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Liberace still dead AIDS victim or 'just one of the boys '
The great, gaudy Liberace died
last week, at age 67, but cor
oners in Palm Springs, Calif.,
refuse to bury him until they deter
mine why he died. The flamboyant
pianist's doctor claims Lib died of a
combination of emphysema, anemia
and heart failure, but there's been
speculation that he really died of
AIDS. The Las Vegas Sun claims
Liberace was diagnosed as having
AIDS in 1985, and that he kept his
illness a secret because he didn't
want to be remembered as being a
homosexual.
Coroners apparently took a blood
sample from his body this weekend
and found that he was indeed carry
ing the AIDS virus. However, it is
not known whether he had actually
come down with the disease, the
Associated Press reported Saturday.
What puzzles many is that Libe
lee's sex life was revealed several
years ago when his ex-boyfriend
sued him in a "gayimony" suit that
was sensationalized and hyped by
the National Enquirer. "Liberace
bombshell the real man in his
life," the headline read.
Still, that fact didn't lose him any
fans. So many people love the enter
tainer that they held a vigil for him
at a Palm Springs church. CNN
covered the vigil and funeral live
last week.
"Liberace loved glitter, but his
outfits didn't really glimmer until
he put them on with warmth and
glamour," the priest tearfully told
the mob of sobbing fans.
Liberace wasn't a fruity poof in
real life, according to my grand
father, who met him backstage at
the Seattle Civic Center in the late
'60s.
"Once he takes off all those furs
and jewels, he's just one of the
boys," he said.
When they finally bury Liberace, I
wonder if they'll lay him to rest in a
pink flamingo-shaped casket com-
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plete with a matching mink and
rhinestone trim. That's the least
they can do for the first man to
make a career out of being wonder
fully tacky.
The Betty Ford Center: Jiome
of the Tinseltown tragics
In the play "The Search for Signs
of Intelligent Life in the Universe,"
comedian Lily Tomlin says that if
Andy Warhol is right about eve
ryone being famous for 15 minutes,
how do we all plan to get admitted
to the Betty Ford Center?
The Betty Ford Center, for those
of you who don't know, is the clinic
where drugged-out, overweight,
coke-snorting, booze-guzzling celebs
go to become graceful creatures
again. I think it would be a great
place to go for a vacation. .
Imagine the sightseeing:
"Oh, look, there's Liz Taylor
begging for a crumb from a Twinkie.
And there's Liza Minnelli, trying
to steal some Valium. . .And over
there isn't that Dean Martin
trying to squeeze the cognac out of
Cher's baked Alaska, dear?"
Last week, Helen Reddy's ex
husband was released from the place,
claiming that he became good friends
with Stevie Nicks, who was no
doubt trying to shake the cocaine
monkey off her Victorian-gowned
back. Stevie Nicks is the paradigm
of a doped-up wreck. What other
star runs around pretending that
she's a Gothic ballerina, a witch and
a poetic songbird all at once?
Francis: out of the loony bin
Singer Connie Francis made
her first public appearance in sev
eral months on Jan. 10 at a Miami
hotel, according to the Miami Herald.
"My star shall shine again," Francis
told fans.
Last year, Francis was hauled off
to a mental hospital after she slugged
flight attendants on a plane when
they asked her to extinguish her
cigarette before landing.
Francis sang her old hit "Where
the Boys Are" to photographers as
orderlies restrained her in a straight
jacket, according to an article in US
magazine.
Spring TheatreDance events
The UNL Theatre and Dance Depart
ment will open its spring schedule with
a play and a dance performance in
February.
The play, Noel Coward's "Private
Lives," will be performed Thursday
through Saturday and Feb. 16 through
21 on the Howell Stage in UNL's Temple
Building. 'Private Lives,' to be directed
by Tice Miller, professor of theatre, is a
brilliant, uproarious and happy look at
the bickerings of a once-wed pair who
can't stop loving ... or squabbling.
The dance concert, "Dancing Gersh
win," will feature ballet and jazz with
original choreography designed by guest
artists and faculty. Performances will
be staged in Kimball Hall Feb. 26
through 28 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 28 at 3
p.m.
Tickets are available now in the
Temple box office for "Private Lives,"
at the Kimball Hall and the Temple box
offices for for "Dancing Gershwin."
Tickets are available on performance
nights.
The UNL dance season will continue
with "Showcase '87," in conjunction
with Orchesis, UNL's dance ensemble
on April 9 through 12 and April 12 at 3
p.m. in the Mabel Lee Dance Theatre.
"Showcase '87" will feature choreo
graphy and performance by dance
faculty and students.
Other spring-semester theater pre
sentations at UNL will include Lanford
Wilson's comedy "Fifth of July" March
12 through 14 and 16 through 21 in the
Studeo Theatre of the Temple Building,
and Shakespeare's "A Midsummer
Night's Dream," April 16 through 18, 21
through 25, and April 28 through May 2
in Howell Theatre.
The UNL Theatre Department will
begin rehearsals June 1 for its 20th
summer season, with its first show,
"Little Shop of Horrors," opening June
19 in conjunction with the second
annual Flatwater Festival on campus.
Steenburgen's performances disappointing
WINTER from Page 7
It turns out Dr. Lewis is playing a
(not so) elaborate game ol blackmail,
and his blackmailing associate
Evelyn was murdered by a hitman
hired by the blackmailee, Julie Rose.
Both these women are exact look
alikes of Katie. That's why she is
being tricked into helping Dr. Lewis
make Julie Kose think she didn't
manage to bump off her blackmailing
sister after all.
Well, this gives Steenburgen the
chance to play three roles. Steen
burgen is one of my favorite ac
tresses, but she just doesn't give a
convincing performance in either of
the two extra roles. It's just Steen
burgen with slightly different
makeup. Actually, I didn't mind this
movie too much until the ending. It
was never too suspenseful, but the
story was somewhat intriguing. Then
came the triple role, which totally
lacked credibility.
I usually don't like to give away
endings in reviews but since the TV
commercials for this film give away
more than I'm intending to, what
the heck. The ending basically
consists of Dr. Lewis, previously
confined to his wheelchair for the
entire movie, getting up anc chasing
Kate around the house at the speed
of a half mile an hour. And she
actually runs around the house like
he's some kind of threat.
NOTICE TO STUDENTS
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during a period beginning January 12, 1987 and ending February 13, 1987. Students
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