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Some experts see such reversals as signs of a mini-revival of family life. The divorce rate, which doubled from 1950 to 1982, has leveled off, though it still hits 1 of every 2 U.S. marriages. "People may be taking marriage more seriously," suggests Barbara Wilson, a federal demographer. Similarly, the number of unmarried couples living together has stabilized. After soaring from 523,000 in 1970 to 1,988,000 last year, the out-of-wedlock cohort actually declined slightly in this year's survey. Demographers attribute this mostly to economic and age factors. Said Author Bryant Robey...
Faint praise, perhaps, at a time when network mini-series have sunk to the soap-opera drivel of North and South and Kane & Abel. But Bleak House is also a step above the general run of tony, tasteful and sometimes tedious British drawing-room dramas that arrive regularly on these shores. There is, for one thing, scarcely a drawing room to be found. The beautifully detailed production moves with ease from the grand country estate of Lord and Lady Dedlock (Robin Bailey and Diana Rigg) to the drab chambers of Chancery and into the sad, grimy streets of London slums...
...will be his last major fund-raising effort. Now, he feels, "I have to concentrate on making a living. I have to remove myself and distance myself and start to think in a musical frame of mind." He and his band, the Boomtown Rats, have just completed a mini-tour of Italy. Geldof will use his share of the proceeds to pay off some accumulated debts and replenish savings depleted by his worldwide drumbeating. "We don't take any administrative costs on Band Aid and Live Aid," he reminds everyone. "My phone bill is in the thousands...
...maybe even in another life. On location in the Peruvian Andes, Shirley MacLaine, 51, found herself and her script embroiled in an intercultural tussle involving extraterrestrials and ancient monuments. (No, Steven Spielberg is not the producer.) The project is Out on a Limb, a five-hour ABC mini-series for November based on her 1983 autobiography of the same title. Citing passages where MacLaine suggests that Machu Picchu and the giant desert drawings known as the Nazca Lines were made by visitors from outer space rather than by the Peruvians, the National Institute of Culture accused her of inadvertently aiding...
...London in 1936, the priciest property sold for a then staggering ?400. That doesn't go far in London today, so a limited-edition 70th anniversary special Monopoly Here & Now brings the game up to date. New hot properties such as Notting Hill and Canary Wharf are selling for mini-money millions, a barrage of London icons - including the London Eye, Tate Modern and the new Wembley Stadium - have appeared and, instead of scooping up $18 in a beauty contest, players who draw the right Chance card receive $183,000 for winning a reality TV show. The Free Parking square...