European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page two of Elizabeth Taylor schedules diet Book. Liz by the Book Elizabeth Taylor who has fought the Battle of the bulge Over the years with varying degrees of Success says she plans to write a Book about gaining and losing weight. The Book will Deal with Taylor s personal View of women s attitudes toward weight toward weight gain and loss and the ways in which they affect a woman s image and self esteem . Putnam s sons said this week. It will be written by Taylor and co writer who has yet to be chosen. Taylor said she chose Putnam s because they understood the psychology and feeling that i wish to express to the readers about self image and self  life via video everyone plays around with Vars but How have they changed the lives of celebrities Joan Collins uses the machine to watch movies starring Robert Redford Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster men who dominate the screen she told video review Magazine. Helen Gurley Brown said she used her Brand new Var a gift from her husband to watch my fair lady which she had never seen. I managed to watch the movie Over a few nights something you just can t do on television or at the  Howard Cosell huffed that my own grandchildren prefer mtg and videocassette fare to sports  Geraldine Ferraro said i look Forward to showing my tapes of the democratic convention and of my acceptance speech to my  what s up with Doc Doc Severinsen music director of the tonight show says playing pops concerts across the country is like a vacation from the 39 weeks he s contracted to perform on the television show each year. I m usually there More than that said Severinsen whose super pops concert last week at Omaha neb., orpheus theater delighted a crowd of 2,500. I do More of this than anything else said Severinsen about the concerts in which he plays and conducts. He is resident conductor of the Phoenix pops. Severinsen 59, joined the Abc staff in 1949 and became music director for the tonight show m 1976. It s amazing it s lasted this Long he said. He began playing with big bands while still in High school and went on to perform with ensembles led by Tommy Dorsey Benny Goodman and Charlie Barnet. When he s not involved with his music Severinsen said he raises thoroughbreds and Quarter horses and likes to Cook italian food. Habit goes up in smoke it s never too late to Stop smoking says pulitzer prize winning author . Guthrie who kicked his 65-year-old habit recently at age 85. I just got tired of being a slave to it and got tired of coughing and also i did t like to spend $10 a week for thing said Guthrie who won the pulitzer for the Way West. Guthrie who had smoked up to 10 packs a week quit with his Stepson two Days after Christmas. Nicotine gum was their Only Crutch. The absence of smoking Sharpens your sense of smell and your sense of taste Guthrie who lives in Choteau Mont. You relish things  Dreyfuss Sobers up Richard Dreyfuss the Oscar winning actor who achieved super stardom before age 30, believes his Early Success drove him to drink and drugs. It overwhelmed me the Star of the current hit Down and out in Beverly Hills said in Parade Magazine. I knew there would have to be a  Dreyfuss hit Rock Bottom when he overturned his convertible and was subsequently arrested in the Hospital for cocaine Possession. Now married and the father of a 2-year-old daughter the actor has been through a drug rehabilitation program and has not had a drink or taken drugs since. I enjoy even doing Little things that i disdained before like color coordinating what i m wearing not looking like a Jerk he said. Tying up Loose ends Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger Are putting the final touches on plans for their wedding one of two weddings planned by the Kennedy clan on Cape cod this year. About 500 guests Are expected for the april 26 wedding of the lbs morning news co Anchor and the Star of such movies As the terminator and Conan the barbarian. Eighty celebrities Are already booked into Hyannis mass., hotels including lbs to Anchor Dan rather the Boston Herald reported monday. While . Sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., was celebrating a belated birthday in Boston this weekend his 29-year-old Niece flew to the Kennedy estate in Hyannis port with Schwarzenegger 38. The couple met with a priest to plan the ceremony the Herald reported. Meanwhile Shriver s 28-year-old Cousin Caroline Kennedy is planning an even larger Celebration when she marries Edwin Schlossberg 40, at a Midsummer ceremony. A Date has not been announced. From wire reports Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger near their big Day. Magazine vol. 3, no. 36 March 27,1986 stripes Magazine is a weekly supplement to the stars and stripes an authorized unofficial publication for . Armed forces overseas. Contents Are no necessarily the official View of the . Government department of defense or the . European command. Staff Beverly Bundy Magazine editor Lou Johnson t Art director what s where 4,5 6,7 8,9 10,11 12 13 14,15 16 18 20 Page two columns food 24 hours in Adana barging through Burgundy wine festivals Calendar gallery let s go on stage big screen books sports vol Smarch profile on fhe cover shopkeepers in Adana Turkey. Photo by Dave die i. Stripes Magazine March 27,1986