Word: roberte
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Trying to knock down that so-called wisdom, Wheeler listed 92 actors and actresses -- everyone from Marlon Brando to Robert Redford, Jane Alexander to Susannah York -- who have portrayed homosexuals or lesbians and lived to tell about it. He might just as well have saved his money. Not only did his ad fail to produce a star, but Jon Pennell, the young actor who had been signed as the coach's lover, withdrew, deciding that he did not want the role...
Historically, the movie actors who have got the most out of acting gay have been those who have played camp roles. No one confused Robert Preston with his outrageous queen in Victor/Victoria, Tom Courtenay with his prissy, mincing backstage assistant in The Dresser, or William Hurt with his flamboyant spinner of dreams in Kiss of the Spider Woman. All three were thought to be brave, tour de force performances...
...Eddie's always had the power," says his friend Robert Townsend, "but now he's flexing his muscles more." And why not? Murphy, 27, may be the most popular movie comedian since Charlie Chaplin. Beverly Hills Cop ranks No. 9 among all-time box-office champs; Cop II was last summer's monster hit; Raw, released at Christmas, was the top-grossing concert film ever. Now Murphy has upended his strutting, misogynist image to play an innocent prince pursuing an independent woman. In Coming to America, Eddie is ready for love...
Kennedy School Professor Robert B. Reich was elected to the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees last Monday, joining a growing number of academics on the 16 member governing body...
...through the skillful negotiating tactics of Mondale's point man on the issue, Robert Beckel, the Jackson factor was effectively neutralized. The result was that Mondale got little in the way of fervent support from Jackson and his followers, but more importantly in the eyes of the Mondale campaign, he got little in the way of outright opposition. Talk of forming a third party ended up being just that...