Word: hollywoodizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this activity has been a boon to at least one group in the U.S.: Hollywood distributors. The new competition will almost certainly drive up prices for U.S. shows on the international market. Says MGM-TV President Lawrence Gershman of the anticipated bidding wars: "It's going to be terrific." French viewers will wait a bit longer before deciding whether they agree...
Though drug abuse is most likely to make the headlines when it involves Hollywood celebrities and sports stars, the problem is also epidemic among doctors, lawyers and other professionals in high-pressure, fast-paced work environments. In the high-tech firms of California's Silicon Valley, sudden wealth has created a thirst for instant gratification and expensive highs. One former employee at a computer company tells of being the office cocaine pusher for three years. Says he: "It was made to order. I had an instant clientele--hundreds of people who worked with...
...patch of life. True, his summer appearance in Seattle in the title role of King Lear was modestly successful and personally satisfying. But during the run, his wife of some 20 years left him; his two sons are far away and growing increasingly remote; and he is back in Hollywood pursuing some familiar bad habits: "For the past few weeks, he had been getting by on alcohol and a ten- gram stash of cocaine and he had begun to feel as though he might die quite soon...
...Peter is such a genius," McGillis said, "He influenced me in a truly positive way. I was getting wooed by the 'Hollywood Syndrome,' whatever that is, and he made me reanalyze why I was in this business. It's not to make money, or fame, but to create...
...beginning of the year, the movie moguls in each house hold meetings to decide the coming year's schedule. Then, Hollywood Harvard-style meets in full, and the film societies lottery to determine which house gets which weekend slot in the Science Center...