Word: kirks
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...Kirk Douglas...
...jutting jaw, the breaking voice, the intense glare have long made Kirk Douglas a favorite of stand-up mimics. At age 73 he has finally decided to join their ranks. In his first novel, Dance with the Devil, Douglas offers impressions of Harold Robbins and Judith Krantz...
Douglas' 1988 autobiography, The Ragman's Son, features a combination of gusto and raw intelligence. Dance with the Devil is reminiscent of those studio-bound productions with twice-breathed dialogue and a B-movie cast. If Kirk Douglas of Beverly Hills had worked only for directors like Danny Dennison, he could still be Issur Danielovitch of Amsterdam...
More glitz is on the way. MGM Grand, whose largest stockholder is flamboyant financier Kirk Kerkorian, plans to open a $700 million, 5,000-room hotel and movie-studio theme park in 1992. Attractions at the park will include demonstrations of how films are made. Says Fred Benninger, chairman of MGM Grand: "I think the trend of bare-breasted chorus girls and all that has become passe. People are no longer interested...
...roaring MGM lion, may be Hollywood's most enduring symbol, but lately he's been looking a bit shopworn. Last October financier Kirk Kerkorian agreed to sell MGM/UA to Australia's Qintex, but the deal collapsed when the buyer could not complete the financing. Talks with several other bidders have since fizzled. Last week Los Angeles-based Pathe Communications said it will pay $1.2 billion for the venerable studio, whose 1,000-film library includes James Bond, the Pink Panther and West Side Story. "A great day for Europe!" said Giancarlo Parretti, the Italian investor who controls Pathe...