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I 2A THE MIAMI HERALD INTERNATIONAL EDITION TUESDAY JULY 8 1997 ITHBPE0PLHC0LUMN1 A FflCTIONLINEI In transition While the megaconcerts and groupies may be memories Jon Bon Jon 35 is not slowing down Just putting things in a different focus He has a new solo album Destination Anywhere and two movies Homegrown and Little City coming out Bon Jovi who just finished shooting Lon Time Nothing New is serious about his acting His director Edward Buma (Brothers McMullen the One) says the rocker is coming along was surprised at how he was never reluctant to show his Bon Jovi vulnerable is this craft something you have to Bon Jovi tells People magazine Music is something you really pick up playing in the Model claims deception Mexican supermodel Elsa Benitez is suing Michele Pommier Models of South Beach saying the agency duped her into signing an unfair contract knowing she spoke no English Benitez 20 won a modeling contest in 1995 Prize: a $60000 contract Sam Buratyn attorney says Pommier drafted the contract a five-year exclusive agreement with a 25 percent agency commission When she signed could neither read nor understand the suit says She wants the contract killed Although industry standard is 20 percent it often drops to 10 to 1 5 for a supermodel Burstyn says Benitez can command $50000 for a shoot Benitez now living in New York has appeared on the cover of British and Italian Vogue Cosmopolitan and in ads for and Mark Cross The suit alleges that Pommier tried to block Benitez from modeling in a major Paris fashion show this month and is trying to sabotage her career Neither Pommier nor her lawyer could be reached Circuit Judge Amy Dean set a hearing for July 21 on whether Pommier must turn over financial records Benitez letting the dispute ruin her social life dating Orlando Magic center Rony Seikaly Joan Flaiachman Beatles milestone It was 40 years ago Sunday: Paul McCartney and John Lennon met and impressed each other with their musical talent original band The Quarrymen reunited in the industrial port city of Liverpool this past weekend to commemorate that historic encounter between a 14-year-old McCartney and a 1 6-year-old Lennon that led to the formation of The Beatles Hundreds cheered the remaining members of the group Pete Shotton on washboard Rod Davis banjo Eric Griffiths guitar and Len Garry on bass as they toured the streets around St Church on the back of a truck with their original driver Doug Chadwick The group which played a musical mix of northern England folk and American rockabilly called was performing at a church picnic on July 6 1 957 when McCartney was introduced to Lennon by Ivan Vaughan a mutual friend Slotted between a marching band and police dog stunts they performed The Del Come Go With Me Lennon who played guitar and sang lead for the group had forgotten the lyrics so he made up his own impressing McCartney After the set McCartney in turn impressed Lennon by teaching him the chords and words to Eddie Twenty Flight Rock A few days later Lennon asked McCartney to join the group which eventually -evolved into The Beatles There were messages from Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Tony Blair McCartney and Yoko Ono no way that when we met we had any idea of what we would be message said Queen Camilla? Hey it has a certain ring to It World famous already Camilla Parker Bowlea is edging ever so cautiously into the spotlight and perhaps into the running as a future queen of England The Daily Telegraph venerable voice of the Establishment gave its blessing on Saturday is good for his peace of mind and is therefore performing a public service It would make the best of a bad job if the public were to come gradually to accept it said in an editorial Prince love has put herself forward as hostess of a society fund-raiser in September and is the subject of a television documentary Newspapers suspect that part of a larger scheme backed by the prince to sell her to the public is going on and somebody somewhere is trying to control it said a report in The Guardian Saturday Even if you live outside the United States Action Line can help Write Action Line The Miami Herald 1 Herald Plaza Miami Fla 33132 USA or fax (305)376-3201 I let my so-called friend Bill get a cellular phone on my BellSouth Mobility account The bills were sent to him He paid them for a while BellSouth Mobility never contacted me when he stopped paying I find out until my account was canceled because he owed over $1000 and he had stopped paying more than three months ago! Bill says he have the money BellSouth says responsible If true why I notified when Bill stopped paying? TT Hollywood A BellSouth Mobility says you were Its representatives called the two contact numbers listed on your account If you want to know what they were call the customer service office 930-1101 any time No area code is needed for calls within BellSouth service area which ranges from Vero Beach to Key West According to your account record a representative called one of those numbers on March 20 at 1 2: 1 8 pm and talked to someone who said he was you At that time account was 30 days overdue The person said he would speak with the authorized user of the phone and thanked the representative for calling On May 7 BellSouth Mobility made another call to a contact number listed on your account That time a message was left on an answering machine stating the account was more than 60 days overdue Letters were also sent but they may have gone to the same address the monthly statements went to At this point you have two options Unfortunately both involve you paying bill You can do that in installments over three to six months or charge it to a major credit card What happened to you uncommon see a lot of authorized-user reneges which leave the contract signer holding the says Pat Collier spokeswoman for BellSouth Mobility But because of your experience suggesting that tips to help others avoid your predicament be included in the newsletter sent with monthly customer statements You said learned your lesson will never do a favor like this for a friend ever you told us Cell phone loan tips Take this advice from Bell- South Mobility to protect yourself from being taken advantage of by someone using a cell phone authorized to your account: Have the monthly bill sent to you Have a monthly master printout of all the phones on your account sent to you Call the customer service department of the company that provides your cellular phone service once a month and ask for an update on your payment record When someone asks if they can get a phone on your account offer them a prepaid cellular calling card instead BellSouth Mobility has cards good for $30 worth of calls over 30 days $60 over 60 days and 1 00 over 90 days I need help getting