Show I k SCOTT WALTER S Pen onalitn Parade Full name will be used unless otherwise requested Volume of mail makes personal replies impossible Want the facts? Opinion? Truth? Write Walter Scott Box 5573 Beverly Hills Calif 90210 or phone (213) Q Q Where is Mark Chapman who gunned down John Lennon in 1980? Is there any validity to the story that he was programmed by the CIA to murder Lennon?—Denny Ewing College Park Md What are the chances ofMalcolm Forbes the magazine owner marrying Liz Taylor or would Liz prefer to wed Larry Fortensky the construction worker who spent time with her at the Betty Ford clinic?--Lind- Robinson New Orleans La a is confined to a cell in New York's AChapman Facility The prevailing opinion is that he is insane He says he shot Lennon because the former Beatle was a phony who had to be murdered No evidence has been provided to prove the allegation or theory that the CIA programmed Chapman to kill Lennon because he was a political rabble-rousThe record does show that for much of his was disturbed Chapman mentally life had attempted suicide and was sexually confused John Mitchell Richard Nixon's attorney general wanted Lennon deported—but that's a far cry from conspiring with the CIA to have him killed A The chances of Malcolm Forbes 70 marry- ing Elizabeth Taylor 57 are slim at this time He surely doesn't need the publicity Liz however is not prepared to go through life without a man at her side and Fortensky 37 may fill her requirements if they are not too demanding In any case in affairs of the heart Liz is unpredictable a t - l'''' t km Lz aI I g 'e 0 Now that Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden have agreed to disagree whom is Jane dating? Have Tom and Jane agreed to a division of their marital wealth?—M Little Austin Tex Q t Liz at bash with Malcolm: But would certainly dating Supposedly Hayden whom she married in 1973 about $1 million plus $12000 a month until he remarries Hayden it is said rejected the offer as too little Jane then countered with a final proposal of $5 million Hayden has accepted the deal in general according to his friends and the lawyers are in the process of finalizing the details Q board-sitting- What otherformer First Ladies now sit on corporate boards?—Louise Bottomley Louisville Ky it" Mrs Reagan will earn about $40000 a year plus expenses for her contributions to Rev- lon's corporate success The only other First Lady who's a paid corporate director is Rosalynn Carter She was elected in 1983 to the board of directors of Gannett a newspaper chain and remains on it 4 I Has any screen star been chosen yet to play Charlie Chaplin in the movie version of his life the one to be directed by Richard Attenborough? —Christopher Jacobs Towson Md 1 t A MAGAZINE 24 1989 SEPTEMBER - sti!- Dustin Hoffman Richard Dreyfuss Michael J Fox and Woody Allen have all been mentioned as possibilities Attenborough who chose a relatively unknown actor Ben Kingsley for "Gandhi" may select another unknown to play Chaplin THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER Address editorial conhibetions to: Articles Parade 750 Third New York NY 10017 Although reasonable tare will be Ave taken Parade is not responsible for unsolicited material olt I IIIM I I 4A 1411114011 ' - : A Vb: d':77--' 'qv 3 emir I ' 4 g 1 )1' e A a tk ' -- ' ' ' 4 a bomb for both Tomlin and Travo !fa In Moment by Moment In the 1970s John Travolta was the hottest of the hot new actors in Hollywood He was nominated as Best Actor for his role in "Saturday Night Fever" and was in high demand by all the studios Now at 35 he seems out of the motion Q picture mainstream What spoiled John Travolta? Success?—Claudia Futrell Chicago Ill Travolta has been the victim of disap- motion pictures—ie "Moment by Moment" with Lily Tomlin "Two of a Kind" with Olivia Newton-Joh- n and "The Experts" with Arye Gross His early success in films was due in large part to his bobby-soxfollowing As the bobbysoxers grew up they fell away from Travolta who made the serious mistake of altering his public image Instead of remaining the modest young man from New Jersey undereducated but grateful for his good luck he bought a estate near Santa Barbara and several airplanes that he piloted himself carrying on as if he were Howard Hughes Jr Travolta however is by no means finished at 35 He has sold his California estate moved to Orlando Na and acted in three new productions: "Look Who's Talking" in which he plays a cabdriver opposite a pregnant Kirstie Alley "Th I Tender" which deals with an unstable relationship as seen through the eyes of a wounded Marilu dog and "Chains of Gold" with Henner Although his domestic appeal has diminished considerably he is still paid $2 million a film largely on the basis of his drawing power overseas MUER Karr 1989 er self-effaci- ng 17-ac- re Q PARADE' - 6 : 51 has been seen around Los Angeles AJane Barron Matalon her hairstylist but they AJohn are not Jane offered she prefer Larry frl? I see that Nancy Reagan has agreed to sit on the board of directors of Revlon How ? much will she get for that kind of A le t" er i 7 41 b - father-daught- 2- f er box-offi- ce Hayden and Fonda before her "take it or leave it" offer Carlo trittorini EDITOR Walter Anderson PRESIDENT Frank McNulty SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Milton Liebennan VICE PRESIDENT Ken Wallace Smith DIRECTOR OF DESIGN ire Me EDITOR AT LARGE Lloyd Shearer SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Eddie Adams EXECUTIVE Currier SENIOR EDITORS Sara Brzowsky Herbert Kupterberg Gael McCarthy SENIOR COPY EDITOR Martin Timins SENIOR ARTICLES EDITOR Fran Carpentier ASSOCIATE EDITOR Bonnie St Clair ART DIRECTOR Jean Fujisaki PHOTO EDITOR Miriam White CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Diane Ackerman Cleveland Amory Lisa Bimbach James Brady Jane Clabattart Haskell Cohen Bob Colacello Ovid Dentaris Bernard Bawler David Halbervtam Larry L King Elinor Klein Iris Love Peter Maas Norman Mailer Lynn Minton Willie Morrig Michael O'Shea Dotson Rader Michael Ryan Carl Sagan Al Santa Marvin Scott Toni Seligson Gail Sheehy Tad Szulc Wallace Terry Michael Vertitenten David Wallechinsky Lally Weymouth LIFESTYLE EDITOR Mabee eralwr SENIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATES Joy Jackson Childs Joseph Dill lasi Al troiani ART ASSOCIATES Michael Anthony ASSISTANT ARTICLES EDITOR Ramie Keller Leroy Scarboro VAILSHINGTON Jack Anderson bureau chief Opal Ginn CONSULTING EDITORS Sey Chattier John Fronk EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Melissa Angel Jacqueline Burns Roberta Gardner Anita Goss Ronald RI Hillery Gida Ingrassia Lon Leventhal Linda Mohler Beverly Pabarue Teressa Platt Patricia Wolf FOOD EDITORS Sheila Luldns and Julie Rosso HEALTH EDITOR Earl Ubell SPORTS EDITOR Dick Schaap PUBLISHER EMERITUS Warren J Reynolds PUBLISHER MANAGING EDITOR Larry EDITOR David Onset pm the Week" Oankatunm b 750 nird ten web NA 10017 Won I Wake lite regietmd trademarks "Wriskt bole Ad rients revereattkoradactirre Miele aria prat at am Lints Minot permisona is prohibited "MADE" "tomb Pravda" "Oa Publication las " Walter Scans Personality Parade' "normality Pande"briallisease Acme we trademarks ad et Pamela PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER kelliWitk"11041 lind Simmer" 24 1989 - PARADE MAGAZINE |