London`s entertainment newsies are swooning with anticipation over the announcement that two Redgrave sisters will share the stage in ”Three Sisters.” The autumn performances of Chekhov`s play would mark the first joint appearance by ”Georgy Girl” star Lynn Redgrave, 47, and her sister, Vanessa, 53, of ”Julia” fame. The third stage ”sister” is close enough. It`s Vanessa`s daughter, Joely Richardson, 24.
STALLONE`S FEET OF CLAY Sylvester Stallone evidently has an obsession about appearing ”bigger than life.” A 12-foot nude statue in his image is going on display at New York`s Academy of Art. Stallone commissioned ”Age of Steel” during his brief marriage to the naturally statuesque Brigitte Nielsen. The statue-not to be confused with another statue exaggerating his lineage in Philadelphia-required extra clay to enhance the diminutive actor`s, er, standing, confessed sculptor Martine Vaugel.
OZZY PROVES HIS METAL Ozzy Osbourne is hurt-”deeply hurt,” he says. Angry, too. The heavy-metal rocker, notorious for hard drinking and biting off bird heads, has decided to chew out New York Cardinal John O`Connor. Reacting to a sermon attacking Osbourne`s ”Suicide Solution” and other heavy-metal music as invitations to demonic possession, Osbourne telegrammed a rebuttal. The cardinal, he wrote, ”is ignorant about the true meaning of my songs” and has ”insulted the intelligence of rock fans all over the world.” Saying the song is about imbibery, not satan, Osbourne invited the cardinal to ”call me any time and I will only be too happy to discuss this with you in private.”
He concluded: ”God bless you.”
AH, THAT ELUSIVE `MEANING` Ex-Beatles star George Harrison, asked by Musician magazine to comment on the murder of partner John Lennon: ”It was such a waste, some stupid person. If John had been killed by Elvis, it would have at least had meaning!”
BEAUTY-A SLICE OF LIFE To paraphrase Art Linkletter, plastic surgeons say the darndest things. W magazine, reputedly an authority on wrinkles, blemishes, jowls and dewlaps, asked the nation`s priciest cutters who they would like to slice. Dallas`
James Fowler opts for Sophia Loren and Bo Derek, if you can believe that. Harvey Zarem, of Los Angeles, would aim for Ronald Reagan`s ”turkey gobbler.” Over in the Big Apple, James W. Smith covets Barbara Bush`s adam`s apple and neckline, while Manhattan colleague Nicholas Tabbal is tuned to Dan Rather`s eyelids. Someone else suggests ”the works” for Margaret Thatcher, including ”chin augmentation and rhinoplasty.” But Gerald Pitman is the most natural. Said Pitman, another New York cutter: ”I`d like to turn Michael Jackson back to the way he used to look.”
