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Entent "Uominj for the' By Calvin KmNV Diana Ross is back on the year's absence with a sizzling r After enjoying only minim; album, The Boss, Diana in li reached the summit positior currently at an impressive nun dynamite single, "Upside Do\ and disco charts and is number The first song, "Upside Dou tune which talks about the eff< life. Diana sings: "Upside Dov and round and round". This p captivated by the man's love t him. Ross' refound success could current album was produced b and Bernard Edwards, giving evident throughout. The song which follows "Up This cut is definitely reminisc with (Jhic singing background tremendously enhanced. "Friend to Friend", a sou Diana's true talent. It remind pinnacle of creativeness. Disco fans will love the albu Coming Out." The strong drur the listener's blood boil. "It's t ;.. s ~ H |?|| , ^ P^ & ., '-- ^'\7[ . V:^:1;^ ' J- ' ^ x~--y '/^''l 'Star's' Richard Thoma Topi Mo> 1. "The Empire Strikes Back" 2. "Airplane" 3. "The Blues Brothers" 4. "The Blue Lagoon" 5. "The Shining" 6. "Brubaker" 7. "Fame" 8. "The Children" 9. "Urban Cowboy" 1 A HI)., U iv. riuugu v^ui Albi 1. "Glass Houses" 2. "Emotional Rescue" 3. "Urban Cowboy" 4. "Against the Wind" 5. "McCartney II" 6. "HoldOut" 7. "Heroes" 8. "Off the Wall" "The Rose" 10. "Empty Glass" Hot 1. "Sophie's Choice" 2. "A Woman of Substance" .. "Petals on the Wind" 4. "Class Reunion" 5. "Shibumi" (i. "Tinsel" 7 "The Empire Strikes Back" 8. "The Last Enchantment"... 9. "Chance the Winds of Fortun 10. "Spring of the Tiger" ainmer J Out' a supren Landrum Vrtt?r musical scene after nearly s tew album entitled Diana, al success with her the last ittle more than a month has i on the soul charts and is iber six on the pop charts. Hei vn" has topped both the sou two on Billboard's Hot 100. rn," is a funky crossover sou ects a man has on a woman's rn. bov vou turn me/inside oui thrase suggests that she is s< hat she would do anything foi I stem from the fact that hei y Chic members Nile Rodgers ; the album a style which is side Down" is "Tenderness" :ent of the classic Chic style , Diana's musical talents arc lful love ballad, exemplifies s the listener of Diana at hei m's other crossover hit, "I'lr n beat and horns really make ime for me to break out of m} Hi iff 1 -i s and Darlanne Flu eg el. "ens 'ies Foj Paramoun Universa Columbia Warner Brothers Foj United Artists WIS Paramouni Paramouni ims Billy Joe Rolling Stones Soundtrack Bob Segei Paul McCartnej Jackson Browne Commodores MichaelJacksor Soundtrack Pete Townshenc >ks William Styror .... Barbara Taylor Bradforc V.C. Andrews Hona Jaffc Trevaniar William Goldmar I )(>IUt)H ( illll and George L. Luca* Mary Stewarl e" Laurie McBair Victoria Holt sizzlinc ie' Diar shell and let the world kno through the song, i Diana's career originall; As the lead singer, she t Supremes brought a new i Z m q 4 W Mvvta IUUWIIVU, &/U1 1115 1 \ managed to amass tweh twenty Top 40 hits. This fi by two other acts: The B singing, Diana has also ac From Mahogany and The 1 The album's second sid (Again)." The Chic vocali which projects the light a1 It reflects the fact that ind enjoy themselves. "My Old Piano" is the n sounds like an updated ver "Now That you're Gon Diana's 1976 smash "Lo closes the album featuring i In this song, Diana begs he Diana Ross' "Diana" i > album signifies a strong brings her out of a slump four years. Anyone who t Diana Ross should do then ; this sensational album. M r Out." I Two m I fmll oli/ J fJI By David Baker FKm Critic The raising of a sunk luxury liner like the Titar is as romantic a notion anyone ever is likely to ha> Waterlogged splendor gold and marble, mahoga staircases preserved f eternity by the immensene of water pressure, and t I recurring xaniasy discovering lost treasure a just a few of the though evoked by such a drama! undertaking. Unpleasant thoughts al creep into mind ? "Wh must the remains of the 1,5 who perished look lil now?" being the mo revolting of the lot ? bi like the pleasant ones, th< are never explored, or ev< mentioned in passing, I Lord Lew Grade's $ million film version of Clr ICussIer's best-selling nov< Raise the Titanic! It's a pity, too, for healthy dollop of nostalg would have made the plot t this monumentally in t plausible exercise in moti< 1 picture mechanics a gre i deal easier to swallow. > As the film begins, : seems that a scientist, Gei 5 Seagram (David Selby, wl I