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...make a complete fool of myself." She claims not to have any favorites but says Springsteen "is the hardest to do. He's so masculine." Fans of the feminine side of Welch can look forward to the next television season. Her production company is doing a six-hour ABC mini-series based on Forever Amber, and she will have a starring role in the adaptation of the heavy-breathing best seller...
...wait for a machine. And I don't have to lie down in somebody else's sweat." Even health-club dropouts without a great deal of space manage to find ways to work out at home. Architect David Rockwell, who lives in a Manhattan studio, keeps a fold-up mini-trampoline in the closet and an exercise bicycle in the entryway. Says he: "It looks very ceremonial...
...Indeed, friends helped the 25-year-old vice president of a family-owned drapery company build the $4,000 gym in the basement of his Beltsville, Md., home. One put up the walls, another supplied the mirrors, still others contributed equipment. Marks' gym has now become a sort of mini-health club. Instead of paying membership dues, intimates spring for drinks or dinners. Says Marks: "It's great. Your friends always owe you favors...
That is the most familiar story about Peter the Great. The best one, however, begins nearly three centuries later. An American TV crew embarks on another momentous trip: to the Soviet Union to film a mini-series based on Peter's life. But the production is in turmoil from the start, and the movie's creator is fired before the crew sets foot on Russian soil. The Soviet bureaucracy and brutal cold cause countless hardships and delays. Then the star falls ill and has to quit before filming is complete. His role is taken over by an unknown look-alike...
Peter the Great's troubles have left a wake of unhappy people. Schell is upset that a double was used and has vowed never to do another mini-series. Schiller (who is given co-directing and "preproduction" credit) is still furious about his ouster, and has filed a $10 million lawsuit. NBC, meanwhile, has its own cause for concern: Peter the Great will be competing against CBS's steamy mini-series Sins. After surviving production disputes, a disappearing star and a climate that defeated Napoleon, Peter the Great may finally be done in by Joan Collins...