Word: platinum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just too painful. Space and a tender constitution forbid us to itemize the blandishments of all those morality movies (Flipper, May 17; Alaska, July 14; Kazaam, July 17; The Adventures of Pinocchio, July 26; The Spitfire Grill, August 23, et al.) about misunderstood kids with Dondi eyes and platinum hearts who learn The True Meaning of Friendship from a MENSA-level dolphin, a genie played by Shaquille O'Neal, an adorable polar bear or Martin Landau as Geppetto. For two other childlike films, adults (and adult-like children) may have a hope...
Jones is best known as the producer of Michael Jackson's multi-platinum albums,Off the Wall, Bad and Thriller--the best-selling album ever with over 40 million copies sold...
...fogged in, Peter Jennings hauled himself to the Hertz counter to rent a car. As he headed out to the parking lot, the man behind the counter talked into the intercom. "He's on his way." Pause. "Just give him the best thing we've got. He's Platinum...
...record-company suits moan about the rising costs of keeping talent happy--those groaning record-industry executives are pulling in huge salaries too. Robert Morgado, former chairman of Warner Music Group, made $7 million to $8 million annually, and when he was fired last May he was given a platinum parachute that by some estimates was worth $60 million. A fair number of other record executives--who still have their jobs--are earning $10 million a year and more. Says music-industry analyst Robert Broadwater: "This is the entertainment business. The rules that apply in industrial America don't apply...
From the lush opening shots of India and the ship to America, seemingly suspended in the velvet night. "A Little Princess" is practically shot through the diamond lens of a platinum camera, on gold-rinsed film. This movie positively drips wealth. Even the wooden planks of the bare attic where Sara is thrust after her fall from grace are examined in lustrous detail by the camera's eye, and of course the opulence that surrounds her before her little bout with poverty is absolutely sumptuous. Reality is suspended as surely as if this were an animated feature...