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Some Americans might be willing to ignore the patent absurdity of numerically ranking the nation's issues. But not many would believe Bush's contention that the debate over abortion rights, which for at least a year stood near paramount in American consciousness, suddenly dropped off the scale of national priorities on the eve of the elections...
With his all-gums smile, flattop hairdo and exuberant, affable manner, Hall seems like an overgrown kid surveying a roomful of candy. His conversation is frank, unaffected, headlong. "When I'm on the air, I'm happy," he says, relaxing in his mirrored office on the Paramount lot, a muted TV set overhead tuned in to MTV. He is dressed in his typical off-hours duds: baseball cap, Reebok T shirt and unlaced sneakers. "I was born to do this. When I'm in the spotlight, I'm gone. I love it more than anything in the world. When everyone...
...better one was in the offing. Last year Paramount proposed another late-night talk show; Hall would be executive producer as well as star, and he would be guaranteed time off to make movies. He was still reluctant. But a guest appearance with Carson on Tonight got his talk-show juices flowing again, and he finally agreed...
...executives weren't watching," says Hall. "No one cared." When Wilton North was a quick failure, Fox asked Hall to return. But by this time his attention was elsewhere, notably in movies: he had just shot Coming to America, the first of a three-picture deal with Paramount. Hall turned down the Fox offer...
...close friends. Another is Murphy, whom he met at Los Angeles' Comedy Store in 1980. "Eddie's the brother I never had," says Hall. "We share intimate secrets. We cry together. There's no competitiveness between us. When I called and told him I had been signed by Paramount, he couldn't have been happier." Though Hall has been linked with Murphy's so-called black pack -- a group of young black performers and filmmakers, among them actor-directors Robert Townshend and Keenen Ivory Wayans -- Hall says the others are only casual friends...