It was of no comfort to those fired that financially troubled CBS was making similar cuts, citing a faltering economy. The long string of nomination honors accorded the 'Color Purple' stands as unanswerable proof of the high regard in which this picture is held by the more than 4,200 motion picture artists from all branches whose votes determine our awards" The Oscars were "not politically motivated" academy President Robert Wise told United Press International. Returnees on the June 15 program will be Herbie Hancock's Quartet, with a guest appearance by George Benson; B B. "Space in our generation has been the metaphor for the frontier, for the cutting edge. And while James Foley's direction (and strong, iconoclastic casting) has resulted in a handful of indelible performances, he can't get out of his own way when it comes to how he tells his story. last fall) It isn't just competition for productions of new plays, says Elaine Moe, artistic director at the Megaw Theatre in Northridge. In Ron Sossi's production, Anderson's gaunt face reflects Scooper's nervous exhaustion, and the tautness of Millian's arms clue us to Deirdre's formidable anxieties.
Replace it with "Green Card" a commissioned new piece by Joanne Akalaitis about Los Angeles immigrants, whose title gives you a fair idea of what this play's about. We want the input" Equity's position may have been summed up best by Edward Weston, its Western regional director. Nominations were also made in supporting actor and actress categories and for best score. (In these kinds of cases litigants can file for copyright infringement, unfair competition or breach of an implied contract. They keep the clubs the way they are to get every cent they can. A few weeks ago, he sat in on a panel discussion on the rise of Top 40 radio personalities at a Museum of Broadcasting seminar at County Museum of Art.
Aided by Tony Walton's atmospheric scenery and Willa Kim's emblematic costumes, he offers the same cinematic narrative style and the same penchant for big confrontational frissons in place of coherent character development as in his "A Song for Dead Warriors" Played in Marcel Carne's film by Jean-Louis Barrault, Baptiste is here a caricature of boyish ardor, always flinging himself at the feet or into the lap of his beloved Garrance-but never removing his white Pierrot makeup. This weekly feature reviews some of the releases available for the new technological toys in the world of home entertainment. To Their Wife" "We met Fred Ashton" reported the inimitably saintly Gertrude. They also own an option on an adjacent parking lot which they may exercise after completion of the initial three-play season.
"It's the hardest part of film making" he said, then added, "No, let me amend that Making the bloody thing is the hardest part. The principal reservation regarding classical compact discs when they were introduced concerned repertory. "But, after saying the truth, I also say something , and that also bothers people" The Italian soprano, looking slim and considerably younger than her 51 years, pauses. Pete Cetera, who co-wrote the bulk of Chicago's material with him, left for a solo career. Social commentary was obviously intended, but Sorenson was even less comfortable with that than with classical pastiches.
FOREST PARK, Ill. Al Santoli was an Army infantryman during the Vietnam War. In 1983, his company's "Ballet Robotique" was nominated in the same category but didn't win. Maybe it was accidentally, but their main interest was making people laugh" "A Night at the Opera" which followed "Duck Soup" was something of a landmark film, Arthur said, because the Marx Brothers packaged the material into a stage show and, before filming, tested the jokes in front of live theater audiences "It was really the first time that was done in movies. In other roles, Nix and Ticer satisfyingly play Ringmaster and Wagon Master, dastardly villains who plot the downfall of naughty children.
Her life, she joked, was sitting on her lap in the form of a TRS-200 computer. A set titled "In Colored Light" is glazed with ebulliently lyric Abstract Expressionist brushing that functions to dissolve and reconstitute form in original fashion. But Westerberg insists the changes were part of the band's natural evolution, not a conscious attempt to make a more commercial record. One of those nights was recorded and, with production by local scenester Chris D, is now seeing the light of day The Killers' post-Iggy, shamanistic guitar rock is magnetic. As the credits unroll, images of the flames of war alternate with two children picking flowers in a country field.
