Word: biz
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...liked to promise his audiences "a r-r-really big shew," and far more often than not he delivered. "Ed Sullivan was America's taste," observes Rivers, which is probably as good an explanation as any for the program's long-running success. A Manhattan-born sportswriter turned show-biz columnist for the New York Daily News, Sullivan had a reporter's instinct for what was hot, and he outhustled rivals to showcase new talent, notably Elvis Presley and the Beatles. And not just in pop. Sullivan proudly treated his audiences to classical excellence in the personae of opera diva...
...heeled partner, few carriers were courting the airline. But as soon as the venerable company filed for Chapter 11 protection last week, competitors were suddenly flocking to bankruptcy court. Rival carriers Delta, Trans World and Northwest all expressed interest in buying some part of the bankrupt airline. Even show-biz financier Kirk Kerkorian made an offer, promising to provide as much as $50 million in emergency financing. But bankruptcy judge Cornelius Blackshear rejected all the bids as latecomers...
...ideas, this one looked like a lulu: the King's early life recounted in half-hour chunks of musical docudrama. The surprise was that star Michael St. Gerard created a character, not just an Elvis impersonation, and the short-lived series was a lovely evocation of the American show-biz myth...
...Fair in Love and Show Biz Andrew Lloyd Webber brought Aspects of Love to Broadway in more ways than one. Critics found the hit musical's score overwrought and the plot unlikely. In real life, the composer highlighted one of love's least admirable aspects when he announced a separation from wife Sarah Brightman and helpfully included the name of his mistress in the press release...
Activists eager to mobilize children do not hesitate to use show biz, though some might call it propaganda. Turner Broadcasting is producing a half-hour syndicated cartoon show in which a superhero named Captain Planet and a youth corps called the Planeteers valiantly fight villainous polluters like Dr. & Blight. The back cover of one issue of P3 (for Earth, the third planet from the sun), a glitzy new environmental magazine for kids, shows a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shouting to readers, "Hey, dudes! Earth is a cowabunga planet! Let's keep it radical...