played Quentin Collins on tl t old Dark Shadows soe t opera), has invented system that will make tl United States invulnerab I to nuclear attack, j To make the system worl l however, a little-know * mineral called byzaniui r must be employed. The onl ; known quantity of the sty \ went down with the Titanu \ so the Denartmfint ( : Defense must hire Dirk Pi I (Richard Jordan), a forme U.S. Navy captain who no1 specializes in clandestin i goings-on, to lead an e: I pedition to find and the ; raise the submerged vess< i and its priceless cargo. None of the film 1 characters, save for 1 fsnrvivini? Titnnin innir - * - * O - J ? ... V ' officer (Alec Guinness, in t beautifully execute i cameo), express th : slightest interest in any < Ill I return ta Ross w that I'm coming out," Ross says y began with the Supremes in 1962. s received much exposure. The sound to the world that still hasn't heir career, the incredible trio re number one singles and over, antastic feat has only been topped eatles and Elvis Presley. Besides ted some movies including Theme Sillie Holliday Story. e starts with the song "Have Fun s add a nice highlight to the song, tmosphere of an amusement park. lividuals can have fun if they try to lost diverse single on the album. It sion of an old Supremes hit. e" is a song which is similar to ve Hangover," while "Give Up" ; a strong vocal backing from Chic, ir man to give his love to her. s more than just an album. This comeback for the superstar. It which she has been in for the past is a devoted fan and truly loves lselvesa favor by lending an ear to iss Diana Ross is indeed "Coming ?u) scienc jrtofdire the romantic angles I mentioned earlier. They're Pn all too concerned with ,ic bickering with one another as about what the byzanium re will be used for (there's also in a sub-plot revealing that Pitt ny used to live with Seagram's or current girlfriend) to care ss about the myths they'll be he shattering when they bring 0f the ship to the surface. Thus, re what could have been a its heartfelt valentine to one of ^ic the world's greatest mysteries is turned into one so of those almost-forgotten at (and deservedly so) Cold 00 War melodramas of the ke 1960s. ,st Raise the Titanic! is not ,t totally devoid of pleasure, ey however, as the characters Bn do eventually bring up the in snip. Ana even inougn mucn 35 of the underwater footage ve that immediately precedes the ship-raising looks terribly phoney, the scene in a which the hull breaks the ja ocean surface is spec0f tacular, almost magical. n. Shot effectively in slow )n motion, the scene succeeds at j; it le I 10 10 H ? tp 11 1 a a**1 'e AI US it >f ggfj fevj 11 | 9^8 gjS IP (- Wpwf: HRBMHKlsiMHMMi /1/ec Guinness examines in saving the movie from a s fate worse than that of the a Titanic itself >r The other new sciencea fiction offering in town, Jummy T. Murikami's Battle Beyond the Stars, cost 3 about one-sixth the amount Ki Diana Ross is 'Cc e fiction '.ctors' g The Titanic emerges i that was spent on Raise the $ Titanic!, but here we can at t least see where the money f was spent. . i P c c - r_ :". m fI 1 < '; '* -.^-\:j''- * mm c HI ljl? W 1 if' I mode/ of the Titanic. The special effects in Bottle Beyond the Stars never come close to rivalling those in Star Wars, Alien, or any of the other big-budget space movies ^correction: the effects in Battle are suoerior to those in Disney's I . , , **7, *" * Vf{r^1-;, 3 I j BmBBSS * MBSBbsw* s&msJm >ming Out.' films oals ! J ^ , :-. % '; ; ; v -/ \BMfc..:. i Trom the ocean. 17 million The Black Hole), >ut they are inventive and, or the most part, wellinirt tho The major problem with he film, though, is that it :an't decide whether it vants to be a serious inergalactic adventure or a 1 ake-off of them. It works by far the best as atire, as demonstrated in he scene wherein the heroes ;ather around the "campire" to roast hot dogs ? the 4campfire" is really a pair ?f Kplvins nlipn prpatnrw: vho communicate by means >f heat. Delightful touches ;uch as this are numerous in he picture, but toward the rnd, the film turns solemn ind limp as well Richard Thomas and ieorge Peppard, actors vhom I 've trashed in the not ?o-distant past, are sur)risingly gooa as the jrotectors of a doomec )lanet and Darlannt ?Meugel. who was last seen u ayes oj mura Mars, u nouth-watering as Thomas ove interest Ditto Sybi' banning, who plays a arrioi jueen with the body of iaquel Welch and the face of Sorma Desmond. I