In 1925 he went to Paris to become an artist and associated with Mondrian, Brancusi and Man Ray, among others. "I'm trying to be accepted in two different worlds" Silliphant says "I don't have an ego-need to have the books made into films. "With Vanessa and Corin, we just don't talk politics" Lady Redgrave explained. He (Baryshnikov) won't be doing 'Requiem' for three weeks before the L. A. (Organizers of the Los Angeles festival promise that if the play is done indoors it will be in a more commodious space) Its mix of the supernatural and the human, its imagery at once vivid and bleak, its scope, thought, plot and other complexities are staggering But they need size and room to breathe. On the other hand, Herbig's approaches to both the Bach and Beethoven pieces stopped short of illumination and positive delving. (Considering that Collier seems always obliged to work in an actual Graham sermon at some point in every film, it's amazing that his pictures don't seem more contrived than they do) Certainly, many marriages suffer from self-absorption and spiritual malaise, and when Graham advocates Christ as the answer in his sermon, he speaks to the point Writer David L.
The group could only do that if I was going to bring it to town" Fitzpatrick said. CONSIDERED ADVICE: Gallery director Cora Boyd is now Cora Boyd, art advisor (with an "o" please. Gracher serves her Roman meals in a dining room full of Roman antiquities dug up on the premises. "Most industry people will not take the chance of wasting their time watching bad theater" Mallory said.
The results were often the same as those announced a day later. The Los Angeles Master Chorale seems to be an organization in trouble. Such recognition, he said, is vital because there are so few outlets for short films. I don't know what I don't like doing" Cooking? "Yes, I like to cook. Fields Straight Up" an affectionate look at the comedian's life and film career, 8:35 p. m (28. You can't fool me' " "Mishima" which has also played in festivals in Europe, Canada and New York, has been getting a lot of attention because its executive producers are George Lucas and Francis Coppola, and because American-directed Japanese films dealing with existentialism and ritual suicide aren't exactly a Hollywood staple Warner Bros. Ken Baker at Murray's Tickets said Oscar tickets this year cost $550 apiece, no matter where the seating He figures to handle no more than 20 such orders. .
Continuing a program that began last year with a similar profile of Britain's innovative Channel 4, UCLA's Nick Browne will examine the history, structure and programming of China Central Television, the national TV system of China. The Craft is a turn-of-the-century gingerbread building where a jovial woman named Adeline Danies presides over a couple of whitewashed dining rooms and you can also buy locally made cigars. Every morning before going down the hill, Garris says, he steps outside, enjoys the view and says, "Thank you, Steven"SERENDIPITY: Writer-producer Myron Meisel was passing through Paris on his way home from the Cannes Film Festival last year when he paused for lunch with French director Barbet Schroeder. For the most part, the movies to be shown over the next 10 weeks take the point of view of outsiders looking at America, from Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's "Zabriskie Point" to American director John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy" "We weren't looking for the familiar view of America" said Ross Goo, one of four UCI film students who put the program together.
"We expect to be the next Cannon Films" boasts Entermark's Texas-based president, Michael Leighton "What's new about our operation is our accountability. But things changed a lot when Ambassador John Gavin's actress wife, Constance Towers, was cast in an NBC-TV movie to be made there"On Wings of Eagles" Like any other actress, she had to return to Los Angeles to apply to the Mexican Consulate here for a work permit "It was quite a switch" said Towers. Six months later, the Filmex board may not have been praying for a white knight as much as a little black magic The math in January was pretty simple, said Magee. Co-executive producer Gregory Hoblit acknowledged that the show has become "much more complex" in the course of its 4 1/2 seasons, with both the cast of regulars and the guest roster steadily increasing in size.
(New World) "Iron Eagle-American teen-ager Jason Gedrick, with the help of retired Air Force colonel Lou Gossett Jr, commandeers an F-16 fighter to rescue his father from terrorists Directed by Sidney J Furie (Tri-Star) Opens Friday. The only time the system would fall apart was if they fell asleep. A couple of times I read a script and commented that we were headed for Saturday morning television. I don't see things changing" The nation's oppressive political situation inspired "Music for Prague" Though the piece was written in response to the Soviet ouster of liberal Czech leader Alexander Dubcek, the 64-year-old musician noted: "I don't think of it as a political message for one country It is universal. Opera singer Patrick Biggs (of the San Diego Opera, whose multiple sclerosis has confined him to a wheelchair, was one of those mentioned. Someone actually cried out 'Brava, Freni' in the middle of my aria at the second 'Don Carlo' I was destroyed, physically destroyed "First it made me sad. In fact, there are moments when it seems to be telling two competing stories: Bonaduce's version and Delman's version.
