Word: hollywoodizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Strom Thurmond dream of Fay Wray in his youth? Wray, 89, who made 80 films before 1960, popped up on Capitol Hill last week sans King Kong but with Julius Epstein, who wrote Casablanca, to talk about copyright law. She and fellow Hollywood old-timers want Congress to award writers of pre-1960 films royalties each time their work is rerun...
...From Hollywood, U.S.A., comes a postcard from ABBY TEMPLETON, missing in action since forever. Apparently Abby's been writing screenplays, one of which, Muscle Sock, was almost optioned by Val Kilmer's production company. His film work keeps him pretty busy, but in his spare time Abby writes poetry and stalks Demi Moore. He says he'd love to hear from any classmates in the business. His car fax number...
After a dozen years as the exemplary flying-fisted female of Hong Kong films, Yeoh (also known as Michelle Kahn) is getting the Hollywood treatment, and not just at her fingertips. Quentin Tarantino has literally knelt at her feet, quizzing her adoringly about her films. Oliver Stone calls Yeoh "a woman of elegance and magnificent grace--the young grande dame of Hong Kong cinema." And there's a big retrospective of Yeoh's films (which can also be found in specialty video stores) this week and next at New York City's Cinema Village Theatre. But the actress is getting...
That kind of grit will serve Yeoh well as she tries to become an Asian leading lady in Hollywood. "The most important thing," she insists, "is to start. Already, you can see minds changing. They're not thinking so much in colors: white, black, Asian. They also recognize that the world market includes Asia--and that's a very big market out there. The curtain is going up, and now we're finally going to be able to have a good show...
...events in the works for next fall include forums on topics ranging from "Hollywood and Politics" to the changing role of the military to political ethics