”It`s not easy loving Rob Lowe,” says Melissa Gilbert, and she should know. They`ve been on, off and on again for 5 years, through his flings with Princess Stefanie of Monaco and Nastassja Kinski. Gilbert made the mistake of surprising him on the set of ”The Hotel New Hampshire,” in which Lowe and Kinski were costarring. She didn`t need a brick wall to fall on her head to realize something was wrong. McCall`s quotes her as saying: ”Rob expected me to be hysterical, hanging on to his ankles, that kind of thing. But I refused to give him the satisfaction. Sometime later we had it out. I wanted very much to let him know how I really felt.”
Fame came so quickly to Chuck Berry after he recorded ”Maybellene” that he was knee-deep in show biz before he knew anything about it. In his autobiography, ”Chuck Berry” (Harmony), he writes: ”I hadn`t even known prior to then that a dressing room was provided for accommodating a performer. It was neat to have a free room, and private at that, to lounge around in. It was a far cry from dressing in a car. Watching how the stars were handling various situations, I was learning lessons I desperately needed. I hardly knew anything and was being asked advice on everything. I wasn`t about to appear to be the dumb . . . lucky idiot of show business.”
What do Twiggy, Lauren Bacall and Greta Garbo have in common? They`re all Virgos, all born between Sept. 12 and Sept. 22, with Mercury (wit and wisdom) and Venus (love and beauty) in their charts. Frederick Davis, who wrote
”Signs of the Stars” (Prentice Hall), figured that out. If you, too, were born during the same period-and follow that kind of stuff-then you, too, are
”idealistic, financially unrealistic, love to be the center of attention, prefer traditional vacations and always have to be in love.”
REPLAYS
”Some fellows pay a compliment like they expect a receipt.” Kin Hubbard
”I can live for two months on a good compliment.” Mark Twain
”Flattery is all right-if you don`t inhale.” Adlai Stevenson
