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DIED. MEL TAYLOR, 62, drummer for the Ventures, who were known for the theme of TV's Hawaii Five-O; of lung cancer; in Los Angeles. The Ventures' classic Surf Rider was featured in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction...
...springtime for off-Hollywood film, with maverick hits like Fargo, Flirting with Disaster, The Brothers McMullen--and Pulp Fiction by that spawn of the indies, Quentin Tarantino. Redford had a fine, leathery hand in all that too. In '85 some 50 independent films were made; last year there were 700. They earned $735 million at the U.S. box office, nearly triple the gross in 1992. Redford's festival created an aura that welcomed young directors and persuaded Hollywood to do the same. Says indie producer John Pierson: "Sundance totally dominates the independent landscape...
...alive-after-all hominids to launch an ingenious and thoughtful exploration of what it means to be human, see if your local library or used-book store still has a copy of Vercors' You Shall Know Them, which was published back in the 1950s. If your tastes run to pulp fiction instead, either of these novels might make an adequate companion on a plane ride. If you choose Popescu, better make sure it's a long trip...
Back in 1988, when he was just another guy getting off a subway train in Harlem, Samuel Jackson caught his foot in the door and was dragged 300 ft. along the platform. He sued, and has finally been awarded $540,000. To paraphrase Jackson's character in Pulp Fiction, "You will know what my name is when I lay my vengeance upon thee...
...HUBBARD Superstar acolyte John Travolta to film sci-fi pulp penned by founder of Scientology...