8, where it will challenge ABC's popular "Dynasty" NBC described the new show as "a lighthearted mystery series" in which Linden, the former star of ABC's "Barney Miller" series, plays a famed illusionist "who is constantly called on to use his unique talents to demystify seemingly impossible crimes" Morgan, who portrayed Col. Concertmaster Andres Cardenes will conduct an all-Mozart program"An Evening With 'Amadeus' -on July 9-12, in which he will play the solo in Mozart's Third Violin Concerto. Canon and COMBO executive director Robert Arnhym will announce the award at 10:30 a. m today in the City Council chambers. . His eyes aglow with crackpot schemes, he gets pumped up on his own adrenalin. MPAA-rated: PG-13 (parents are strongly cautioned to give special guidance for attendance of children under 13. .
Cinematography: Robert Brinkman and John Schwartzman, "The Last Chance Dance" USC. Maybe that explained why this "Henry IV" had the look of a road show Flat floor Cut-out scenery Lightweight costumes An unpainted plywood throne for King Henry An obviously fake pate for Falstaff. On Saturday, Los Angeles' top-drawing club band sold out the Country Club again-then lived up to the hype, showing why the quartet may be another local success story in the making. Musicians who want a video record of their performance can buy their tape for $50. It's no fun to watch anyone manhandled, but between dangerous Mexican police and this poor little creep, there's no one on the screen to give a rat's whisker about. Finally, he tacks on a change of policy at the picture's end, allowing for the possibility of growth, while denying it with every other frame. Some people regard the television effort with suspicion, and, for relatives of the victims, it can mean reopening deep and painful emotional wounds.
The most troubling problem may be a lack of strong, spontaneous instincts about what to do on stage. They brought me a chauffeur-driven limousine, gave me coffee, called me 'sir' Once it was all over I was traveling by bus again "Meryl I found a little distant I hardly got to know her. Neither could be completely happy with it, but there were moments of promise These were fulfilled in the Adagio. Although some of the dialogue passes over their heads and longish musical moments lead to restless stirrings, very young children in the audience seem to have no trouble appreciating the Baron's self-parodying posturings and the nonsensical goings-on The best and the worst of Rudie's production are the words. The fact that the composer came by his highly expressive kind of noise via the keenest insight into the workings of the piano and the wind instruments is strikingly projected by the present performers. Later painters of the Yosemite region, such as Christian Jorgensen, Harry Cassie Best and William Clothier Watts, showed a more restrained and less romantic approach to their subjects. Artists throughout history have been inspired by California's spectacular mountain vistas.
What one does not hear is the woozy pulling about of rhythm, the gear-shifts, the meandering-the improvisatory sound-that characterize many of the celebrated interpretations of Furtwaengler and Mengelberg. "If things appear stable-it will be the middle of the night over there-we won't need to do that. "They get to see it only if they're subscribers to HBO" Crystal joked. Sunday's inauguration of Africa Tomorrow-the brainchild of Winchell, actor Ed Asner and KTTV Channel 11's "Elementary News" host Arnold Newman-bore all the signs of radical chic or, at very least, limousine liberalism: valet parking, fat strawberries and white wine served up to invited celebrities and media guests in an exotic private glade outside Newman's hillside Sherman Oaks home But the similarities ended there. The interspersing of action shots and interviews with lovely footage of the canyon elevates the project into a revealing portrait of what makes Winter tick, both as a musician and as an ecologist (Information: 65G Gate 5 Road, Sausalito, Calif 94965) 1/2. Under Turner, it would become "Mother, She Wrote" "A Detective in the House" After giving up a career as an engineer to become a private eye, Judd Hirsch's character now makes a job change that brings him even more fulfillment.