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...newly footloose Elena flies to Florida to visit her father Dick, who may or may not have been in the CIA at one point--he tells his daughter he knows someone who "was involved in Dallas"--and who now, at 74, is on the verge of big payday, delivering and selling a planeload of unspecified merchandise somewhere in the Caribbean. It is 1984, after all, and the region is abuzz with preparations for what would later be described as the Iran-contra affair. Unfortunately, her father falls ill, and Elena agrees to accompany the plane on its mission and pick...
...three summer sport comedies, along with Eddie (Whoopi Goldberg as coach of the New York Knicks) and Tin Cup (Kevin Costner as a golfer). This one could be the Color of Money of bowling--former pro Woody Harrelson recruits Amish phenom Randy Quaid for a big payday. But the Farrelly brothers (Dumb & Dumber) ain't Scorsese. For a start, they have a fascination for prosthetic-hand gags; there are nine, just in the trailer. Rude and obvious. We laughed nine times...
...radio. Hugh Rodham, formerly a Florida Senate candidate and still the brother of the First Lady, launched a show of his own in December that's already on 43 stations. Buchanan's talk show last year was picked up by more than 100 stations, enough for a $232,000 payday. A realistic goal now would be to overtake the 125 that carry defeated Senate candidate and radio talker Oliver North. Impassioned also-ran Alan Keyes, who used to host a talk show heard in 10 markets, could also return to the mike...
...wins his hardware bet remains to be seen, of course. But Sony continues the lavish spending on software that Schulhof charted. Last week Variety reported that TriStar agreed to pay Tom Cruise $20 million up front to star in the comedy Jerry Maguire. It was the third $20 million payday that Sony has recently served up to top Hollywood talent...
...Every payday, 18.5 million Americans have an estimated $747 million withheld from their wages and salaries and placed in 401(k) accounts, where money managers invest it in securities. Taxes remain deferred on the income and investment gains that accrue in the plans until the employees retire. But unlike traditional public and private pension plans, the 401(k) program, which has amassed $525 billion in retirement funds since it began in 1979, carries no federal insurance to protect employees against theft and mismanagement...