Word: idol
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Rockers to the rescue. A CBS special called Save the Planet runs on April 20. With hosts Katey Sagal (Married . . . With Children) and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, the show has musical numbers by the Fine Young Cannibals and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Paula Abdul, Alice Cooper and Billy Idol will "provide their own thoughts on the state of the world's environment...
...popular art. Richard is a fussy young teacher at an obscure English university who becomes obsessed with an older, well-known woman novelist -- a figure like Muriel Spark or Anita Brookner. But unlike most of the weedy egotists who make convenient satirical heroes, Richard manages to possess his idol, whom he refers to as JL, and even marry...
...front about the face-lifting ("Only one, really") and the hair ("Ever notice how women on TV get blonder as they get older?"). A University of Texas graduate who married and divorced twice, she admits to being a "glitter kid" from way back. "Walter Winchell was my idol," she says. "I wanted to go to the Stork Club." Arriving in New York City in 1949, she learned her trade at Modern Screen, Newsweek and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and by working in radio and TV. When she was offered a column in the Daily News in 1976, Smith says, "I didn...
...American Music). For New Orleans jazz purists, this may be the most eagerly awaited reissue of the past three decades. These classic 1944 sides -- first recorded on acetate and now available on compact disc -- capture the remarkable tone and timing of the man who was Louis Armstrong's early idol and whose comeback in the '40s helped launch a traditional-jazz revival...