Show TV’s darling has a miniseries next week (Eddie Van Halen likes her love scenes) But she’s fretting about ‘her stupid looks’ By Mary Ellin Barrett Maxi Amberville her glamorous leading role in the miniseries Til Take Manhattan’ (CBS March ESTPST): She’s just real gung ho and she just goes for everything in life That was what was fun about playing her — she wasn’t a vicBut I just got so tired of having to tim be pretty I can’t take being perfect all the On time On feeling old at 26: 1 get these thoughts like “I used to be pretty what’s going on? I’m not aging well at all” That’s the thing I dislike about the business There are two things: losing your privacy and'having to worry so much about your stupid looks On preserving her privacy: I go to the grocery store right after I work out and I don’t look so great My hair is all sweaty and my face is all red from working out I don’t like to be stared at Look come up to me and say something But don’t follow me around and stare at me OK? husband rock star Eddie Van Halen: I guess he’s like any other normal husband except he’s got an extraordinary job He’s a very very emotional man I mean I like that he’s emotional Most men aren’t Every so often he’s amazingly romantic every six months or so once a year He’s a On lazy romantic their most romantic moment: One year I was filming in Salt Lake City and it was my birthday and he was working in LA so he really couldn’t come out to see me and was a little depressed But I woke up at 10 o'clock in the morning in the empty hotel room and all of a sudden I got a call from the front desk saying “Oh your husband's down here Should we send him up?" I went "What? Of course send him up What are you crazy?" And he came up and he handed me two little boxes of presents and gave me a kiss and then he had to leave and get on the next plane to LA On 8 USA WXKIND FEB 1987 On what she and Eddie do in their free time: I practically do nothing We’re lucky if we go out to dinner once in awhile All I’ve been doing now for the past almost four weeks is just like working out every day trying to take off a lot of weight We play racquetball together I jog on the beach but Ed can’t be bothered with that And yet he’s got a great physique because he jumps around for Th hours on stage I’d like to go to the movies more because I miss what’s out there going on the road with his band Van Halen: It’s actually quite boring except On when they get on stage and then it’s exciting Other than that it’s just traveling from city to city and not really getting to see any city On her feelings about Eddie’s groupies: I was always secure in the relationship so it never really bothered me I have fans too who go a little crazy Eddie’s feelings about her love scenes: He doesn’t get jealous of my love scenes anymore Something’s wrong We were watching a love scene that I did with Jack Scalia in I'll Take Manhattan It’s really a wonderfully romantic love scene — it’s where I sort of rape him but I don’t Seduce that’s a better word We were watching and I was more embarrassed (than he was) and he was just going “Shut up already" because I was going “Oh God Oh God” and he would tell me to shut up because he wanted to watch it he thought it was great On being an only daughter I liked being spoiled and my father spoiled me rotten and I liked that and I still do On On ‘One Day at a Time' the series she on from 1 worked with these people for nine years and they’re like my family Yeah in fact I just had a Bonnie dream about Bonnie Franklin) last night It was very strange I dreamed that she was my mother starred Del April Married Eddie Van Halen guitarist and songwriter in the band Van Halen in 1981 No children FAMILY: April CAREER: Played hit fine Dsj ies Rockabye Barbara at a Time Cooper CaliL beach h ease she her parents and a Los Angeles Eddie has bis studio “Sometimes we flip a coin to see where we're going to spend the Bight" They plan to build a “really warm and big" Todor home shares 23 1960 Mother Nancy is a travel agent father a retired General Motors executive Andy Three brothers In Wilmington Malibu HOMES: THE BERTKELU RLE BORN: on the CBS In TV mov- Silent Witness Shattered Vows The Seduction of Hina Mall Order Bride The Princess and the Cabbie The Promise of bre and Young bre First Lore borne with where FAVORITE STYLE and dressed MUSIC like “Absolutely a bum” SHE LISTENS the mood” But more often Patti Smith or Cyndi Lauper in makeup no TO: Van Halen “if Kate get Bush Eddie's She says their kids will be “bizarre" ETHNIC: VICE: Burrttos and nacbos I haven’t seen MacKenzie MacKenzie Phillips) lately I still have the same phone number and if she wants to call me she can But I have no idea how to get ahold of her And he thinks I have a good voice but he’s prejudiced I’m a closet musician: That’s what I always wanted to be when was growing up but it never happened never had the confidence On her singing voice: I’m too with him (Eddie) I sing like crazy in my car I’ve got the voice of Ffctti Smith or Cyndi Lauper or Kate Bush or all those wonderful singers in my car but in front of him On breaking into movies: I think about u Movies aren’t quite as easy to get into don’t know why because most featuie films aren’t as good as half the TV mo'-ies If I do it I do it if I don’t I don’t I got a long life ahead of me in television ' |