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With $20 million in its first 17 days of wide release, Mask is this year's first strong entry in the weepstakes. Its subject, Rocky Dennis, was the butt of one of God's practical jokes. This bright teenager had a preternaturally sweet disposition--and the grotesque face of Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion. Rocky's rare disease, craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, ended his life at 16, in 1978. And yet (of course) he was one of nature's noblemen, loved by puppies, blind girls and the motorcycle gang his mother Rusty hung out with. "I look weird," says Rocky (Eric Stoltz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revenge of the Male Weepie: MASK | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...Bantam Books, after giving Iacocca a comparatively modest $150,000 advance, "is surprised at the success," says Bantam President Louis Wolfe. "We didn't expect this." After a scheduled first printing of 150,000, low best- seller range, the author raised a ruckus. "I broke my butt for this?" he asked Wolfe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spunky Tycoon Turned Superstar | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

Sprouse's new collection has real butt-tickler skirts ("Everything is six inches above the knee or more") and dresses that seem to have been hit by a blitz of citrus bombs. There are four new Day-Glo colors, including furious fuchsia and lightning yellow. "We're going crazy testing all of them," says Sprouse, "but that's the best thing. My colors really glow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The New Bad Boys of Fashion | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

Usher, who works with professional players, heartily agrees. "If she busts her butt, she could be in the top 10 in the world." Be said. However, he said that shed be frustrated coming back after a long layoff and he "[doesn't] think...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Erans Trades Tennis Sneakers for High Heels, Ends Three-Year Career as Harvard's Top Seed | 10/2/1984 | See Source »

...passing away. The Gloria Vanderbilt people, for example, admit guardedly that there has been a sales plunge in their basic jeans model. But as much money as they pulled down for a few seasons, designer jeans were always a joke, just a fussy vamp-usually snug around the butt and thighs-on a basic, utilitarian garment. The only different thing was the logo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashions: Beyond the Blues Horizon | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

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