Word: opera
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...best thing about the new movie version of Mission: Impossible is the famous original theme music, a staccato tune for which composer Schifrin won two Grammy awards. TV themes--like those from Mannix and Medical Center--have been just one outlet for Schifrin; his works also include symphonies, operas and jazz compositions. A native of Argentina, he was brought to America in 1960 by Dizzy Gillespie to serve as his pianist and arranger. A Hollywood contract for The Cincinnati Kid followed in 1964, the first of countless film scores. Schifrin continues to adhere to a daily practice and composing schedule...
...page newspaper warning of dire consequences if Zyuganov wins. On the front page of the first issue, which has already flooded 10 million Russian homes, a fabricated plea from Stacy Edwards urges voters to choose Yeltsin over the Communists. Edwards plays Holly on Santa Barbara, an American soap opera widely watched on Russian television. Inside, a full-page color photo portraying Zyuganov has been retouched to show him in a surgical gown, holding a sickle poised to slice into two eggs. In Russian the word for eggs is also slang for testicles...
...cast and crew of Harvard-Radcliffe Television's (HRTV) "Ivory Tower" got a visit from another television crew Tuesday. The soap opera based on College life will be featured in an upcoming episode of NBC's "Real Life...
Longo said that "Real Life," a life-style magazine which debuted in March, is targeted toward women. The "Did You Know?" segment on "Ivory Tower" is centered on the theme "Did you know that Harvard had a soap opera...
HRTV Publicity Director Jared E. Bush '96-'97 said the camera crew spent the day with soap opera cast members, even securing permission to film in Harvard Yard, which is only rarely granted to outside film crews...