BARBARA WALTERS has a confession to make: She relates better to women during her interviews. "I think I have an easier time interviewing the women than I do the men. I think of myself as being more a woman's woman than a man's woman," says Walters, 59, who'll interview WHOOPI GOLDBERG, SOPHIA LOREN and JEREMY IRONS on her March 25 ABC Oscar-night special. "With Whoopi Goldberg, for example, we talked about our guilt as working mothers." And then there are topics only another woman could understand. "BETTE DAVIS, when I interviewed her, said the secret to a successful marriage is having two bathrooms, and Whoopi said the reason marriages don't last is because women can't stand it when a man leaves the toilet seat up."
STALLONE: FROSTED FLAKE
When it comes to skiing, SYLVESTER STALLONE has a chill-conceived plan. "Here in L.A. I've found a great way to practice skiing." says Stallone, 44, a fledgling skier. "I call it Freezer Skiing. You simply stick your head in your freezer, hang your body out with your ski poles pointed to the floor, and then just take deep breaths while you move your body to the left and then to the right in time to some Nat King Cole music, and you're there. You'll be ready for the slopes again before you know it, and it'll save you a fortune in skiing lessons." Gee, can Rocky on Ice be far behind?
JULIA DUFFY: BABY, IT'S NOT YOU
"I'm not a bit surprised," says JULIA DUFFY, 39, about the mercilessly negative reviews ("ranks with the worst in the history of broadcast," read one) received by her new show, Baby Talk, an attempt by ABC to make a TV series out of the movie Look Who's Talking. "I could only be upset if I didn't agree. The critics were offended by jokes about the baby peeing. I could hardly argue with that." Duffy, who was nominated for seven Emmys for playing spoiled Stephanie on Newhart, says of Baby Talk, "There was no attempt to develop the characters as adults. It seemed the energy was put into making only the baby funny." Duffy, at left with her Baby Talk costar, says that when she asked the producers why her character, Maggie, the baby's mother, wasn't funnier, "I was told right to my face that I wasn't supposed to be funny. This directly contradicted why I took this part. What can I tell you?"
TO BE BLOUNT ABOUT IT
In his novel about politics, First Hubby, which was published last June, humorist ROY BLOUNT JR. had GEORGE BUSH replace DAN QUAYLE as Vice President with GEN. COLIN POWELL. Now, post—gulf war, that very scenario is getting much lip in Washington's political circles for 1992. Asked about his remarkable foresight, Blount, 49, says, "We all wonder about who the first black President will be, and I just remember seeing Colin Powell on television, and he struck me as being an unthreatening and authoritative person. The great thing about Powell as a Republican candidate is that he seems to establish the absurd Republican notion that defense spending solves the problem of unemployed black men." But will Powell unseat Quayle in "92? "I think Quayle will be on the ticket in "92 because he serves the purpose of making Bush look good. Standing next to Powell, however, Bush looks like Dan Quayle."
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