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Show by Joey Sasso CONFIDENTIAL PEPORT: ABC-TV's ace mte'.eAer Barbara Walters, rubs elbows with the zona's est powerful leaders. On Thanksgiving, she got behino" tKe steel ring of security and became the first jouma st to interview the deposed Shah of Iran in New York. A'd th s is the same person who just wees before met with Cuban leader Fidel Castro at the CLban embassy also in New York. How does this amazing woman sin-ply stroll into Ihe corridors of power? "I turn oft the lights, relax the mood, and like a child dropping off to s eep. the subject often reveals his truest self." said Earoara. "It's awfully tough to get 'inside' when the fierce lights are on. the cameras are rolling and the reporter s.ts ready to pounce on every word. I'm certainly not an intellectual, nor brilliant, but I'm smart, f.'.y mind gets to the point, sees things and people very c:eariy. I can always tell you exactly what people reaiiy said." . . . It's not often that Merv Griffin neecs armed guards to tace his talk show, but then it's not often that re nas sucn baubles on display as he did in preparing for r,,s Christmas special in New York. The suc;ect as ur c-e Yuletide gift ideas $500. GOO worth. Amorg tnem wjs a set of solid gold and ruby worry teazs pr;ce t ge3 at S50.O00. Griffm quxped. "Tnese are g ' oeas fcr cr Arab viewers except, what do they nave to .'. :rry about?" . . . Look fcr Kathryn Harroid to recede s star on the heeis of her Lauren Bacall rc e in CEis telefilm '6oge' and starring roie execste Steve McQueen in 'The Hunter.' about a boi."y hur-er n moaern times. TV TICKER: Look for Cheryl Ladd to eno her 'fa. separation' from her husDand. David Ladd. and f :e for divorce. Seems the man who has Cheryl act'r-g s i y these days is an old family friend. Singer Brian Russel. whom she will wed as soon as she's free . . . Pam Dawber. the co-star of TV's f.lork & M.ndy.' is recortec y seriously considering the idea of marrying mocel Phil Coccioletti. whom she met a few years back while cctn were modeling in New York. Now Phil's also living cn tre West Coast. M3tter of fact, he's living with Pam . . . Sexy actresssinger Roxanne Gregory brushed up on her cheerleadmg fcr the starring roie in ASC's 'Da as Cowboys Cheerleaders. Part il" teleMm. which mil s r cn the network this season with John Davidson as her co-star. Since leaving CBS' Love of Life' soap. Rox-anne has starred in a mov.e. 'The Last Resort." and gjested on major TV series. including 'Trapner jenn. M.D.' . - . Body-buildmg does pay. Lou Ferrigno. better known as 'The Incredible Hun.' gets SCO. 000 p us expenses for personal appearances. TV CLOSE-UP: The gang from the old 'Room 222' ser es may be back. ABC is negotiating with Karen Valentine. Michael Constantine and Denise Nicholas to revive fhe r roles for a TV flick to be titled Room 222 Class Reunion' ... Charlene Tilton of Dallas' was looMrg forward to the release of a sexy poster of herse.f but the pinup execs told her she had a fat chance. They decided she looked too chunky in the photo. So. the actress dropped 15 pounds in three weeks and the poster was reshot. Two of them will soon be on the market ... On the Mike Douglas teleshow. they were talking about what story had been made into a motion picture more times than any other. Film buff Hans Conried opted for The Count of Monte Cnsto.' which he figures has been turned into a movie about six times. Writer-producer Andrew J. Fenady doesn't agree w th Hans. He figures the all-time champion is 'Les Miserables.' "Tt has been a film at least 13 times." he adds "And just recently it was a television drama w.th Tony Perkins so that should be No. 14." |