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...first late-night talk program in 17 years. Arsenio Hall, who co-starred with Eddie Murphy in the movie Coming to America, made his own TV splash as Joan Rivers' boyishly enthusiastic replacement on the Fox network's Late Show. This week he will rejoin the late-night fray on a permanent basis as host of the Arsenio Hall Show, syndicated on 135 stations...
...predicted that his nephew would win the seat, but there were also delegates who believed that the spot should go to Atkins because of his seniority. The resulting confusion among the Bay State representatives nearly cost Massachusetts a spot on the committee. Rep. Bruce Morrison (D-Conn.) entered the fray, hoping to sneak into the spot by taking advantage of the split vote...
...down to Thanksgiving dinner with 20 friends in Roxbury, Conn., when he received word that Johnson, who has refused all public comment since launching his takeover bid in mid-October, was ready to talk. Ungeheuer left immediately for Jupiter, Fla., where Johnson was spending a holiday away from the fray, for a one-hour talk about the megadeal. Ungeheuer has met other big dealmakers in his 25 years of covering business for TIME, but he was struck by Johnson's persuasive charm. "Despite questions about the amount of money that Johnson stands to make if his bid succeeds," says Ungeheuer...
...retrospectives on Kennedy on the anniversary of his death have lent themselves to gross sensationalism. One television movie, Kennedy, starring Martin Sheen, used as a backdrop to its logo, a red, white, and blue banner splattered with blood Geraldo Rivera has joined the fray with another of his infamous television specials, "On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald...
TAKE-OVER artists have paid record fees to gobble up major Boston department store chains in the last year, citing profit opportunities in the New England market. Then the Coop entered the fray by opening stores on some of the highest-priced real estate in the city (Kendall Square, Longwood Ave., and Federal Street) and expecting to cash in on the market. But the Coop lacked any gimmick to attract shoppers other than high prices and a socialist-sounding name...