— Resign? The mayor? Never gave it a thought or a word, according to His Honor in reaction to an INC. item. Maybe INC.`s eavesdroppers heard from people hoping the mayor might resign, or people thinking the mayor might resign, or just people who just hear everything.
GRAMMY GOODIES . . .
— All those special arrangements for Barbra Streisand, like the security plans and the private trailer inside Los Angeles` Shrine Auditorium, may be for naught. Barbie, scheduled to present a special Grammy award to Mrs. Ira Gershwin, stomped off stage Monday when she showed up for rehearsal and the cue cards were screwed up. She said she`d come back when the Grammy group got its act together.
— It won`t be coincidence if Ken Kragen is sitting next to Lionel Richie in the front row at Tuesday night`s Grammy awards. INC. hears that Kragen very specifically requested that he be seated right next to Richie to send the world a message that relations between the two had been patched. The singer recently rejoined Kragen`s stable after leaving it for a while this month because Ken was so preoccupied with his ”Hands Across America” project.
— Although Kenny Rogers says he intends to host the whole show, an INC. source who was at weekend rehearsals described his voice as ”really gravelly” and expressed concern that he might lose his voice if he did indeed go the whole nine yards.
— The Let`s-Be-Difficult department: Sheena Easton demanded her own trailer and a pre-show masseuse to calm her down, even though she`s only a presenter. . . . A Grammy staffer was sent out during rehearsals late Saturday night to purchase a ”crystal clear glass,” which Stevie Wonder demanded for the crystal clear water he wanted to wash down a couple of aspirin. ”Don`t ask me how,” said an INC. source, ”but he knows if it`s not crystal clear.” Stevie also demanded–and got–three of the very few backstage dressing rooms at the Shrine Auditorium for himself and his entourage. He also has his own cook. . . . A staffer was sent to Whitney Houston`s hotel room Sunday with three dozen roses–of different colors–to persuade the tired singer to please, oh, please, come to rehearsals, okay, Whitney? Huh? Pretty please?
STAR TRACKS . . .
Anthony Quinn wandered around the locker room at the East Bank Club for at least 5 or 10 minutes Monday afternoon trying to find his locker–which probably wouldn`t have attracted much attention, except that all his clothes were in that mystery locker and Quinn was naked as a jaybird throughout the search. . . . It`s pretty clear that meeting Michael J. Fox–or even getting close to him–is a top priority for lots of local folks. Almost 4,000 people showed up Saturday in response to an open casting call for extras to appear in ”Light of Day,” the Fox movie that`ll begin filming here next month. . . . Few people in the Sunday matinee crowd at the Biograph Theater knew that Paul Newman was watching ”The Official Story” with them. He was the guy in the fisherman`s cap, about halfway back. . . . Tony Curtis is about to tie the knot with German model Tetra Scherndach. . . . Dolly Parton`s next album may be a collaborative effort with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt.
BUT SERIES-LY, FOLKS . . .
Are the networks a little slow on the uptake? Well, ABC-TV is about to film a series pilot based on ”The Man Who Fell to Earth,” a 1976 movie featuring David Bowie (at the height of his strangeness). . . . The Disney Company may be a little quicker; there`s talk that ”Down and Out in Beverly Hills” could wind up as a television series.
INC.LINGS . . .
Filming begins this week on ”Star Trek IV” under the direction of Leonard Nimoy. . . . Playwright David Mamet has sold the film rights to
”Glengarry Glen Ross,” which opens here March 5 at the Blackstone Theater with Peter Falk and Joe Mantegna. Mamet will write the screenplay.
. . . Tuesday birthdays: Faron Young, 54; Jim Backus, 73; Bobby Riggs, 68;
George Harrison, 43; Diane Baker, 48; Ron Santo, 46; A&M Records` Bob Tarantino, 33. . . . Tribune publisher Stanton Cook will be honored March 6 as ”Distinguished Citizen of the Year” at the Chicago Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America`s annual dinner in the Chicago Hilton and Towers. . . . It`ll be an Akira Kurosawa kind of program when ”Dersu Uzala” (1975 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film) and ”Kagemusha” open this weekend at the Lake Shore Theater, 3175 N. Broadway. . . . Lee Iacocca is coming to town April 9 to show a bunch of Midwest business leaders a
”sampling of product”–that is, some of Chrysler`s new cars.
NO BIZ LIKE SHOW BIZ . . .
The Mitchell Brothers Film Group is advertising in the trade papers for
”dwarfs, midgets, fat ladies and geeks” to appear in ”The Green Door:
The Sequel.” Would we make these things up?
