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Soon Beck's celebrity spread beyond the financial community. He made a cameo appearance in Oliver Stone's film Wall Street and became chums with megastar Michael Douglas...
...last week after two years as president of Columbia Pictures, she had made her mark. After taking over the job from prickly British producer David Puttnam, who had alienated Hollywood's power brokers, Steel put Columbia back on track by enlisting such top names as director Mike Nichols and megastar Michael Douglas...
...there were other, more pertinent reasons for mourning Lennon's passing. He was not simply the megastar founder of a legendary rock group but a demonstrably troubled man who seemed to be in the process of beating back his demons. After five years of mysterious silence, he had released a new album, Double Fantasy, on which he and his wife Yoko Ono alternately performed love songs. Suddenly Lennon was dominating the airwaves again with his hit single from the album, Starting Over. And he was talking to reporters, telling interviewers about his life as a househusband, baking bread and caring...
Since its release, I've come to like Bad. It is in many ways "Thriller II," and it's reaffirmed the popularity of the unique style that made Michael a megastar. Bad's first four singles have reached number one on the pop charts, and the album has already sold 13 million copies after only seven months...
...cult trumpets be raised: Hollywood is stagestruck again. Children of a Lesser God corrals five Oscar nominations; Crimes of the Heart blossoms into a modest, megastar success; Brighton Beach Memoirs and 'night, Mother find their way to film. All of which means . . . very little. Perhaps that there is lower financial risk in stories with few characters and no special effects. Or that the ravenous appetite of the home-video market can be easily stoked with product that has proved its value in another venue. Or that moguls have decided to bankroll a few films with their wives in mind instead...