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...Seal ceremonies. Talking through a loudspeaker, the veteran singer soothed jangled nerves among the 425 passengers. After two more days of traveling, Bailey hit a traffic jam outside New York City. Christmas Seal officials who had spotted Dolly Parton, 39, having lunch asked her to stand in for Pearlie Mae. As Parton did her part, Bailey showed up. A splendid pair of bosom buddies, said a fan. "No," Bailey corrected him. "I make a nice pair. Dolly makes lots of nice pairs...
...through small towns that had hundreds of yellow ribbons decorating telephone booths, mailboxes and trees. When he reached Richmond, he was greeted by 3,000 friends and neighbors. He hardly knew what to say, but he did know what he wanted. "First," he announced, "I've got to see Mae and get a haircut." Mae Hammond, a widow who runs a barbershop on the corner of the town square, assented. Testrake, she said of the man who comes to her every two weeks for a trim, was "looking a little shaggy...
...timing is clearly part of the Madonna craze. As it happens, few other big rock stars are diluting media attention. Also the neoconservative mood of the kid culture seems to be just right for an entertainer whose personality is an outrageous blend of Little Orphan Annie, Margaret Thatcher and Mae West...
What is male body building--with its heroic chestwork, Alpine biceps and sculpted glutes--if not an artful parody of the average male body? And what is female body building if not a parody of the male body too? Instead of aspiring to Daisy Mae curves, and turning to cotton or cosmetic surgery to fulfill the image, women on the cutting edge of body building demand the taut bulges of an Arnold Schwarzenegger and pump iron (lift weights) like crazy to achieve them. Pumping Iron (1977) was a deadpan docufarce that transformed Schwarzenegger from a curiosity into a celebrity. Pumping...
Just everything goes wrong for Farmer Tom Garvey (Mel Gibson) and his ever- sufferin' wife Mae (Sissy Spacek). The local river rises and floods their corn crop; an agricultural cartel tries to buy them out; the mean old banks threaten to foreclose on their land; and Mae gets her arm caught in a corn- picking machine. But Tom will not be swayed: "I ain't leavin'. 'Cept in a box." And so he joins the farm women of Places in the Heart and Country as Hollywood's nominee for the collective American hero...