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nrcsmcnE i I By Ben Kubasik and Anthony Scaduto MEGA-BUCK Ever wonder what a star like Sylvester Stallone does with all the money he makes on the never-ending "Rock-y" Ram bo" sagas? One place he and his lady love, Ek-igttte Ndsen, considered investing part of his loot was an entire floor of the still-abuilding Metropolitan Tower, that sleek condo going up a few paces to the left of the Russian Tea Room on West 57th Street. Stallone was reported ready to plunge to the tune of $3.2 million, give or take a few thou, for that luxurious floor with a stunning view of Central Park. At that price, it should seem a bargain tike penthouse duplex goes for $5.5 million Late update from one of his spokesmen: "He's now looking at houses in the country. Buy them both. Sly, you can afford it.

PROFITS. And did you ever wonder what kind of money Donald Trump and William Zeck-endorf and the rest can make by erecting such super-luxury buildings? Harry Macklowe, whos building Metropolitan Tower and whos still trying to live down the $2-million fine he had to pay for the unauthorized, mid-dle-of-the-night demolition of a few buildings on West 44th Street last spring told Forbes magazine that for a total investment of $110 million for land purchases, construction and borrowing costs, "within two years we hope to sell the condos for a total of nearly $200 million. Thats a $90-million profit on the condos alone. But he will still own 300,000 square feet of office space hell collect the rents on. Down the road, he says, 1 expect to make $100 million.

Photo bjr Aubrey Kaubra Foster-Fen, model of a happy man, with two of his employees, Lisa Vickers, left, and Lisa Johnston, at Studio 54. ikesman says. Not once was uttered. BON RIPOSTE. When City Council President Card Bellamy was asked how much she would earn in her new job, as a vice-president at the international banking firm of Morgan Stanley die hesitated barely a moment and then said, "One of the great things about working in the private sector is that I dont have to answer that question.

Well try to answer for nen about $200,000, according to our sources. Bellamy, a Wall Street lawyer before turning to politics, ran for mayor on the Liberal line and was beaten by the incumbent, whafs-his-name. RING OUT THE OLD. The price of New Years Eve celebrations at local nighteries and hotels has soared. Our quick survey shows these are the most expensive in town: The Essex House, with Julio Igle-ias entertaining, $4,000 per couple.

That includes a room so you wont have to stumble home, and next-day brunch. Regines, $650 a couple with full-course dinner and bubbly. The Waldorf Grand Ballroom, with the Lionel Hampton band. Soupy Sales and Kathy Lee Johnson, $235 each, $296 with a room, $341 with brunch. The Plazas Grand Ballroom has A1 Janeau and the group, Manhattan Transfer, plus dinner, far $750 a couple.

On the far, far other end of the scale, Michaels Pub will stick with its old policy a $12.95 minimum and no cover. ALL-STAR BALLOT. Dont believe it, insists a spokesman for baseball commissioner Pieter Ueberroth: "Theres no way fens will lose their right to vote for the starters in next seasons All-Star game. That suspicion surfaced because Ueberroths office just canceled its contract with Gillette. For 16 yean Gillette picked up the tab for the national balloting, but the company was axed when it refused to increase its million-dollar -budget for promoting and tallying the fens votes.

Ueberroth is in a bind while Gillette wont handle the balloting next year, its contract for commercials runs through 1988, and no other sponsor can be welcomed aboard until then; what corporation would be willing to spend a bundle if it cant promote itself? Besides, some players, managers and coaches have long been saying that only they have the insight to select the players. The fens will be included, Ueberroths spokesman said. "We have other options for handling the votes. What options? "I cant discuss them, he said. model agencies.

Hundreds of models were on hand, "but Taylor knocked out even the most jaded scene-makers, says one who was there. Hie 19-year-old from Norfolk, whos been unemployed after a stint taking messages at a phone answering service here, is a tall and willowy black woman. "She wore a very sexy, dinging, sleeveless rib-knit mini in metallic black and silver that caught every light and every eye. And could she ever dance, one of the party-goers says. No one told her, "You oughtta be in pictures, but Jexerqy Foster-Edl did say, "Lets talk about your becoming one of my models.

