Word: hooks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...smarten up too, because there's work to do, and lots of creative play. More than 5 million of you in North America have CD-ROM or Philips CD-i players, and that number is expected to double by year's end and treble by 1996. Get ready to hook up those players to your computers and home entertainment centers, fork over $25 to $100 a disk and jam with your favorite artist. Passivity is passe; tubby time is over. Here comes Interactive Rock...
...restraint. In his reluctance to pull out all the stops, to make himself visible with amazing camera angles and special effects, he demonstrates how deeply he has thought about the film. He exercises great control over the movie, refusing to pander to his audience, to let them off the hook, or to push their buttons with facile tricks...
...important. "They don't see themselves as gamblers," says Steve Wynn of the new tourists he is attracting. "They think of themselves as folks who are on vacation, and while they are there -- hey, let's put some money in the slot machine." Wynn hired screenwriter Jim Hart (Hook, Bram Stoker's Dracula) to write a one-hour family-adventure TV movie (NBC, Jan. 23) set at Treasure Island, and while Hart says the movie reaffirms family values and he flew his children out during production, he understands the place has an intrinsically dark edge. "You can come...
...Coach offers more than just instruction in how to land a devastating left hook. Tommy is a living, breathing, talking, boxing encyclopedia. And when he stands in his boxing shorts, recounting the gory details of how he was "robbed" in a 1936 Madison Square Garden bout at the gloves of Joe Ferranti, it's hard not to get excited...
...first baseman Bill Buckner in a misplay that ultimately cost Boston the 1986 World Series. At last month's sale, Leland's auctioned off Buckner's Series runner-up ring accompanied by a note: "Hope you enjoy my ring. The nightmare of 1986 is over! I'm off the hook. Your pal, Bill Buckner." Ring and note brought an astonishing $33,000. Even Pete Rose's good-behavior voucher from doing prison time for tax evasion fetched $770. "I know it's a little twisted," said executive Andy Gross, the winning bidder. "But this little conversation piece will have cult...