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...posh salons of Bel Air and Beverly Hills, the hors d'oeuvres are being passed around with tidbits of the spiciest scandal to hit Tinseltown in a long time. The titillating topic: the double life of the late multimillionaire Alfred Bloomingdale. His paramour of twelve years, Vicki Morgan, 30, is suing his estate for lifetime support of at least $5 million. His socialite wife Betsy claims that Morgan was paid for sexual services and is entitled to nothing more. Says Los Angeles Times Society Editor Jody Jacobs: "It's caused a real stir...
...practice, that is just what they did. The mediocre Face Dances did appear last year, but group members spent most of their time away from each other. Townshend took ardently to the bottle and the rockstar lifestyle, making the scene at posh London clubs and losing his once so acute perspective. All that was lacking was an official statement: "After twenty years, we have decided to pack...
Paley will retain his posh office at the company's Manhattan headquarters, remain on the CBS board as chairman of the executive committee, and be a consultant to the corporation at half salary, which last year was $339,746 before bonuses that totaled $204,000. This has led some to speculate that Paley will still play a very active role in company affairs. Said Les Brown, editor of Channels, a broadcasting-industry publication: "I think he really means it about retirement, but as long as Paley's alive, he'll have influence...
...washes. Says he: "People can have their hair Simonized [have it washed] and remove the rust [get it cut] and have their coils adjusted [have a perm]. They'll pay only for labor and parts." The salons are scheduled to open during the next four months in posh parts of Los Angeles, including Beverly Hills...
Until last week, Joseph Cruz, 55, was living on New York City's posh Upper East Side. But while he paid no rent, perhaps he should have been charged some tolls. For Cruz had set up residence, complete with a salvaged bed, storage-crate furniture, a beer cooler and a stove made from an oil drum, smack in the middle of a 35-ft.-long traffic island on Manhattan's East River Drive. His presence immediately stopped a bit of traffic; passing motorists were enchanted by the sight of the eccentric tenant, protected from the elements only...