Word: pillows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This epicurean success rests on an improbable ingredient: a bland, gelatinous, soybean derivative called tofu, which many consider an affront to the taste buds. "Tofu is like eating your pillow," pronounces Washington-based Researcher Lisa Frangos. But she likes Tofutti...
...spirited in a role that plays too heavily on urban oafishness. Rhinestone, though, belongs to the lady. Parton is an irresistible screen presence, cute and cuddlesome and just a mite raunchy, a sort of Daisy Mae West. And when she sings, "I would let my gentle bosom/ Be the pillow for your head," she reminds us that her body is a statuesque amalgam of art and nature. All together now: two cheers for Dolly! -By Richard Corliss...
...dictum that less is more means nothing here; pace and profligacy are everything. This time, though, the creative group has neglected to build to the kind of giddy, everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink climax that made Airplane! such a memorable exercise in anarchy. Top Secret! plays more like a pillow fight in a summer-camp cabin, an agreeable way to pass the time after lights-out, but one that just peters out when everyone gets tired of breaking the rules. -By Richard Schickel...
...hideaway in Washington State with panoramic views of Mount Rainier and a comfortably cluttered apartment on Manhattan's East Side. The furniture there is mostly old and relatively inexpensive. The objects in the living room-oriental bibelots, a taxidermist-mounted dove given to her by Fidel Castro, a pillow embroidered with the slogan LEAVE ME ALONE, I'M HAVING A CRISIS-are all chosen, MacLaine says, for their sentimental associations, not beauty. Says MacLaine: "I did all the decorating myself, here and in Malibu. The style there is 'early accumulation'- heavy redwood furniture that will still...
...personal Rubicon. He could not get across; Salazar trundled over the finish line in eighth place. During a postrace TV interview, he almost broke down. His confidence seemed destroyed. He was having trouble sleeping. "I used to be able to put my head on a pillow and, bam, I'd sleep like a rock for eight hours," he said wanly. "But for the past year and a half, I've had to take a sleeping pill to get some sleep." His agony was palpable. Confessed Salazar: "I don't feel any different physically, but mentally there...