Word: biz
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...shot, please. Or, more appropriate for the time (the mid-1950s) and place (the environs of the University of Chicago), a wry smile and a knowing bob of the head above a woolly black turtleneck. Nothing as show biz as drum punctuation would suit an enterprise as groundbreaking, mind teasing and -- all right, all right -- history making as Chicago's Compass Theater...
...star-struck world of Hollywood economics, many studio bosses see a film's big budget as an insurance policy against failure. "Hollywood is a place full of scared people," says Alex Ben Block, editor in chief of Show Biz News, a weekly newsletter. "It's less scary to make a $50 million film than a $10 million film. For $50 million you can afford big stars and special effects and know you'll get some money back -- even if it's only on videocassette sales. With a $10 million film with no stars, you run the risk of losing...
...atrocity. They cope with the world's horror by numbing themselves to pain. They can shed tears over cute-tender stories of stranded whales or a baby in a well, but all too often everything else -- from a politician's promise to the Chernobyl disaster -- is so much show biz, ironized with shrugs and sick jokes. Today's children were bred in this atmosphere. With many of their parents past caring, how can the kids not be past shock...
...movie An Innocent Man, talks about why he seeks diversity in his film roles. Loretta Swit fights back tears as she receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. L.A. Law's Susan Ruttan reminisces about her days as a secretary. The fluffy show-biz features may be numbingly familiar to anyone who has ever watched Entertainment Tonight or read PEOPLE magazine. But this batch has been packaged in a way that could be groundbreaking. They are part of Persona, the most ambitious new entry in a small but blooming field: the video magazine...
Persona, a monthly potpourri of show-biz interviews and features, is getting the biggest push. After eight months of test-marketing, the magazine is poised for a nationwide rollout in June. Unlike most of its predecessors, Persona will be aimed at a mass audience. It will get wide distribution at supermarket check-out stands and other retail outlets. And it will be priced at a low, low $4.95. That is scarcely more than the cost of a blank cassette; Persona's advertising will even point out that the tape can be reused after viewing (as can all prerecorded tapes, with...