Word: paramountly
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Sinatra at the Paramount Broadway...
When he was introduced before headliner Benny Goodman in late 1942, the ensuing roar prompted Goodman, offstage, to ask, "What the hell was that?" The first superstar, baby. Two years later a crowd of 30,000 teenage girls swamped the Paramount Theater in a morning ticket rush dubbed the Columbus Day Riot. The bobby-soxers had reached battalion strength. And when they heard Frank sing, they fell, as they would for decades, for Swoonatra...
...invention, but the new Hollywood passed, the victim of erratic returns at the box office. Nicholson passed along with it, not out of sight, but on to other things. He worked into the mainstream, and started running with the high rollers. He now counts as two of his buddies Paramount Production Chief Robert Evans and Warren Beatty, his co-star in Fortune. Nicholson, along with his real gifts, has always had a canny ability to move with the heat. He has done it so well that now he is the heat. He knew he had it knocked after...
...about the impact such high-profile charges may have on East Timor's evolving ties with its powerful neighbor. The independence of the judicial process is clear, says Gusm?o's chief of staff, Agio Pereira, "but the President also considers the relationship with the Indonesian government to be of paramount importance for our own development." For now, the indictments remain in limbo: East Timor has no extradition treaty with Indonesia, and it's unclear whether the warrants, which must pass through the foreign ministry, will even be sent to Indonesia. But the symbolism is potent?which is why Foreign Minister...
...PURCHASED. WARNER BROS.; the remake rights to the 2002 Hong Kong box-office hit Infernal Affairs for $1.75 million after a bidding war with DreamWorks, Paramount and Miramax that began late last month; in Hong Kong. Starring Hong Kong heartthrobs Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, the film was the territory's highest-grossing movie last year. The remake will be co-produced by prominent American actor Brad Pitt...