FIXX BACK WITH NEW LP By SANDY ADZGERY Associated Press LONDON Three years ago The Fixx was one of the hottest new British bands. Its second LP, Reach the Beach, has sold over a million copies, with several Top 20 hits. Then, suddenly, the group disapperared. Now they've returned with a new LP, Walkabout, a new single, Secret Separation, and a six-week tour of the United States. “We had been touring and recording together for so long that we just needed to get away from each other,” drummer Adam Woods said. “No one had experienced anything that the other five hadn't, and it was getting stale. “If we had been in the limelight like Duran Duran there would have been thousands of stories about our breaking up.” Instead, the group quietly parted. Keyboardist Rupert Greenall, lead singer Cy Curnin, bassist Danny Brown and Woods spent the time getting their lives back in perspective. Guitarist Jamie West-Oram used the time off to contribute a song to Tina Turner's LP Private Dancer and toured Europe as her guitarist. The Fixx wasn't totally inactive during the past three years, and they even released an album. Phantoms, the group's third LP, was a dark, intro spective record that reflected their confusion about their new found success. The album failed to reach the success of Reach the Beach but Woods said chart success was not what they were aiming for. “We felt that after the success of Reach the Beach we could do the album that we Woods said. “There were two songs on the album that were quite light, so the record company picked those as the singles. “The problem was, they weren't representative of the album, and it was a disaster.” STARTS EARLY The Fixx began in earnest in 1981, although several of the members had been together as far back as 1976. Their debut album, Shuttered Room, was released in 1982, and the singles Red Skies and Stand or Fall brought them to the attention of Americans. While they were trying to break through at home in England, they received word that the singles were breaking in the United States. Their manager mortgaged his house in order to have “We never dreamed we'd be a success, and neither did the record company,” Woods said: “When the album was first released, MCA only printed 3,000 copies and distributed them to all the “They started playing it, and we started touring. Still, there were no records really embarrassed.” The theme of Walkabout could be described as a walk through society and the people view it. Woods said the title refers to the “walkabout” tradition of male aborigines in Australia. “They walk out into the wilderness without supplies, and they learn to live with they come back, they are families what they have learned. wanted with no pressures,” the group tour America. radio stations first. in the shops and MCA was the earth,” he said. “When men and they teach their Attend the KIWANIS BEER GARDEN FOOD CONCESSION Today at Pass Creek Park LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lesley Ann Warren's career has had many shades and colors, including roles as a red-haired immigrant in Evergreen and a blonde moll LTT Point Bote Town (Point pote! THE C.P. PUB OPEN 12 NOON - 2 A.M. Specials Monday - Thursdoy TUESDAY NIGHT — POOL TOURNAMENT Prizes tor Top Three Ploces 1895 RESTAURANT — Ph. 368-8232 Monday - Saturday — 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Featuring SALAD BAR (inc. Soup & Dessert) $3.95 WE ALSO CATER TO BANQUETS & COCKTAIL PARTIES FOR GROUPS OF 15 TO 70. LICENCED DINING ROOM OPEN 4 P.M. 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But the last five years I have been careful about what I do.” In other roles, she's played an emotionally disturbed doc tor in Pearl, a high-class prostitute in 79 Park Avenue, and the murder sus- pect Miss Scarlet in Clue. Her portrayal of the ultimate dumb blonde in Victor-Vic- toria brought her an Acad- emy Award nomination. Now she stars in her first thriller, the movie Apology, which will debut Sunday, July 27, on U.S. pay-cable’s Home Box Office. She stars as Lily Me- Guire, a conceptual artist whose latest project is an ab- stract metal structure de- signed to serve as a modern- day confessional. The plot revolves around a murder and the anonymous phone confessions Lily gets from people apologizing for their sins, fears and secret desires. Apology also stars Peter Weller as a New York City detective determined to save Lily and capture the killer. Robert Bierman directed Apology from a screenplay by Mark Medoff, a Tony Award winner for writing Children of a Lesser God. The idea for the movie originated when producers Richard Parks, Richard Smith and Les Alexander saw a newspaper article about an “apology project” in Actor h LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although the admission he has AIDS probably means he Warren stars as artist on in first thriller New York. They met with the artist and listened to some of the tapes. Parks said several tapes “suggested thriller ideas to us.” Apology was filmed in the Soho and Greenwich Village sections of New York City and in Toronto. “I was drawn to the film immediately,” Warren said. “When I first read it, I said I wanted to do it. I loved the New York feel to it.” ‘ LESLEY ANN WARREN . lucky with roles Warren said she had never played a character like Lily before. “To me she was really representative of the New York woman who happens to be an artist,” she said. “She's dedicated, obsessive and al- most has tunnel vision in her dedication to her work. 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The concert was held in the Legion due to rainy weather. CosMews Photos by Chery! Cotderbonk Mr. Dressup plays to new generation By SHAWN McCARTHY TORONTO (CP) — In 1963, an affable, soft-spoken American quickly became a favorite with a generation of Canadian children in a television show called Butternut uare. Twenty-three years later, Ernie Coombs has become an institution with another audience as those early young viewers have grown up to start families of their own. Ratings show that on any given weekday morning, nearly all of the Canadian children between the ages two and 11 who are watching TV are tuned in to Coombs — better known as Mr. Dressup. The Mr. Dressup show — successor to three seasons of Butternut Square, in which Coombs was just one of several characters — will enter its 20th season on CBC this fall. Casey, a mophaired 4'-year-old boy, and his dog, Finnegan, have been there from the start, and although the two are simple hand puppets they have taken on a life of their own. Coombs, a 58-year-old native of Maine, says children used to think of his television persona as a’ father- or uncle-figure. Now he’s more of a grandfather NEXT GENERATION “I'm getting a lot of parents who tell me they used to watch me when they were children and now their kids are,” Coombs says. “That feels good.” In contrast with American shows such as Sesame Street that rely on flashy animation and sophisticated puppetry, Mr. Dressup meanders along for half an hour as the characters dress up and play make-believe, tell stories, sing songs and discuss the world around them. Morris Wolfe, former television critic for Saturday Night magazine, writes in his book Jolts that, unlike Sesame Street, Mr. Dressup “assumes that children have an attention span that extends beyond two minutes, an assumption that's reflected in (its) structure, style and content.” Praising the show for its imaginative approach, Wolfe concludes: “We need more of this kind of programming, especially from the CBC.” In a medium that tends to be “cool” — encouraging a passive involvement by the viewer — Mr. Dressup is as warm as a cup of cocoa. Children are invited to attempt the arts and crafts Coombs demonstrates, to sing along and to use their imaginations. CHILD COPIED Coombs tells proudly of a photo he received from a parent showing a little girl who copied his makeshift pirate hat and spygiass and added her own idea — a pirate ship made from a cardboard box. “[ve had many parents tell me: ‘Yours is the only program my child will sit and watch for a half hour,’ ” MAPLE