"Olympia Dukakis' head hasn't been turned by the Oscar attention. Says Ellen Foley, who has acted in Olympia's Whole Theater in Montclair, N.J., and who is now starring in Me and My Girl: "I saw her a couple of weeks ago. She was talking about the Academy Awards, but more important to her was a reading for a new play." Olympia's biggest fans, including Ellen, John Malkovich, Jimmy Webb, Karen Allen, Frank Langella and Blythe Danner, are helping her raise funds for the Whole Theater."

"Not to be confused with Tina Turner: Kathleen Turner bared her rock 'n' roll soul this week, making her rock singing debut at the Bitter End in New York's Greenwich Village and showing a propensity for '60s songs. Turner is lead singer of the Favorites, a band led by Jay Weiss, her husband and the band's lead guitarist. The eight-person group played a 16-song set for a private party that included friends like actors Karen Allen and Ron Silver, tennis star Vitas Gerulaitas and ex-Santana drummer Michael Shrieve."

"It appears that Claudia Grau's kimono clothes tickle the fancy of actress Karen Allen as well. [Lisa] Kramer tells us Allen bought a blazer, shirt and dress and came back the next day wearing her new clothes. She had decided she wanted a pair of kimono-fabric pants to add to her collection."

"Victoria Principal of 'Dallas' is the most beautiful woman in America according to Harper's Bazaar. Principal, 33, says, 'After all, I'm rich enough, I'm thin enough - and I'm young.' The magazine's top 10 also include Jaclyn Smith, Twiggy, Shari Belafonte-Harper (daughter of Harry), Karen Allen, Joan Collins (she's 50), Jennifer Beals of Flashdance (she's 19), Rachel Ward, Crystal Gayle and Jane Seymour."

"With those incredibly large, slate-blue eyes, Karen Allen is the stunner who first wowed super-hero Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark, later wooed super-harried husband Albert Finney from Diane Keaton in Shoot the Moon. Her newest affair with the screen has her in Paris, where she's stranded, meets a French heartthrob and . . . the rest will have to wait for the release of the film Until September.
Repeatedly acclaimed for her star-quality performances, Karen says she likes things that are expressive. 'Like my eyes,' she explains. 'I can play them up with lots of makeup or none. My latest 'discovery' is liner—I smudge a line of kohl stick all around, then, with a thinner, more precise edge, line again. It makes them seem huge!'
Karen clearly enjoys her looks, but she mentions one problem that always bothered her—dark circles under her eyes. 'I've finally learned the trick of getting rid or them, though. You have to layer the cover cream, blending it in after each application. You just keep going until every last trace is masked'"

". . . Two months ago Karen Allen's name and face wouldn't cause a stir of recognition among moviegoers. Now she's been seen by more people than any other female screen star this summer as the result of her performance in the blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark.

"The suddenly prominent young actress has been signed to appear on stage at the Berkshire Theater Festival in Stockbridge.

"She'll appear starting Wednesday until Aug. 29 as Gittel Mosca in a revival of William Gibson's Two For The Seesaw. Her costar will be Frank Converse, whom Boston playgoers saw two seasons ago at the Charles Playhouse with Betsy Palmer in The Shadow Box."