Word: cbs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overseeing a new "Brazilian Wave" series that includes anthology albums for a number of major Brazilian pop stars. Celluloid, an independent U.S. label, has launched a subsidiary called Braziloid, dedicated to musica popular brasileira, a term used by Brazilians to refer to the country's diverse contemporary sounds. CBS Records is promoting Brazilian stars like Djavan and Rio de Janeiro-born vocalist Milton Nascimento as pop acts...
...creations are less likely to cause confusion the further one gets from hard news -- and from the present day. The old CBS News series You Are There ^ used actors to dramatize historical events and did no permanent harm to the Republic. CBS's new series Rescue 911, which features re-enactments of hairbreadth rescue missions, is quite entertaining and probably harmless. In general, however, the technique's proliferation is fudging the line between news and entertainment, and news is the loser...
...creations. At the opening of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, a correspondent notes, "When re-creations are used, we have carefully documented every important detail and have clearly identified the re-creations." The producers of Saturday Night with Connie Chung point out that their re-enactments must adhere to strict CBS News standards -- which means that all dialogue is taken from documented sources...
...only sporadic U.S. TV work. Other actors report that merely suggesting her for a role is enough to damage their own careers. The protest peaked in 1982, when the woman whom Redgrave was playing called for her to be ousted from the Emmy-winning lead in Arthur Miller's CBS-TV drama Playing for Time. Politics also excluded her from being cast in the Broadway drama Plenty. That same year, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, allegedly fearful of disruptions and of losing donor support, dumped Redgrave from scheduled performances as narrator of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex. She brought a civil rights...
...fair, there were logistical reasons for the disparity. The USAir accident took place only a taxi ride away from the headquarters of the three networks and many other news organizations -- indeed, a CBS News producer was in the plane when it crashed and filed a report from the wreckage -- while the remains of the UTA airliner were scattered over 40 sq. mi. of remote desert. The LaGuardia crash offered both the surefire appeal of a happy ending for most passengers and a host of survivors available for interviews. The apparent cause of the USAir crash was quickly identified as pilot...