Word: hollywoodizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sympathize with the singleminded paparazzi who, Fox testified, "chased me on foot and in my car, yelled obscene comments at my entire family, and literally staked out my home." But opponents say villains could use the restrictions to keep their crimes from photojournalists' cameras. Peace of mind for Hollywood celebrities or an unfettered press -- take your pick...
DIED. ALICE FAYE, 86, one of Hollywood's biggest late '30s and early '40s movie box-office draws; in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Faye starred in Tinseltown's popular and lucrative cookie-cutter musicals and, with her distinctive contralto, introduced several songs that became pop standards, notably You'll Never Know in Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943). She was one of Irving Berlin's favorite singers. In 1945 she left her film career after Betty Grable supplanted her as Hollywood's favorite musical-comedy actress...
...With the Golden Arm (1955) Sinatra was proud of this one, in which he plays heroin addict Frankie Machine, because it was one of Hollywood's first looks at drug addiction. Now a bit dated, it still has harrowing moments...
These were some of the luminaries in what was once known as the "New Hollywood," a community of radical directors, snarky executives and gonzo producers who emerged in the 1970s unfettered by the tight controls of the old studio system. Two wild new books by veteran entertainment journalists, Charles Fleming's High Concept (Doubleday; 294 pages; $23.95) and Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (Simon & Schuster; 506 pages; $25), chronicle the decadence surrounding these creative eccentrics, offering a rare glimpse at the grime that covers the tinsel...
...blockbuster must have an easily described plot with three acts: explosive incident, impending crisis, triumphant resolution. His own story, however, was far more complex. Though colorful tales of Simpson's trollops and narcotics abuse have been documented in the past, Fleming cleverly uses Simpson's life to explore Hollywood's entire dark side, which has spawned such troubled figures as Heidi Fleiss, O.J. Simpson and River Phoenix. The book reaches its nadir in a chapter where readers learn more than they want to about the producer's unsuccessful timed-release testosterone implants in his buttocks...