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With April 15 at hand, it somehow seems fitting that the IRS has a big payment to make. In what may be one of the largest awards ever levied against the agency, a federal judge in Houston ruled last week that the Federal Government must pay $10.9 million to Elvis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDGMENTS: A Big Check From the IRS | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

Sullivan liked to promise his audiences "a r-r-really big shew," and far more often than not he delivered. "Ed Sullivan was America's taste," observes Rivers, which is probably as good an explanation as any for the program's long-running success. A Manhattan-born sportswriter turned show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, a R-r-really Big Shew | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

Elvis (ABC). In the realm of unpromising ideas, this one looked like a lulu: the King's early life recounted in half-hour chunks of musical docudrama. The surprise was that star Michael St. Gerard created a character, not just an Elvis impersonation, and the short-lived series was a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of '90: TV | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

All this is a matter of record -- indeed, of rock mythology -- and needs some freshening up for contemporary consumption. A.E. Hotchner, whose previous forays into biography have included volumes about Ernest Hemingway, Doris Day and Sophia Loren, is clearly no rock fan. He dismisses Jagger as "a ruler with no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bummer BLOWN AWAY: THE ROLLING STONES AND THE DEATH OF THE 60s | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

How close are they now? And how far have they come? Anyone who watched the past two World Series knows the answer. In 1988 the A's, a new power in championship ball but prohibitive favorites even then, got psyched out by the crippled Dodgers. Like a rock 'n' roller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Streaking Hard for the Top | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

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