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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although her film Valentino did a quickstep into oblivion, Actress Michelle Phillips isn't ready for a fadeout. She has just signed up for a starring role in Chicago Girl, a movie in which she will play an actress who impersonates a prostitute. "It's fun to go through a complete metamorphosis from a well-dressed and sophisticated woman to a tacky, slutty one," allows Michelle. Not that the ex-Mama (of the Mamas and the Papas) has been lounging around between films. The former offstage leading lady to ex-Papa John Phillips and Actors Dennis Hopper, Jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 9, 1978 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...originator of the idea, Laura A. Taylor '79, will direct the show, which will play for two weekends in April. Taylor said yesterday the show will use slides, actors and music to trace Radcliffe's development over the last century, portraying Radcliffe College's role in the women's suffrage movement and in the civil rights movement...

Author: By David B. Baskerville, | Title: Multi-Media Show Will Star In Radcliffe Juniors' Festivities | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

Travolta is funny throughout the movie, in the tough yet naive way he has perfected in his role as Vinnie Barbarino on T.V.'s "Welcome Back, Kotter." He turns in a creditable performance, even if his range of emotions is somewhat limited. As for Gorney--well, she is best when dancing and not saying much, so she never rises above her phony pretensions or her background, as Tony finally does. The rest of the cast is routine, but for the most part they play their parts adequately...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Only a Slight 'Fever' | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

This sounds paranoid even to our conspiracyridden brains, but think. Remember Tanya Bunke, the East German revolutionary who had a long affair with Che Guevara? The CIA made her what she is today, having almost entirely fabricated her role in history by feeding false stories about her to an American journalist. Poor Patty Hearst somehow got brainwashed twice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trees Died for These Sins | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...days ago, the Celtics fired head coach Tom Heinsohn and replaced him with Sanders--who, in his new role, should be wished the best of luck...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Who's Kidding Whom, Or, Could You Speak Up a Little? | 1/5/1978 | See Source »

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