Forward Spin

By Janice Castro

CELEBRITY CUISINE

Coppola makes wine, Lasorda pitches spaghetti sauce. Now Giorgio Armani is opening a trattoria in Costa Mesa, Calif. Watch for Danny DeVito's zabaglione.

ON THE SET

Last year it was Mafia movies. Next year comes a grittier crop of organized- crime films focused on Chicano street gangs in L.A. Films about Chinatown mobs like the Ghost Shadows can't be far behind. Keep your head down.

PERSONALS

It's enough to make you miss lines like "Come here often?" The newest cool come-on in the Southland is "I'm gonna treat you so well, I'm gonna wish you were me." Save money: buy a mirror.

UNWELCOME VISITORS

Jerry Brown headed up to Washington State last month to campaign hard for the term-limitation proposal. But the locals, many of them irked by the outside pressure, firmly voted it down. It's an engraved invitation, Jer: Stay home.

DIAL ANXIETY

New area codes are triggering identity crises. Onetime 415s in the east Bay Area feel disconnected as 510 holders. In L.A. former 213s in Beverly Hills suffer from haut insecurity with their new 310s. Look for a shift in real estate values.

GRIDLOCK CHIC

Car phones no longer impress unless you have three lines. Honchos send faxes from the freeway. Watch for power wheels sporting satellite dishes.

With reporting by Sidney Urquhart