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...mutt on David Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks. He secured TV fame playing a gnomish cab dispatcher with a heart of gunk. Not, you might say, Hollywood's idea of a leading man, unless for a Muppet remake of Rumpelstiltskin. But in today's Hollywood, where the hottest teen idol is a 64-year-old named Rodney Dangerfield, anything is possible. So why not Danny DeVito as the topliner of the highly liked summer hit Ruthless People? Or as the scene stealer in a rock video touting a previous hit, The Jewel of the Nile? Or as the voice...
Inevitably, the credit Bradley is reaping from this political near miracle makes him a presidential prospect. To the Democrats, desperate for new faces, the emergence of a 42-year-old Rhodes scholar and sports idol who can claim to be the father of tax reform may be an act of political deliverance. Bradley seems in no great hurry to jump into the presidential race, but he is nonetheless quietly preparing himself for this last and greatest competition --if not in 1988, then in 1992. "Bill has always had a sense of where he wants to go," says his old Princeton...
...much as the turning of a fresh page, young Mario loved the clean connection of ball and bat. He was a natural athlete. Baseball was his calling; he was a centerfielder, a more compact, combative version of his idol, Joe DiMaggio. Cuomo was good enough for the Pittsburgh Pirates to sign him for a $2,000 bonus to play in their Class D Georgia-Florida League. A scouting report prepared at the time singled out Cuomo for his talent and his aggressiveness: "He is another who will run over you if you get in his way." Once, when a catcher...
...perception is that unless they see you on TV, you're not doing your job. When my colleagues ask me why I'm giving so many speeches, I can say it's your own damn fault for voting TV in." On the other hand, the wavy- haired and matinee-idol-handsome John Warner (Actress Elizabeth Taylor's ex-hubby) proclaimed with virtuous self-denial, "I will not start combing my hair or wear red ties. I shall remain the shaggy renegade character I've always been...
Allio makes the transition less easily than Glucksman and his Idol isn't as comfortable in front of the crowds. And while Glucksman manages to maintain a shadow of the passion of the original Catherine, Allio's Heathcliffe comes off somewhat mechanical...