Show Want the fact? Opinion? When was her last live Q miss Tina Turner concert? And what has she been up to since then?—Robby Johnson Ashland Ky The last time an American audience saw Tina Turn- er perform was on Aug 22 1993 in Miami The leggy singer was on the road in Europe and Australia for much of last year Her most recent recording is the title track for “Goldeneye” the opens this month Now 56 T umer lives in the South of France with her German boyfriend Erwin Bach who is in the record business She also has hemes in Los Angeles and Zurich Switzerland — a long way from her birthplace in Nutbush Tenn its recent excerpt of “My American Journey" Colin Powell's autobiography “Time" magazine contends that to avoid offending the Arabs during the 1991 Gulf War the US agreed not to hold religious services for Jewish soldiers on Saudi soil It says “choppers picked up Jewish soldiers and brought them to ships stationed in the Gulf to worship" Is this outrageous statement true? — AB Flushing Meadows NY No It is true however that the Defense A Department issued a pamphlet during Operation Desert Shield listing 24 “sensitive topics” that American servicemen should avoid includalliance Objects like the Crucifix and Star of David were also noted to be sensitive US-lsra- el Despite some initial concerns that the Pentagon would cave in to Saudi demands rabbis were in fact dispatched to the Persian Gulf to conduct services for Jewish soldiers Like the services of their Christian counterparts the Jewish rites were often euphemistically called “fellowship meetings” Now Bonanno the centra!figure in “Honor 3Thy Father” Gay Ta- lese’s 1971 Mafia book? I —Dr Julian Wood Selig Jr Kitty Hawk NC Gay Talese tells us that ft Salvatore “Bill” Bonanno 62 threw a 90th birthday party earlier this year for his father Joseph “The elder Bonanno is the oldest of all living godfathers” says Talese “having headed a Mafia family from the 1930s Both Joseph until his retirement in the mid-’7and Salvatore reside in Tucson where the black-ti- e birthday gathering attended by more than 300 guests took place at the Westward Look Resort The Bonanno crime family that was centered in New York fell upon hard times after the ‘Banana War’ which I recounted in my book Tina with Salvatore supports his family in legitimate busiErwin: nesses while the elder Bonanno now as in the A long does not seem to have financial difficulties” past from way Nutbush Morton Q Lucille Ball was married to Gary Was far their longer than she was to Desi Arnaz done Morton And has what successful? marriage since Lucy’s death?— Rose Soffey Albany NY Ball married Morton Ala nightclub comedi-- 1 1 an in 1961 — shortly af--j ter die end of her stormy marriage to Arnaz Lucy never stopped loving the Cuban bandleader but her marriage to Morton was “success-fill- ” since it provided the stability she had always Lucy and wanted It lasted until 1989 when Lucy died of Gary in cardiac arrest at age 77 Morton now 67 is re1987: To tired and living in Rancho Mirage Calif with them 28 Susie McAllister 47 a golf pro whom he mara is years ‘‘success'' ried in 1994 “I play on the charity golf circuit” Morton tells PARADE “In September Susie and I had a belated honeymoon in Europe” 20-ye- ar w that my senwr vice WESoorr Milton (g EHan Flahiva ij I 1 5 John Garvey Fred Johnson 5 Maroal Seniors iB Sullivan jt Warren J Reynolds ft j intensive regime of medi- cation and physical thera-py to combat multiple which strikes Richard Pryor: Mixing comedy and tragedy in his routine the central nervous system and has no known cure The comedian was in seclusion for several years after he was diagnosed with MS in 1986 but he is now active again In his recently published autobiography “Pryor Convictions and Other Life Sentences" he deals with his six turbulent marriages two heart attacks and a 1980 accident in which he set himself on fire while smoking cocaine What’s more in the comedy routine that he performs twice a week to packed houses at the Comedy Store in LA Pryor talks frankly about how his disease has affected his sex life te OFor my money Anna Paquin who won an for “The Piano” is the most compelling child star since Macaulay Culkin Is Anna as big a spoiled brat as Mac?—EB Worcester Mass Success hasn’t spoiled Anna Paquin “She’s I know” of the most charming 1 Weinstein Films Miramax whose says Harvey is producing her next movie the Franco Zeffirelli-- A one directed to continue singing while pursuing his new career in the movies Robert Da Niro reportedly was so Waiter And arson MANAOWOEMTOW Larry Smith tWECTOW adapta- tion of “Jane Eyre” to be released next year “She’s not precocious she’s extremely mature and she truly has a great gift” Unlike Culkin Paquin has a stable home life and her parents aren’t in showbiz She attends public school in New Zealand and works only during vacations Anna: Won’t play hooky Borrow Tt OF DESIGN Ira Votta EXECUTIVE HVroR David Ctariar Sr Braow' rrtn Carjxmber Herbert Kipfarbarg Gael McCarthy Bosnia St Clair SPECML CGRRESPGhEEMT Eddto Adams Lorentzan EDITOR AT LAME Uoyd Shearer raamnearrm ru— Jeffrey Brown PHOTO EDTT0R tmom Or Lies Birrhactv Jama Brady Joyce Brother Jane Clabattari Haafcell Cohan Bob Coiacello Ovid Demart Barnard Gwzar PnvTHiflnirWiiTi LamMLKInA Edward Klein Elinor Klein Iris Love Peter Maas Herman Mailer Lynn Minton Willie Morri Michael O'Shea PonohUa Pierce Dotaon Rader Miches! 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T’” Addraaa aJ editorial wrtrthatleae to Arthtoa Parade PWdaatoaaa 7B Third Aee Maw Veto MV IOOI7 AmwegT— - tar watarlaL LIFESTYLE ! scle-Iros- is impressed with Bon dovi’s screen debut opposite Elizabeth Perkins in Moonlight and Valentino that he invited the singer to audition for his upcoming film Heat Bon dovi didn’t make it into De Niro’s film but he did land his first leading role and will begin shooting The Leading Man in England in January An erotic thriller it also stars the Dutch actress Famke Janssen who appeared in Lord of Illusions and now'plays a bad girl in Goldeneye Bon dovi and Perkins in Valentino Please give me an update on Richard Pryor's health— R McCafferty Pittsburgh Pa I H Richard Pryor 55 is 4 currently undergoing an 33 whose rock group has sold I I limore than 65 million albums since 1984 plans CHAHMAN and PUBLISHER Carlo Vittorini Q R Jon Bon dovi If favorite rock star Jon Bon Jovi has made it onto the big screen in Moonlight and Valentino are there more movies in his future3 And does that mean he might give up his music career?— VL New York NY is a sublime moment in “The Shaw-shan- k Redemption” when Tim Robbins plays opera over the prison PA system Td like to get that record What is the name of the aria and who performs it? — Donna Lee Northport NY The stirring aria is tided Duettino — Sul!’ Aria A (Duet — On the Air) from “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart The version in die film is performed by the Deutsche Oper of Berlin with Karl Bohm conducting and Gundula Janowitz and Edith Mathis singing The soundtrack is on Epic Records Q There OWhat is known about 0s James Bond film that ing the requested Vofcsne of mail makes personal replies impotable Truth? 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