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Can the company once called Hitsville, U.S.A., which produced a generation of singing superstars from Stevie Wonder to the Supremes, hit it big in pictures? That question is producing a heart-thumping atmosphere at Motown Productions these days. Founder and Chairman Berry Gordy, who sold his legendary record label to...
In making Lonesome Dove, de Passe rejected the TV industry wisdom that westerns no longer draw a big audience. All three major networks initially turned down the rights to produce McMurtry's 843-page prairie odyssey. Even the author warned de Passe, "You probably wouldn't like it." Intrigued, de...
A former concert-booking agent, de Passe started as Gordy's creative assistant when she was 21 and produced several hit records in her 13 years in the music division. Her masterstroke: persuading Gordy in 1968 to sign the Jackson Five, an unknown group starring nine-year-old singer Michael...
SWEETEST COMEBACK Profiteroles, the tiny ice-cream-filled cream puffs, considered the glamour dessert of the '50s and long passe, are back in favor at newly fashionable restaurants. The final classic touch is the dousing of bittersweet chocolate sauce, a sundae kind of taste that is so essentially American.
Mass-market: This is the most common kind, as the name reveals, and its proliferation can be explained by the commercialization of fads. It's part and parcel of the slumming trend, which as we know is the desire for the way-too-comfortable to look like they have street...