Shake `em, quake `em. . . . Is it true that the feds issued subpoenas some time ago in their probe of the alleged revenue-skimming operation at O`Hare International Airport? Meanwhile, parking lot attendants (who thought the feds hadn`t gotten anywhere and that everything had died down) were shaking in their booths–again–on Monday, when Tribune columnist Mike Royko revealed that he was given a stack of parking tickets that had been dumped in a Forest Preserve garbage can. And there`s more: INC. is told that the ”car counter” in the remote parking lot area hasn`t worked in a long, long time . . . maybe even a couple of years; so much for O`Hare`s sophisticated back-up system.
TAXING MATTERS . . .
Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D., Ill.), who is campaigning to simplify tax reporting and eliminate loopholes for ”fat cats,” has called for a Wednesday ”summit meeting” with GOPers on his Ways and Means Committee and Treasury Secretary James Baker to forge a bipartisan tax bill. Republicans take note from the April issue of Fortune magazine: ”Rosty . . . is known for his formidable legislative prowess.” And, according to one lobbyist, ”He can fillet you in a mark-up,” referring to the working session that usually precedes the committee`s final vote on a bill.
`NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT` . . .
Louis Jourdan has it made. Although he`s starring in a cross-country
”bus and truck” tour of ”Gigi,” which opens Tuesday in the Auditorium, he has arranged his life exactly as he wants it: He rises at 7:30 a.m., shines at 10 a.m., watches no television, reads no newspapers, just listens to the music he wants to hear, and reads the books he wants to read–in his words,
”a vacation from the world . . . a cleansing from an automatic, almost inevitable, absurd life.” Jourdan, still trim and good-looking after all these years, is thankful, not regretful, that he was never ”in” as an actor, because ”frankly, when you are in, you will also be arbitrarily out. And I have been acting for 40 years; `in` or `out` for me has never been a question.”
POLITICAL POSTSCRIPT . . .
INC. hears that former State Treasurer Jerome Cosentino, once one of the state`s biggest vote-getters, is firmly committed for a run for comptroller and plans to begin circulating his petitions this summer at the state fair. Since losing his 1982 bid for secretary of state, Cosentino, a Democrat, has revitalized his trucking business, which he`d pledged to give up if he won, but now wants to get back in the political arena.
INC.LINGS . . .
Tuesday birthdays: Alan Arkin, 51; Diana Ross, 41; James Caan, 46;
Leonard Nimoy; 54; Erica Jong, 43; Vicki Lawrence, 36; Sterling Hayden, 69;
Gen. William Westmoreland, 71; Bob Woodward, 42; Teddy Pendergrass, 35; Sandra Day O`Connor, 55; WUSN`s Ken Cocker, 28; Jim Corboy, 29; INC.`s Hugh Johnson, 33. . . . Chicago`s Equity Library Theater`s annual showcase for producers, directors, agents and casting execs, to be held April 15 in Evanston`s Northlight Theater, will be open to the public. . . . ”The Sovereign State of Boogedy Boogedy” in the Victory Gardens Studio has been extended through April 14; ”The God of Isaac,” a comedy by Second City alum James Sherman, has been selected to open May 29 as the mainstage`s final production of the season.
THE BIG O . . . You know you`re in trouble when the first award winner, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, who won as best supporting actor for ”The Killing Fields,” thanked everyone from the casting lady to Buddah. . . . Thank God for Steve Martin, who singlehandedly proved that Oscar ceremonies don`t have to be boring. . . . If they were giving out good-looking awards, Kelly (”The Woman in Red”) Le Brock–this hurts to say–looks like a young Jacqueline Bisset. . . . Eva Gabor, ever the master of the double entendre, announced that this was her ”first time.” Huh? ”The awards, dahling!”. . . Love knows no bounds when an old star hooks a (young) husband. Holding on to their spouses with an iron grip were Debbie Reynolds and Arlene Dahl. Walking at arm`s length, however, with her towering a head above him were Candice Bergen and her director-husband Louis Malle. . . . Who said Hollywood doesn`t have a heart? You should have seen all the old moguls who brought their daughters. . . . Remember Edie Williams, the old porno queen? She wore out the red carpet before the awards began wearing a top the size of a handkerchief that read
”Adopt a Pet Day.” She was accompanied by her ”attorney,” who looked as though he would have preferred root canal work. Also looking as if he`d rather be in the dentist`s chair was John Malkovich, who when asked if he were in awe, replied ”Yeah.” . . . Genevieve Bujold with a red punk hairdo couldn`t make a single flashbulb go off.
