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Strength is paramount in Greco-Roman wrestling, which doesn't allow a competitor to take down an opponent by attacking his legs. That places a premium on lifts and throws. Such tactics are common in lighter weight classes, but Karelin--"King Kong" or "The Experiment" to fellow wrestlers--is the only super heavyweight with the strength to hoist a 290-lb. foe and fling him to the mat, in a maneuver the Russian calls a "reverse body lift." To execute it, Karelin locks his arms around the waist of an opponent, then lifts the wrestler like a sack of potatoes...
...West Wing" party Sunday evening on the Warner Bros. lot where the president - the TV one, Martin Sheen, that is - held court with the rest of his staff. Not to be outdone by California's Gov. Gray Davis who threw a party for 15,000 on the Paramount lot, Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante hosted a wild night of salsa and singing Tuesday that had the crowd on its feet, hip-swivelling to Enrique Iglesias, Los Lobos and La India or pounding out their appreciation for farmworker organizer Cesar Chavez and his family...
...radio host in the country today. This fall the sharp-tongued psychotherapist is scheduled to bring her views to television with the syndicated talk show Dr. Laura. But as its Sept. 11 premier date nears, she has been the target of a campaign by gay activists who are pressuring Paramount Domestic Television to pull the plug because of what they contend are her slurs against homosexuals. Procter & Gamble has backed out as a sponsor. In an exclusive interview with TIME, Schlessinger, 53, an Orthodox Jew, discusses the controversy as well as her new book, Parenthood by Proxy (HarperCollins...
...this movie, I assure you. But if, for some reason, even Clooney's indisputable charms fail to rouse the attentions of the American moviegoing public, here's a suggestion for next summer: Think "reality" features. Keep a small video camera running in the conference rooms at Fox, Warner Brothers, Paramount and Miramax as the summer wears on. If profits improve, that's great. If not, you've got a whole series of "reality" movies to show next year, complete with images of frantic executives hurling themselves out the first-floor windows of movie-lot bungalows. Hey, if it works...
TIME: Has Paramount asked you to tone down your television show...