Tim consensus is that Taylor is on her way. And die wasnt even invited to the bash die went along with a friend because she felt like dancing. SEVEN-DAY "Today executive producer Steve Friedman says "I would volunteer to produce the show every day of the week if NBC News plans to air it seven days materialize. "I think wed need consistency in style and approach. Friedmans boss, NBC News president Lawrence K.

Grossman, confirmed that extending "Today into weekends "is one of several possibilities being considered. Another is the use of more extensive re porto rial pieces on Tom Btokaws network news like its tough look the past two nights on how the Mafia ripped off a billion dollars in unpaid taxes by infiltrating the gasoline distribution business in 12 states: Another possibility: a late-night (i.e., early-early morning) tongue-in-cheek news, conceivably with Linda Hleritee, whose "TGIF is seen on "Today Fridays. Grossman said stations would have the option of carrying a weekend "Today at the regular 7 oclock time or Inter on those mornings "if we go ahead with it." DANCING TO STARDOM. Shes known simply as Taylor, in the modern single-name style thats supposed to get attention, but it wasnt her name that got noticed the other night at a party at Studio 54 celebrating the merger of the Powers and Foster-Fell 54S NEW FOCUS. That party at Studio 54 was but a preview for the grand opening of the completely rebuilt disco, set for mid-January.

Its latest owner, Mark Fleischman who bought it from Steve Rubeil and partner In Schrager after their conviction on tax evasion charges, sold it, then reacquired it has changed the look (a non-electric sea green is the dominant color) and menu (caviar-champagne, crab claws, etc.) as he tries to lure a dightly different audience. "Were aiming at the over-25 re- APPtmo Julio, set to be the life of the Essex House New Year's Eve party. A Lesson in the Realm of Hope called oral history. Used to be project at Ditmas Junior High There were snickers in Room 231 have to go for the humanities. I xi something else, maybe talk- School, made a big point that the of the Ditmas Junior High School.

A be a television journalist. Thev called oral history. Used to be something else, maybe at Ditmas Junior Hi made a big point that There were snickers in Room 231 of the Ditmas Junior High SchooL A have to go for the humanities. a television journalist. They children volunteered to visit people and tape the oral histories during a holiday.

"And they didn't get paid, she sud more than a few times. It sounded as if Reissman thought it was remarkable that 12 and 13 year olds didn't demand minimum wages for their education. She asked the children to raise their hands if their principal aim in life was to outdo their par- Its called talking. But nowadays, what with electronic tape-recording and careful lists of formal questions and society carved into sharp, technical categories, they call it oral history. "Tell me about your childhood." "I grew up in a small town in Poland.

My mother and father worked very hard. I had four brothers Lisa Cemiglia, who is 13 years old, sat in the bare kitchen iff her Flatbush apartment listening to the interview she had recorded with a woman named Edith Schleasinger over a recent holiday. It was an oral history. Lisas teacher, Rcve Reiasman, the inspiration for thr oral-history vo I't'v i 't'J'S lot of hands began to go up, and then, as these savvy children understood what was expected, as they grasped the correct answer, the hands began to come down. Lisa Cemiglia is child of her She lives a few blocks away from the school in Flat-bush.

Her mother is the head of the household. Bhe has a 6-year-old brother named Freddie, enta materially. To have more xnon- And she has practical ambition, ey. To live better. Be honest, she "I wanted to be a vet, but mysd- eid.

ence wasnt so good, she So I cl rt. even nV dw onw Maybe earn a lot of money. The ambition is something drummed into her one way or another by her mother, Eileen. "I tell her to loam typing, said her mother, who was cooking a birthday dinner for herself She was, on this day, 37. "You can always fell back on typing in a pinch.

My parents told me to get an education. They wanted me to do good in school. They said, forget the boys in fast cars and go for the bqys in pre-mod. Of course she went for the boys in fast cars and has lived to regrat it. She has been married twice and Continued on Page 33 fisvr nnsuwv' fi.