Referendum Sought on Homeless Aid
POLITICAL MOVES--The plight of the homeless will be placed before California voters in November of ’88 if the plan currently being put together by Conway Collis comes off. Collis, a member of the Board of Equalization, has been drumming up support for his still-in-formation proposal that would provide help for the downtrodden. Last Tuesday, Denver voters turned down a homeless support measure by more than 60%. . . . Look for several dozen leaders in the AIDS network to go directly from black-tie to jail next weekend in Washington. The plan is that civil disobedience will occur at the White House on June 1, the morning after the big black-tie AIDS fund-raiser involving the First Couple. The AIDS activists’ complaints center on the slowness of the government in holding drug trials and the need for a united, massive attack on the disease, similar to the Manhattan Project at the end of World War II.
FRATERNIZATION--It smelled yummy on the top floor of Robinson’s Bev Hills store Wednesday afternoon at the party for the Fraternity of Friends. Maybe it was yummy from the scent of the new Giorgio V.I.P. cologne for men, introduced at a party hosted by new JW Robinson’s President and CEO Robert L. Mettler and Giorgio Bev Hills chairman Fred J. Hayman. Of course, it could also be from the yummy food Ray Henderson of Rococo whipped up--including oyster with cilantro and a divine barbecue chicken pizza (yes, yes, but it’s really good). Chatting and chowing down were fraternity chairman Marc Marcussen, along with Marco Weiss, Esther Wachtell, Donald Livingston, Dick Rosenzweig and Judy Henning and “The Color of Money” producer Irving and Ethel Axelrad. Filling in for her husband Roger was Joanne Kozberg with her brother, Dr. Steven Corday, and her good friend, Andrea Van de Kamp, who was thrilled about becoming president of the Independent College Assn. of Southern California.
CATCHING UP--A good chunk of the $1 million net from the annual SHARE shindig last Saturday--a $225,000 chunk--came in from the auction and raffle organized by Suzanne Horowitz, who certainly knows how to “Fight Back.” So kudos to her and to new SHARE president Shirley Turteltaub, with special applause to Dolores Nemiro, who proved that after dancing in 23 years of SHARE shows, she knew how to stop one. Her Carmen Miranda put fruit in everyone’s salad. . . . Roz Wyman became great buddies with Nancy Pelosi when she chaired the ’84 Democratic Convention. So, she said, it was a pleasure to have a fund-raiser to help the newly elected representative from S.F. pay off her campaign debt. Wyman and State Democratic Chair Peter Kelly hosted a Wednesday reception that brought in $20,000 from folks like Ira and Adele Yellin, Lisa Specht and Ron Rogers, Peg Yorkin, Joe Cerrell and newly named Deputy Mayor Michael Gage with his wife Lacey.
STAR QUALITY--Eddie Murphy is a very big star and he had a very big premiere. And he was obviously much too busy and important to stop for one minute for the dozens of photographers as he went down the red carpet into Mann’s Chinese Theater on Tuesday night. There was a nice party afterward, above the nearby Holiday Inn parking lot, transformed into a neoned Tinseltown with massive oyster bars, Chinese and Japanese finger food from Along Came Mary. Murphy’s co-star Brigitte Nielsen and hubby Sylvester Stallone did the prerequisite TV interviews. But ironically, there were no big stars apparent, except ones from “Bev Hills Cop II.” Guess when you have Murphy, that’s all they think they need.
BIG NIGHT-- Una nottee sotta le stelle translates as “a night under the stars,” and that’s what Universal Studio’s will be turned into on May 31 when a massive fund-raiser is held for the research programs of the Muscular Dystrophy Assn. and the American Friends of the Dino Ferrari Center. Look at the entertainment--Frank Sinatra, Julio Iglesias, Lou Rawls and Norm Crosby. The party will take place on the set of “Spartacus” and each lucky attendee gets the chance to win a Ferrari 328. Now that’s a party favor.
