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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THE RCA VICTOR VOCAL SERIES. Maybe they weren't better in the old days, but these digitally remastered recordings make a strong case that the jet plane and overbooked schedules are enemies of vocal grace. The first issues in this new project include Marian Anderson, Leonard Warren, Rosa Ponselle, Tito...
THE WAY TO COOK by Julia Child (Knopf; $50). The first tome in nine years from the nation's queen of cuisine is, expectedly, an instructional masterpiece: precise directions, lavish illustrations, wise little tips on timing and the proper tools. The recipes are mostly Euroclassics with variations, many lightened for...
Since a typical feature film is a $20 million roll of the dice, Hollywood always wants to improve its odds. That's why studios are so willing to pay breathtaking sums to surefire stars. Now Hollywood's obsession with the talented few is fueling a billion-dollar personnel tug-of...
The oddsbusters are Peter Guber and Jon Peters, whose penchant for producing such hits as The Color Purple and Batman has brought Warner hundreds of ( millions of dollars. When Sony announced its agreement to pay $3.4 billion in September for Columbia Pictures Entertainment, the Japanese firm impressed Hollywood with its...
Warner Bros., which is controlled by Time Warner, is suing Sony, Guber and Peters in Los Angeles Superior Court for $1 billion, accusing them of breaching the contract. Warner has asked the court for a permanent injunction, on which the court is expected to rule this week, to prevent Guber...