Word: gores
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CONVENTION SPECIAL OF REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Warm-up session for the coming Republican convention activities featuring commentaries by William F. Buckley Jr., Gore Vidal, Howard K. Smith and Bill Lawrence...
...Author Gore Vidal on actors in politics: "I made my contribution to the problem back in 1964, when I was casting the movie The Best Man, which dealt with two men running for the presidency. I offered a part to Ronald Reagan, who said he was not interested in a small part but that he was interested in playing one of the candidates for President. I then sent back word that I did not think Ronald Reagan would be credible as a national candidate. So much for my gift of prophecy...
...homosexual G.I. who re-enlists to get closer to the boys. CBS Films this month announced that it has bought the rights to The Boys in the Band, an off-Broadway hit in which all the characters are homosexuals. In March, 20th Century-Fox snapped up the rights to Gore Vidal's torture and transvestite novel, Myra Breckinridge...
...Crewe, 37, a former interior decorator, model, singer and songwriter, is a rare example of an "older" independent producer who successfully adapted to rock. His 62 hits and total of 100 million sales span several styles (Mitch Ryder, Lesley Gore), but all reflect his desire to "avoid the naked, irritating sounds while using the basic force of the beat." Crewe's three-floor Manhattan penthouse-decorated with mirrored ceilings, carved panels from the Indonesian pavilion at the New York World's Fair, and kangaroo-skin bedspreads-is also the nerve center for his group of eight production, publishing...
Author Portis always streaks his Grand Guignol gore with the humor that is implicit in Mattie's character and situation, although sometimes he is guilty of playing it a bit too quaintsy. Mattie's prowess as a horse trader, for example, is overdrawn to the point where character rides off into caricature toward a last stand at the credibility gap. And he finds it necessary to pad his dangerously thin tale with an overlong excursion into Rooster's gun-cocking past...