Word: burnette
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cover: Photograph for TIME by David Burnett -- Contact Press Images
...dawned, the seminal "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" sparked what would become the Blaxploitation era of filmmaking. Since then, Black film has gone on to be characterized by mainstream stars such as Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy and more recently by independent filmmakers such as Charles Burnett, Spike Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Julie Dash, John Singleton and Reginald Hudlin...
...John Belushi went on to become household names, he had to settle for a spot on ABC's wacky series Soap, playing television's first prime-time homosexual. Then came the ill-conceived Billy Crystal Comedy Hour in 1982, which NBC promoted as a male version of the Carol Burnett show. "We were up against The Love Boat and first-run movies without much network backing," Crystal remembers. "I learned in the trade press that the show was canceled after only two episodes." He scraped himself up off the floor and went back on the road. He appeared...
Also in attendance were members of the Haiti Communications Project, a group seeking to "educate the community about the realities in Haiti," according to member Joanna Burnett...
...comedy series, The Larry Sanders Show. GARRY SHANDLING, a former Tonight guest host, plays the host of a Tonight-style talk show. Each episode begins with Larry's opening monologue, which sounds just like Garry's real monologues, and brings on real-world guests like Carol Burnett. The twist is that we get to peek behind the scenes, where all is phoniness and petty bickering. It's show- biz satire of the dryest, most in-jokish sort but undeniably funny. Shandling and a guest try to schmooze as the closing credits roll. "Just pretend like you're talking...