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...Hollywood to begin work with Barbra Streisand on her long-deferred film of his AIDS play The Normal Heart. Robert Altman will direct the Angels in America film. The independent Propaganda Films is developing two projects: Good Days, a gay coming-of-age story from John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy, Sunday Bloody Sunday); and, with Oliver Stone and HBO, an adaptation of Conduct Unbecoming by Randy Shilts (And the Band Played On). "Nothing takes the taboo off of anything in Hollywood like box office," says Propaganda's boss Steve Golin. "These guys'll make anything they think will make money...
Truth teller is perhaps the kindest name that the industry would think to call the actress, whose strong will has often butted against Hollywood's tender backside. She was outspoken in her early plush years, when potent turns in Urban Cowboy, An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment made her the movies' most promising -- and delivering -- young actress. She wore her wild streak in public: sex, drugs, locking horns with directors and co-stars. She turned down meaty roles in several popular films (including Broadcast News) and walked off another (A League of Their Own). Her star waned...
...reedy tenor began warbling lyrics of his own invention to the tune of one of Frank Sinatra's enduring hits. "So start today," Collins crooned into a microphone. "Love DNA, and do it ouuuuurrr way." The star of this spoof stood 6 ft. 4 in. tall. He wore cowboy boots beneath his white lab coat and slung a stethoscope round his neck like a wayward tie. And as his last note faded, the delighted audience gave him a standing ovation...
...were under 40, and nearly half of those were under 30. When Soul Asylum, as part of the MTV- sponsored 1993 Alternative Nation tour, landed at its last U.S. stop in Las Vegas, the band deviated from its song list to belt out Vegasy tunes like Mandy and Rhinestone Cowboy. Luke Perry and Jason Priestley of Beverly Hills, 90210, huge Tom Jones fans, recently flew to Vegas to see their hero sing, and members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers went to Las Vegas to see and meet Julio Iglesias. "Suddenly the same things I was doing five years...
...Midnight Cowboy, the only X-rated movie ever to win an Oscar for Best Picture, is the latest film classic due for a revival. John Schlesinger's raunchy 1969 drama (later re-rated R) is planned for release next year...