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...With Labor likely to be the larger grouping, Rabin may replace Shamir as Prime Minister. But the two men's policies are so similar that such a prospect elicits little excitement. No wonder many voters are more interested in knowing whether Victoria, the Caracas fashion mogul, will discover that her new model, Crystal, is actually the daughter she conceived with a priest-in-training and gave up for adoption long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Longest Yawn | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

...media mogul plans to create a new system of private schooling that he hopes will produce a smarter generation of American kids -- and make him and his partners a profit as well. He also expects to inspire -- indeed, compel -- the existing public school system to change the way it instills knowledge. "Kids today are disconnected from the education process," says Whittle. "We need to figure out how they are motivated and tap into that." At this point Whittle's enterprise is little more than an ambitious blue-sky notion, yet it is attracting considerable interest and some high-level talent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Knowledge for Sale | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...actually Glen only wanted to change his frocks. But Jail Bait (1954), Bride of the Monster (1955), Plan 9 from Outer Space (1956), Night of the Ghouls (1958) and The Sinister Urge (1961) went right into the commode. "Ed was a loser in my book," says the B-movie mogul Samuel Z. Arkoff. "Fundamentally, there were just too many things deficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Worst Director | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...Robbins captured Hollywood as a baby mogul in Robert Altman's The Player. Now he's skewering politics with Bob Roberts. Possible next role: CEO, the selfless keeper of the bottom line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forward Spin: May 25, 1992 | 5/25/1992 | See Source »

...Arazis. "Our films aren't supertankers," he says. "They're not obvious movies. They don't have a prior history. But they've all tested from Very Good to Through the Roof." Canton crosses his fingers around A League of Their Own and Mo' Money. No doubt every other mogul has a similar wish list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Gets Hot | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

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