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...memorize 20 new vocabulary words a week. The two are still "close in spirit," Oprah says, though they talk only once every couple of months. "We weren't a family with lots of hugs and touching," Oprah recalls. "Nobody ever said, 'I love you.' " Her father, still a barber and city councilman in Nashville, has turned down Oprah's offers to "retire him" (though she does support her mother financially). "The only thing he's ever asked me for was a ticket to the Tyson-Spinks fight." Oprah came through with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oprah Winfrey: Lady with a Calling | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...this sparsely populated high desert, where cows outnumber residents and crew cuts never went out of fashion. "I don't know whether Crook County has some rare substance in the air that causes people to think like the average voter," muses County Judge Dick Hoppes. Jokes Barber Jake Lewis: "If it's in the water, the bourbon probably kills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Place That Picks Winners | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

Coming to America's answer is much better and much more appropriate for Murphy. He does play a single character who assumes an additional role or two during the course of the film. But he also appears in a variety of sly cameos throughout the film: a garrulous old barber, a schmaltzy, talentless R&B singer and even (thanks to renowned make-up wizard Rick Baker) an old Jewish New Yorker...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Eddie Murphy Liberates Himself | 7/1/1988 | See Source »

Murphy's on/offscreen buddy Arsenio Hall, who also gained TV fame for his mimicry, does the same: in addition to his primary role in America as Murphy's sidekick, he plays a fiery preacher, another old barber and a horny redheaded woman. half the fun of this film is playing Guess The Cameo...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Eddie Murphy Liberates Himself | 7/1/1988 | See Source »

Vermont will in turn have its hands full with the Falcon scoring attack, spearheaded by sophomore phenom Nelson Everson, Greg Parks and Dan Barber, Everson's 33 goals and 79 points were tops on the squad, with Parks and Barber tallying 71 and 63 points, respectively, Paul Connell will be guarding the goal, trying to lower his 4.16 g.a.a...

Author: By Jonathan E. Benjamin, | Title: Cats Get Another Life Against BG | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

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