STONE FEELS GOOD IN GAP.

What Lana Turner did for sweaters, Sharon Stone has done for turtlenecks.

While other actresses were swathed in Armani, Vera Wang and Richard Tyler for Monday night's Academy Awards, Stone topped off a long black skirt and a black jacket with a tight mock turtleneck from the Gap.

It cost the Best Actress nominee a mere $22.

``Her office called our San Francisco office and notified us she would be wearing Gap at the Oscars,'' said Rachel Bold, a Gap spokeswoman in New York. `She just wanted to be comfortable. We couldn't have been more excited. It was a total surprise.''

The short-sleeve, Lycra and rayon T-shirt was part of the store's fall line in 1995. While its no longer available, Gap currently is selling a stretchy crew-neck T-shirt in a rayon blend for $26 that comes in black and pastels.

And yes, it's supposed to fit as snugly as it did on Stone. She displayed it best - sans the black jacket, that is - when announcing the winner for Best Original Dramatic Score with Quincy Jones.

``It has been a great seller for us,'' Bold said. ``She certainly made it look very good.''

Heidi Schaeffer, Stone's press agent, said the actress pulled the entire ensemble from her closet - though the jewels were from Van Cleef & Arpels. Schaeffer couldn't explain why the actress opted to stretch Oscar fashion to new limits.

The Valentino store in Beverly Hills, however, has laid claim to the skirt. They weren't commenting on the Gap topper.

Hey, at least it wasn't khaki.

SOURCE: - Lori Moody `Dead Man' to open L.A. indie film festival Jim Jarmusch's ``Dead Man'' will be the opening-night film of the second annual Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, April 18-22.

The festival will feature eight world premieres and showcase 16 feature films, three documentaries and three programs of short films. The purpose is to showcase new talent and build a sense of community for independent filmmakers in Los Angeles.

Opening- and closing-night programs will be held at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles, and weekend programs will be held at Paramount Pictures and Raleigh studios in Hollywood.

Jarmusch's film stars Johnny Depp, Gabriel Byrne and Robert Mitchum, with music by Neil Young. Closing-night selection is Isabel Coizet's ``Things I Never Told You,'' starring Lili Taylor, Andrew McCarthy, Alexis Arquette, Debi Mazar and Seymour Cassell.

The festival is presented by the Sundance Channel and the Filmmakers Foundation. For ticket information, call [phone].

SOURCE: - Amy Dawes Mancini tribute kicks off '96 Bowl season SOURCE: By Fred Shuster Daily News Staff Writer

Trisha Yearwood, Quincy Jones, Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis and others will gather June 30 for a tribute to the late film composer Henry Mancini as part of the Hollywood Bowl's 75th season.

``The Magic of Mancini,'' also featuring the L.A. Philharmonic, will inaugurate the 13-week 1996 concert lineup of classical, pop and jazz music at the beloved outdoor venue.

Season highlights include two programs conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. On July 23, Yo-Yo Ma is soloist in Haydn's Cello Concerto in C; on July 25, 22-year-old Lithuanian violinist Julian Rachlin makes his Bowl debut performing the Tchaikovsky Concerto.

Sir Simon Rattle makes a return conducting the Philharmonic in two August performances. Aug. 6 sees 16-year-old virtuoso Sarah Chang playing the Sibelius Violin Concerto in a program that also includes music by Debussy and Ravel. Aug. 8, Stephen Hough plays the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, and Rattle conducts Beethoven's popular Symphony No. 5.

Jazz and pop fans can look forward to the 12th annual JVC Jazz at the Bowl event on Aug. 11 with Grover Washington Jr., Etta James, the Jazz Crusaders and Keiko Matsui.

Aug. 14, Herbie Hancock, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Chick Corea make it a night of jazz pianos.

Ray Charles brings his orchestra to the Bowl on Sept. 4, and crooner Mel Torme makes his 20th consecutive appearance under the starry Hollywood skies on Sept. 18.

Conductor-composer John Williams returns to the Bowl Aug. 30 and 31 with a program featuring many of his film scores and a salute to the Summer Olympics. Baritone Jubilant Sykes makes his Bowl debut on the Williams program singing Copland's ``Old American Songs'' and a selection of spirituals.

The Philharmonic performs two additional pairs of weekend concerts when pianist-conductor Victor Borge brings his humorous antics to the Bowl on Aug. 23 and 24, and Broadway's Bernadette Peters offers show tunes and love songs on Sept. 6 and 7.

In a Bowl tradition, the music of George Gershwin kicks off the weekend subscription series, July 12-14. Special guests include vocalists Jodi Benson, Lorna Luft, Harry Groener and the Mitch Hanlon Singers.

Single tickets, ranging from $6 to $62, are on sale by mail order or fax. Tickets go on sale at Ticketmaster locations April 28, and at the Bowl box office beginning May 12. For information or a complete concert schedule, call [phone].

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Photo: (1) Sharon Stone's Oscar outfit featured a $22 Ga p mock turtleneck, which the actress pulled from her closet. The jewels came from Van Cleef & Arpels.

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