Word: ken
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Convinced that it would be easier teach a boxer to act than an actor to Stallone auditioned the menacing Shavers, who had fought Ali and Ken Norton. "The man practically me to death," Stallone winces. "The instincts of the ring took over, and he trouble pulling his punches. He hit me the arm so hard that my elbow the wind out of me. I machoed it out the way into the men's room before threw...
...Ken Russell updates Stravinsky in a splashy opera debut...
...Ken Russell has never been one to do anything halfway. Propelled by a flamboyant visual imagination, the British director, 54, has shocked audiences with his horrific The Devils, astounded them with his psychedelic imagery for the rock opera Tommy and scandalized them with his racy, irreverent looks at mighty composers, such as Lisztomania...
Mainly this was a Ken Russell show-and probably the curtain raiser on a new career. "It wouldn't break my heart if I never looked through a lens again, so long as I could go on with the opera," he says. "I'm interested in communication, and communication has a long, long way to go in opera. I would like to do something to improve that situation.'' -By Michael Walsh
Reported by Ken Banta/Chicago and Frederick Ungeheuer/ New York...