Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Others joked about his pressing the game-show-size button to flash a laser beam that lighted the Lady. A malfunction, and there goes Star Wars. But the old actor, like the old gal to whom he paid tribute, seemed to rise above the script, as they say in Hollywood, and share the dignity that she never lost. His words were simple and heartfelt: "We are the keepers of the flame of liberty; we hold it high tonight for the world...
...issues to the people," he says, paraphrasing Jefferson's belief that the "American people, if they know all the facts, will never make a mistake." It was a talent he learned in an earlier career. "The very soul of show business is communicating. There's an old rule in Hollywood that when your face is up there on the screen in a close-up, if you don't believe the line you're speaking, the audience will know it, and they won't believe it either." He still takes an oddly detached view of his no-longer-new job. "Maybe...
...abstract. "Letters from someone who has finally resorted to writing to you because they think all else has failed, and then be able to solve their problem and getting something done is, I think, one of the great rewards this job has to offer." As an actor in Hollywood, he recalls, he was shown a letter by his father from a girl who said she was dying and wanted an autographed picture. Reagan at first refused, saying the letter was probably phony, but his father talked him into it. "Two weeks later I received a letter from a nurse...
Consider John Adams the founding executive producer of this year's Fourth of July festivities. The second President did not, of course, know about the Statue of Liberty, much less Hollywood mini-series or the value of a rating point. But David Wolper, the actual executive producer of Liberty Weekend, likes to cite Adams as a kind of 18th century mogul in a powdered wig. Were Wolper to stage a historical scroll of credits for his extravaganza honoring the Statue of Liberty's restoration, he might even see fit to list Adams as a creative consultant...
Wrong. This is Hollywood comedy. It turns out that the kidnappers are not bloodthirsty villains but an all-American couple named Sandy and Ken (sounds like...Barbie and Ken), who have been exploited by the forces of domination, i.e. the evil fashion industry. Wide-eyed Sandy (Helen Slater), who dreams of being the next Gloria Vanderbilt, apparantly originally designed the Spandex miniskirt which made Sam Stone his fortune, and the oppressed seek revenge...