromboned a welcome, but then his musicians began raising a cacophony of complaints about the hotel accommodations. "Unbearable," screeched a violinist. "There are bugs in the bed," one musician whined. "And cockroaches," chimed in another. Mehta quieted the sour-note chorus by allowing...
...always been eclectic in my tastes," says the Arizona-born singer. Last week she would have done any 40s prom proud at the World's Fair in New Orleans as she kicked off a nationwide concert tour that will feature a full orchestra conducted by mainstream Maestro Nelson Riddle, 63. Ronstadt's fondness for retro chic is getting to be longstanding. In 1980 she reached back to Gilbert & Sullivan when she did The Pirates of Penzance, first on stage, later in a movie version. Then in 1983 she made What's New, a hit album...
...bartender gets so busy that he's torn in half. Most dancers would have a hard time with that one." Still, old-time Zappers who fear that the long-haired composer is about to change his record label to Deutsche Grammophon have nothing to fear. Says the mangy maestro: "I still enjoy making rock-'n'-roll records, and I have no intention of getting a tuxedo or a baton grafted onto my body...