Word: costar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Porter really were to lend approval, it would be chiefly for Patti LuPone. As Nightclub Belter Reno Sweeney, she rivals the role's originator, Ethel Merman, in volume and clarity of voice, and far outdoes her in intelligence and heart. CoStar Howard McGillin has shirt-ad looks, puppyish charm and a lilting tenor. Other delights: Tony Walton's Art Deco ocean-liner set, Paul Gallo's seascape lighting and Michael Smuin's crisp choreography. The supporting cast is mostly ordinary, and Kathleen Mahony-Bennett's oomphless ingenue is not even that. The book, by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton...
...Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and now better known simply as "the fat one," was asked if he would appear on a new movie-review program being produced by WTTW, the local PBS station. He was intrigued by the idea but not by the prospective costar: his archrival from the Chicago Tribune, Gene Siskel. "The answer," Ebert recalls, "was at the tip of my tongue: no." Nor did Siskel, now frequently referred to as "the other one," relish the thought of sharing a stage with "the most hated guy in my life...
...BEST OF DAN AYKROYD (Warner Home Video). Not the New Dan Aykroyd (the charismaless costar of such films as Ghostbusters and Spies Like Us), but the Old Dan Aykroyd, creator of Papa Conehead, E. Buzz Miller and dozens of other satirical gems on Saturday Night Live. A fitting tribute to the most inventive of the SNL originals...
...HISTORY OF WHITE PEOPLE IN AMERICA (Cinemax). Martin Mull studies the habits of a typical Wasp family. Nervy satire of middle America, directed with deadpan skill by Harry Shearer. And where has Costar Mary Kay Place been all these years...
Sometimes, by no coincidence, a celebrity partner may attract celebrity friends, who in turn attract a crowd. Actress Helena Kallianiotes, owner of Los Angeles' Helena's, has been known to serve her specials to her Five Easy Pieces costar and suspected silent partner Jack Nicholson. The joint is now about as in as any place off the eaten path gets. And if they are not part of the show themselves, show-biz proprietors know how to put one on. "Eating has become the evening's entertainment for people," says Director-Producer Bob Giraldi. He conceived his 15-month-old Positano...