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Still, the man who appears to bear paramount responsibility may never be brought to court. P.W. Botha, 80, sits in virtual seclusion in retirement on the south coast of the cape. Botha, who suffered a stroke before his 1989 resignation, appears increasingly enfeebled; that, plus his legendary irascibility, may make it awkward if not impossible to force him to face the commission. Embattled and isolated, he refuses to give interviews or even to pick up the telephone; an aide who answered a call last week described the unrepentant hard-liner as "unapproachable." Yet if auguries are to be credited...
Students said yesterday that keeping test records private was paramount to student's feelings of security...
...film has woman-to-woman origins, though it ended up in the guiding hands of men. Paramount chairman Sherry Lansing bought the rights to the Olivia Goldsmith novel when it was still just an idea and Lansing was still a producer. After she took over the studio, she handed the project to the prolific Scott Rudin (who produced Clueless and The Firm), who in turn hired Steel Magnolias screenwriter Robert Harling. Admittedly not a woman, Harling says he did bring some personal insight to the first-wife mind-set. "They tell you to write what you know," he says...
...production hit a rough patch when Hawn tried to drop out shortly before shooting started. Paramount's Lansing played hardball, threatening to sue. "I'll take your house," an insider remembers her threatening. Hawn stayed in but asked for changes to make the women less shrewish. "I stuck with that bone and didn't let it go," she says. Addams Family Values screenwriter Paul Rudnick polished the script. And Midler, demanding more comedy, improvised some of her sharpest lines, including her comment to her husband's lithe mistress: "My, my. The bulimia certainly has paid...
...likely also-rans--Paramount, Warner, Universal and the rest--have begun courting Lucas, who remains holed up at his Marin County office. "He ain't easy to woo," laments a studio chairman. "He's not easy to get to." Handicappers say Lucas talks first to Fox, which has shown its good faith by lavishing millions on the video boxed set and on redoing the original trilogy for theaters. Fox also has a big bargaining chip: Lucas owns the copyrights to the Empire and Jedi installments, but Star Wars belongs to Fox. A friend says Lucas wants to complete his collection...