Word: hollywoodism
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...There are precious few of these in print. And fewer on the web, where scanning the sites - with all their gaseous nattering and gossiping - can give one the sense of being trapped in a Tower of Hollywood Babble...
...seem very appealing. Paramount's TV ads are ho-hum. The title has the word "rat" in it, which has all the allure of "colonoscopy." So do yourself a favor, turn to our critic's review on the following page, and take his advice: Go see it. Even in Hollywood, Paramount's competition has been murmuring respectfully about Rat Race's remarkably successful test screenings. And you should also be aware that the film actually has nothing whatsoever to do with rodents...
...mock poster advertises a (fictional) all-Jewish baseball team, The Stars of David. Narrated by the Stars' manager, Noah "The Zion Lion" Strauss, the story takes place during the 1920s and the days of barnstorming minor leagues - back when the game had a bit more vaudeville and bit less Hollywood...
...Look at the teen flicks of the '80s. In their vision of high school, "crowd" is everything. In 1983's "Valley Girl," Nicolas Cage plays a semi-mohawked Hollywood surf-punk with a crush on the suburban aristocrat of the title. When he sings along to a new wave tune on the radio, her cheerleaderish friend reacts as is he's reciting from "Mein Kampf." When he and his buddy decide to sneak into a party at her house where jocks in polo shirts cavort to bubbly synth pop, it's not social awkwardness they're worried about; should things...
...heady late '90s that the Web would become a mausoleum preserving the celebrity afterlife of fallen stars? Back then it seemed the Internet would be the exclusive domain of radical, paradigm-busting new concepts, like ordering pet food in bulk. Now some of the oldest, most forgotten names in Hollywood have found in the Net a follow spot that, in theory, never dims. They've set up websites acclaiming their careers, personal lives and, in truly alarming numbers, shilling products imbued with their glamour. There's no easier way, fans, to purchase a genuine Buddy "The Beverly Hillbillies" Ebsen painting...