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...with a whip-cracking output of nearly three new books a year, L'Amour may have to take at least one day off in the coming year so that he can head back east to Washington to be honored along with Bandleader Fred Waring, 82, and the late champ Joe Louis. Government-issued gold medals of the three were approved by Congress last week. There have been 90 honorees since George Washington received the first medal in 1776. Another son of the heartland, President Reagan, will probably present the medal. Although no stranger to horse operas, Reagan appeared...
...moviemaking." Indeed, it is mythmaking. It has become that rare film that seizes the popular imagination and attracts people who rarely go to the movies. Already the word is being passed in Hollywood and on Wall Street: E.T. should pass Star Wars to become the all-time box-office champ...
Galloping inflation has robbed some glamour from the phrase "alltime box-office champ"-in real dollars, Gone With the Wind is still No. 1-but even these days, a projected worldwide gross of $400 million is decent money. So why the boom in so many movies? And why now? Spielberg, the 34-year-old boy who wove the magic carpet of E. T. (as well as Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Raiders of the Lost Ark, all among the ten top grossers in movie history), sees a simple explanation: "A good film is kidnaped by its audience...
...begin. In the second half of the opening game between Belgium and Argentina two weeks ago, a Belgian forward, Erwin Vandenbergh, the former European scoring champ, got the World Cup off on a brand-new foot. A pass from Teammate Alex Czerniatynski landed at Vandenbergh's toe. He had slithered through the Argentine defense like a British SAS unit, and stood alone before the goal. The crowd of 95,000, including Spanish King Juan Carlos, quieted for a moment: tradition hung in the balance. Ever since the single opening game was instituted back in 1966-five World Cups...
Arcel has frequently referred to Holmes as "the most underrated heavyweight champion in history. He followed that overpowering salesman Muhammad Ali. Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey, but Dempsey was still called champ. Ezzard Charles was never forgiven, even by his own people, for beating Louis. It's just time Larry Holmes was recognized as a true and great champion." After all, he has worn the belt for more than four years...