"Nikki knows it doesn't help them unless they pay for it. It's easy to earn money on a couch." This interpretation of Freudian dogma appears in the July issue of Out along with eight pages of photos of Sigmund's great-granddaughter, Nicola Freud, 22, wearing nothing " but a pair of high boots. Nikki, the eldest child of British M.P. Clement ("Clay") Freud, has already been a jockey in the U.S. and a go-go girl in Spain. Now living in Chicago with Playboy Travel Editor Reg Potterton and their ten-month-old son Tom, Nikki has embarked on a freelance-writing career, plus an occasional publicity diversion such as the $5,000 modeling job for Out. "It is a kind of rebellion against the Freud name—and a kind of joke," says Nikki. Father Clay is not amused. "She is trading on the family name instead of her talent and beauty," he said. Dismissing Dad's reaction, Nikki declared, "I think Sigmund would have liked me because I obviously like myself."
Questions of authenticity continue to haunt The Exorcist. Now Greek Orthodox Bishop Mark Athanasios C. Karras of Miami is suing Warner Bros., Harper & Row, Bantam Books and Author William Peter Blatty for the unauthorized use of his name in the book and the movie. He wants $7 million of the work's multimillion-dollar profit. Mark Athanasios C. has exorcised demons for years, he says, and what particularly peeves him is that Blatty has made the fictional Father Karras "a weak and failing priest." Said a professionally wounded, flesh-and-blood Karras: "The book and the picture wrongfully depict my life and work."
With some 156 awards to hand out, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences limits its annual broadcast show to presentations in the most competitive categories. Logical perhaps, but disappointing for the invisible winners. Informed by the academy that he was to be given a special Emmy for outstanding program and individual achievement, a delighted Dick Cavett wrote an acceptance speech and, since he could not be at the Hollywood ceremonies, asked Carol Burnett to deliver it. Then he sat back to watch the proceedings on television, only to have it slowly dawn on him that his Emmy was never going to come up. Firing off a telegram to the academy, Cavett turned down his award, saying, "Since you couldn't find room for it in your 2½-hour program, I can't find room for it in my 4½-room apartment."
The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in Manhattan recently enrolled two new pupils: Woody Allen and his Sleeper co-star Diane Keaton. So far, they have attended a couple of 90-minute sessions where, according to Diane, "there's a lot of floor work and exercises, then for the last half hour we skip and leap." The Graham staff's powers are being fully tested by Woody, who in a preliminary workout had trouble lining up his knees for a simple "stand-up-straight" exercise. With becoming bashfulness, Woody refuses to boast about his latest achievement. His spokesman simply says: "All Woody will say is that he's taking tennis lessons."