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...note vibrates, unexpectedly, in memoirs by two veteran newspaper columnists, Pete Hamill (A Drinking Life; Little, Brown; 265 pages; $21.95) and Art Buchwald (Leaving Home; Putnam; 254 pages; $22.95). Both men record bruisingly uncushioned childhoods shadowed by their families' bleak vulnerability in the Depression -- an era that still accounts for more residual haunted notes than Americans realize. Both men are New Yorkers. Buchwald is deadpan-Jewish-funny, with an underlayer of almost quizzical pain; Hamill is Irish saloon-polemical, with an exuberance undermined by a taste for boozy lyricism, machismo and occasional self-pity...
...November 1991 deposition for the Buchwald case, Medved stated, "Several times this year, I had studios that have asked me to see films in advance, and to give them my opinion on their prospects long in advance. Some of these films have not been released. In fact, I urged the studio to maintain that unreleased status in some cases." Asked at the trial, "Have you had any other positions for motion picture companies?," he replied, "Occasionally in my capacity as a film critic I am contacted by motion-picture companies . . . to take an early look at sometimes a rough...
...ways most revealing part of The Class of the 20th Century is the series of messages that concludes each episode, in which participants are invited to speak directly to people of the year 3000. Their comments provide a sketchbook of the concerns, great and petty, of our age. Art Buchwald says he hopes there will be good air and good water, though "we didn't leave you any." The late Joseph Papp wishes for no more theater critics. Strom Thurmond advises a regimen of daily exercise. Howard Cosell, with his trademark bombast (we miss it), offers up a homily: "What...
While filming on location, major stars seem to feel entitled to almost anything they want. When humorist Art Buchwald won a suit against Paramount for using his idea as the basis for the 1988 blockbuster Coming to America, court documents showed that the studio had treated America star Eddie Murphy very well indeed. Among other things, Murphy enjoyed the services of a valet, a physical trainer and a $2,000-a-week chauffeur...
Canadian developer Robert Campeau became the most powerful retailer in the U.S. when he acquired Allied Stores and Federated Department Stores in the 1980s takeover wars. But his domain totters on bankruptcy, and Campeau has been relieved of command. -- Art Buchwald wins a court claim that he provided the idea for the blockbuster Coming to America, but how much will he be paid? -- After an oil spill in New York and New Jersey, Exxon faces more flak...