Word: hollywoodizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state. But Willie Bosket Jr. is not your everyday homicidal maniac. A self- described "monster," he is intelligent, well read and sophisticated. At least three books are being planned to memorialize his life story. He has at his disposal a "spokeswoman" to handle inquires from the media and Hollywood. He is only 26 years old, and in the view of many people he is the best possible argument for instituting capital punishment in New York State, which currently lacks the death penalty...
...publishers. A flattered if skeptical Worrell said, "Great!" then forgot about it. One day she came home to find a message: "I think I just sold your book. Call me." Worrell's Icons: Intimate Portraits was published last month by the Atlantic Monthly Press. That's a happy ending Hollywood would approve...
...York City, turmoil is mounting. A new publisher, Valerie Salembier, was brought in last fall; she cut a swath through the advertising department, firing the ad director and eliminating dozens of jobs -- then quit after just five months. On the editorial side, the managing editor and Hollywood bureau chief have resigned, and top editor David Sendler must now answer to a new corporate overlord: Roger Wood, former editor of the sensationalistic New York Post, which Murdoch owned until last year. "There's no interest anymore in analysis of the industry or in taking a serious look at the content...
Something similar might be said of Hollywood this summer -- the so-called summer of the sequels. Between now and August, moviegoers will be offered up seconds of Ghostbusters and Lethal Weapon, a third Karate Kid, fifths of Star Trek and A Nightmare on Elm Street, an eighth Friday the 13th and, for the 17th time around, James Bond, in Licensed to Kill...
...born prematurely or to die before birth. They tend to be abnormally small and face an increased risk of deformities or crib death. Moreover, there are strong indications that all these babies suffer some form of neurological damage. Says Darron Castiglione, supervisor of the child-abuse division of the Hollywood, Fla., police department: "These infants don't have a chance in life. They will never be right, never be whole people, through no fault of their own. These babies can only blame the mother...