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...people. Yet Noriega, the Commander of the Panama Defense Forces and de facto dictator since 1983, has been adept at exploiting his country's strategic position. Although he openly cuddles up to Havana, he has long enjoyed a cozy relationship with the CIA, and his country plays host to the headquarters of the 10,000 troops of the U.S. Southern Command...
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 89th annual Academy Awards to honor the best films of 2017. I'm your host, Drew Barrymore, and I'm pleased to begin the evening by presenting the Irving G. Spielberg Award to a man who, some say, has long deserved an Oscar as best actor. Perhaps for his starring debut, in which he courageously demolished racial stereotypes by playing a poor black child ((clip from The Jerk)). Or for the holy rage he summoned as he renounced Kathleen Turner with a ferocious "Into the mud, scum queen!" ((clip from...
...comedian in peacetime." In 1978 Martin recorded a gag disco tune called King Tut; it sold more than a million copies. The next year he published a slim volume of short stories, Cruel Shoes; it topped the best-seller list. When he appeared as a Saturday Night Live guest host, the show's ratings would jump by a million homes. His first starring movie, The Jerk, was the third biggest...
Counting the woeful Colts, Indianapolis seems to have grabbed up most of the amateur athletics in the country and, for the past two weeks, has gone international as the tenth host of the quadrennial Pan American Games. Sort of a hemispheric Olympics, though with moderate attendance and meager television ratings, the Pan Am Games provide a warm-up for both pole vaulters and political commentators, as well as an opportunity to avoid the crowds and defect early. So far, ten Dominicans have absconded to New York City...
Starting in September Leno will be a once-a-week substitute host for Johnny Carson and will star in a prime-time special for NBC. He just completed a movie called Collision Course, in which he co-stars with Pat Morita. Nonetheless, Leno (who lives in the Hollywood Hills with his wife Mavis and a collection of 15 motorcycles) insists that he has no plans to abandon touring. "Some people run from 6 to 8 every morning; I go onstage every night between 9 and 10," he says. "I'd never abandon it. This...