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...apparent extortion scheme suggests that the current intrigue between the Mob and Hollywood may be every bit as spicy as it was in Lansky's heyday. MCA, Inc., the conglomerate seeking video rights to the movie, has suspended Eugene Giaquinto, president of its Home Entertainment Group, following reports that the FBI was investigating his possible ties to organized crime. For at least a year, FBI agents have been tapping the phones of Giaquinto and others in the industry who were heard discussing contacts with mobsters like New York's Gambino-family boss, John Gotti. The eavesdroppers have listened to talk...
JARVIS: WHATEVER WORKS (MCA). Jazz, rock, pop, country and New Age smoothly reconciled by an adept keyboardist with a knack for graceful melody...
LYLE LOVETT: PONTIAC (MCA). Quirky, haunting roadhouse tunes with an underhanded comic flair...
...tucked between Sunset Strip's office buildings and Beverly Hills' mansions. Its owner and chief executive, the boyish Geffen, 45, often dresses for work in blue denim, wears a two-day beard and avoids any restaurant that requires a tie. Yet in an industry dominated by such giants as MCA and Gulf & Western, the Geffen Co. has become a serious contender, a factory of hits. Started in 1981 with just three employees, it pulled in $26 million in profits during 1987 and is expected to top $40 million this year...
...MCA Home Video, Oct. 27). Six years after he set box-office records, Hollywood's favorite alien finally phones home video. It promises to be the top-selling movie cassette ever...