Word: manilow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from the beginning--"What do you need blood and gore for? You've got me. What do you need other actors for?" But he was overruled, and as technicians plastered the sets with spider webs, large rodents and decaying corpses, Langella retired to his dressing room with his Barry Manilow and Kiss records "to put me in the mood for the love scenes...
...instance, written a column of too familiar TV listings ("5:00, Ch. 3: Enough is Enough/Audrey falls for a swinging swimming pool cleaner and the twins disapprove"), rationalized rape ("Men who dress provocatively are asking for it"), and once dared to dismiss Barry Manilow as "the Mitch Miller of the '70s." Recalls White: "It's been a couple of years since so many nasty letters ended up on my desk. The last time it happened was shortly after I suggested that Queen Elizabeth be named the Best Dressed Woman of 1952. That...
...Point and The Goodbye Girl, often shown just after they have finished running in local theaters; sports events (e.g., a U.S.-Soviet track meet not carried on regular TV or even basic cable); and entertainment specials, often Las Vegas-type revues built around a single star such as Barry Manilow, Steve Martin or Crystal Gayle...
...story or to care about it. Although Drew and Rose marie are adults, their relationship is founded on nothing but abject puppy love. Their careers are scarcely more interesting than their emotions. Drew aspires only to be a middle-of-the-road pop star along the lines of Barry Manilow. Rosemarie is not so much a ballerina as a fledgling Broadway chorus girl. Were this team to make it, they would still never amount to much more than the Captain and Tennille...
...nice way record companies make a few more bucks at Christmas is with rehashes of their artists' music in the form of greatest hits and live concert albums. Go into a record store and you'll note that everyone from the Commodores to the Steve Miller Bank to Barry Manilow and Barbara Streisand have greatest hits albums out. That way record companies can make a lot of money off the same old music without having to offer up anything new form their performers. And at Christmas greatest hits albums are an especially good sales item. I mean, why choose between...