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...most cynical, albeit futile, stunts in the sorry history of public relations.) Rita Wilson as Kravis' wife, the fashion designer Carolyne Roehm, is quite believable in the role of a woman whose single indulgence was a daily Oreo. Even the smaller parts work quite well, notably Leilani Ferrer as Johnson's thirtysomething wife Laurie, originally known to her critics as "Cupcake," and then, after Ross finagled her an honorary doctorate from some roadside Florida university, as "Dr. Cupcake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barbarians on The Screen | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

Despite their reputation as dirt lovers, pigs have generally good sanitary habits. Potbellies can be housebroken faster than most dogs, which is one reason they make tolerable house pets. Leilani Appleyard, a psychotherapist in suburban Rochester, notes that visitors sometimes comment on the absence of house stench after meeting her two-year-old pig Gretel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: This Little Piggy Ate Roast Beef | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...Billy Martin; the guest timekeeper, manipulating a tiny silver bell that might have come from King Farouk's dinner table, is Liberace. Pop Thrush Cyndi Lauper is "managing" Wendi Richter ("150 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal") as she attempts to regain her W.W.F. championship belt from zaftig Leilani Kai, managed by former longtime (28 years) women's champ, the Fabulous Moolah. And in the main event, teaming with Hulk Hogan against the preening Paul ("Mr. Wonderful") Orndorff and the kilted, malefic Rowdy Roddy Piper, is the Hulk's Rocky III co-star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Hype! Hell Raising! Hulk Hogan! | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...stormy petrel. He is a balding, affable attorney with a reputation for being a workaholic dedicated to absorbing every relevant fact in a lawsuit-and then using the facts to devastating effect in the courtroom. Son of a lawyer in Lusk, Wyo., who represented ranchers and farmers, Watt married Leilani Bomgardner while still a student at the University of Wyoming (J.D. '62). He worked as a legislative aide to former Republican Senator Milward Simpson, then became a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior and later, commissioner of the Federal Power Commission. For the past three years he has been president...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Stormy Petrel for Interior | 1/5/1981 | See Source »

Hipper than the Hawaiian tradition of tinkling ukuleles, Ho has chucked the cloying Sweet Leilani, and only under audience pressure retreats to the Hawaiian Wedding Song. His beat ranges from big to bongo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entertainers: Trader Ho | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

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