my $9595 refund from Brownstone Studio in Secaucus NJ My check for a leisure outfit was cashed on March 28 I canceled my order on April 20 after getting three notices that the item available yet I have written three letters to Brownstone asking about my refund I also called the customer service number but the always busy I think waited long enough for my money Helen Haydu Lauderdale by the Sea A You had to wait three weeks after Action call to Brownstone Studio but you finally got your $9595 refund At first we were impressed at how quickly manager Phil Schwartz checked your order confirmed it had been canceled and promised your refund check would be mailed the following day One week later you still have it We called Schwartz again Once more he promised the check would go out the next day Once again you get it We called Schwartz By this time he was starting to sound like a broken record Finally four days later your refund arrived Considering the service from Brownstone Studio not surprising it has an unsatisfactory record with the Better Business Bureau of Northern New Jersey The cause? A pattern of not responding to customer complaints Small Claims Court clinic Thinking about taking someone to court? know where to start? Learn more about filing a claim what happens when your case comes before the judge how to collect your money etc Come to the Small Claims Court Clinic on Wednesday at 7 pm at the Miami Springs Council Chambers 201 Westward Dr The Metro-Dade Consumer Services Department sponsors the free monthly clinic which takes place in a different Dade County location every month Any questions? Call (305) 375-4222 birthdays ABC News Chairman Room Arledge is 66 Actor Kevin Bacon is 39 Singer Beck is 27 Late Show With David Letterman executive producer Rob Burnett is 35 Actress Kim Darby is 49 Rock musician Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode) is 36 Ballerina Cynthia Gregory is 5 1 Actress Anjelica Huston is 46 Rock musician Graham Jones (Haircut 100) is 36 Country singer Toby Keith is 36 Singer Steve Lawrence is 62 Rock singer Joan Osborne is 35 Actor Corey Parker is 32 performer Raffi is 49 Actor Jeffrey Tamboris 53 Singer Jerry Vale is 65 Happiness just happens understand happiness as an ambition As a pure ambition not really worthy I understand it as a The very matter-of-fact Harrison Ford going through the interview motions in Movieline IREPORTIFROM NEWsYORKI Image declines from Dapper Don to dirty chin FLORIDA CORPORATION MCOtPOtATI OVIV TNI PHONI in IAJY INCLUDES: Ankles ef IerfMratleB Cerperau Mleetee Wj Lews Corporate Seek Corporate Si too? Slock Certificate Prellalaerv Nea Sink State FWtef Pne Attocoeyfr Tees was cocky cruel and vain In one magnificent leap Rico distanced himself from the mongrel pack of two-time hoods sadists and bootleg barons that had defined the criminal upper class in Hollywood films until then The capo di tutti capi of course was Marlon Brando in The Godfather a kind of industrial training film for would-be mob bosses Well before Lee Iacocca Donald Trump or Bill Gates arrived on the scene with big books about big bucks Vito Corleone satisfied a growing American appetite for business heroes guys who made big companies run Among other things The Godfather was an incisive case study of a well-run corporation exactly the kind of story that would later fit right into In Pursuit of Excellence been downhill ever since The romantic view of organized crime in The Godfather has given way to more jaundiced films The wiseguys in Goodfel-las spend as much time chopping garlic as they do stuffing bodies in trunks The Godfather films have dealt with the subject in a more down-to-earth said Kent Jones the film archivist for Martin Scor By WILLIAM GRIMES New York Times Service NEW YORK In a city accustomed to the very best in mob trials and to state-of-the-art gangland kingpins the people must make do with Vincent Gigante otherwise known as Chin a sorry spectacle for connoisseurs of crime In a Brooklyn courtroom the man painted by federal prosecutors as the head of the Genovese crime family looks as though he could not find his way down the aisle of a Genovese drug store The mob overlord who according to prosecutors ran an empire and ordered the killings of six gangland rivals sits in court day after day staring vacantly moving his lips in a silent one-way conversation and occasionally dozing off Gigante may or may not be guilty of the multitude of crimes with which he has been charged but he is certainly guilty of letting standards slip The double-breasted suits bright ties and razor-sharp collars of a bygone age have given way to pajamas and a bathrobe familiar strolling attire in his Greenwich Village neighborhood When the judge ordered Gigante wearing an open sport shirt over a dirty T-shirt to make a better appearance in court his lawyer countered that Gigante did not own a suit Americans like their gangsters gaudy and grand Gigante does not seem prepared to step into the role John Gotti performed the role magnificently but beginning to look like the flashy finale in a show been running too long Gotti was said Peter Maas the author of Underboss: Sammy the Bull Story of Life in the Mafia looked like what America wanted a gangster to look A1 Capone set the standard A snappy dresser he held sway over Chicago at a time when criminals like Hollywood stars fully understood their obligations to the public He played to a much broader audience than his own heavily muscled constituency He dealt death to his enemies but also set up soup kitchens for the unemployed And his nickname Scarface be beat The film industry quickly put a high gloss on the gangster image It hit paydirt with Little Caesar in which Edward Robinson laid down the basic rules for proper mob-boss demeanor He sese Abel last film The Funeral you have guys from Yonkers whose idea of Mecca is the Anticipating the headlines filmmakers have gravitated toward darkly humorous stories in which small-time hoods wage inept battles for ever-smaller stakes Gotti brought back a whiff of the old days when the many-roomed mansion of organized crime was so capacious that there was even room for Jewish and Irish gangsters The murder of Paul Castellano outside Sparks Steak House in 1985 stirred old memories of half-forgotten names that fall like music on the ear: Joe Valachi Frank Costello Lucky Luciano Joe Bonnano Albert Anastasia These were giants And now there is Chin The trial continues but as it limps toward the end hard not to believe that the glory days have long since passed met him three or four Maas said he said hands were not just dirty they were caked like you see on homeless people in the From the Dapper Don to the Disoriented Don in just a few years Mother of Mercy is this the end of Rico? 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