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...Fish had praise for Hayes, and also noted that the rookie is still improving.“He’s trying to sharpen his weapons and become much clearer about his shot selection,” Fish said. “It’s like a piano player trying to play a piece so well that his fingers just walk on the keys. A tennis player tries to make his shots so well that he knows where they’re going.”COLUMBIA CLASSICThe Crimson sent co-captain Scott Denenberg and sophomore Chris Clayton...
...Academy has nominated a directorial pair only twice before (for West Side Story and the 1978 Heaven Can Wait), and because you could count the number of women nominated for Best Directors on the fingers of a maimed hand. (Three: Lina Wertmuller for Seven Beauties, Jane Campion for The Piano and Sofia Coppola, the only American woman, for Lost in Translation...
...idle either. She is preparing to do a movie during the 1987 hiatus between Moonlighting seasons and is planning a new record album. Perhaps not so coincidentally, Shepherd attended the 20th anniversary party for the National Organization for Women in Los Angeles last week. She posed coyly on a piano and then delivered a speech noting the virtually unlimited career opportunities for women in the 1980s. Maddie would certainly approve. But what about David...
...Mickeymania inspired books, toys, watches and countless other items, many of which are pictured in Mickey Mouse Memorabilia: The Vintage Years 1928-1938 (Abrams; 180 pages; $27.50). Whether happily dozing in an armchair that is the base of a lamp or merrily dancing with his Minnie atop a toy piano, Mickey is the sturdy little guy we recognize in all of us: the mouse as Everyman...
...music became another type of escape. He took singing lessons and taught himself to play piano; a severe dyslexic, Mika is unable to read music. His first proper gig was, aged 11, in the choir in Richard Strauss's Die Frau Ohne Schatten at London's Royal Opera House. He went on to study at the Royal College of Music. At night, he worked on his pop songs or waited tables to pay the studio bills. Eventually a record company showed interest - but only if he did as he was told. "I wrote Grace Kelly as a kind of reaction...