Word: paramount
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...knew all his lines perfectly. The man was terrific. The professionalism of the man was unbelievable," publicist Dick Winters of Paramount Television in Los Angeles said yesterday...
Hollywood executives are now scurrying around, looking for clues so they can make 1983 into a Bonanza II. But the truth is that there probably are no explanations. It was just one of those years. "It's simple," says Barry Diller, chairman of Paramount Pictures. "Are there movies people are interested in seeing or aren't there? The business is not affected by recession, depression or inflation. It is just affected by movies. In 1982 there were more movies people wanted to see than in other years...
...catalogue, 88 pages mostly in grim black and white, in contrast to this Christmas' 648 pages nearly all in color, was reprinted by Sears as a promotion. Then, as now, concern about prices seemed paramount. The catalogue promised nifty bargains to customers who made a $7.50 purchase-for example, a 26-piece silver-plate tableware set for $4.99. A number of other items look no less alluring. You needed garters to hold them up, but silk stockings were 78?. In pre-diet conscious America, there were 2-lb. fruitcakes selling for 49?, and 4 Ibs. of mixed nuts cost...
During the course of the evening, we watch the despotic but disorganized King Paramount learn the English version of monarchy. Traipsing around on stage with him are the highly malleable citizens of Utopia, two sycophantic advisors, six stereotypic Englishmen, and three slightly dizzy princesses, the eldest of whom has just returned from finishing school in England. Most of the characters overflow with superfluous emotions that only serve to complicate the already too-intricate plot...
...more concerned with fighting a bigger war, for a potentially bigger market: television." In the past two weeks, all six major studios were moving in on pay cable: Columbia, MGM/UA and 20th Century-Fox are reportedly dealing to buy into Showtime, the second largest pay cable network; and Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros. announced an agreement to purchase the Movie Channel, the third largest. The immediate effect is likely to be an increase in the cable licensing fees of popular movies, especially to Home Box Office, the giant of pay TV. The ultimate goal may be to re-establish...