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...remains wary of celebrity, recalling, "When I was a kid, what mattered to me more than the performers was the power of the music. People emphasize the personal too much. Being a rock star, that's like the booby prize. Me, I set out to be a rock 'n' roller...
While being occasionally fleeced himself, it would appear the British bettor likes nothing more than to learn that gambling problems also occur in the best of families. Tabloid readers lapped up a recent court case involving the Duchess of Bedford's daughter-in-law, a sultry Iranian high roller named Kitty Milinaire, who in an epic three-year binge frittered away a $6 million fortune at chemin de fer, blackjack and practically anything else at which she could try her diamond-decorated hand. Charged with stealing jewels taken out on approval from Cartier, Kitty, 39, was acquitted...
There is a superb opening sequence, set in a desolate Texas roller rink, where Holly suddenly segues from a tame Les Paul-Mary Ford hillbilly song into a hard bopping number. As the music brings the singer and his audience to life, we begin to see how rock unleashed the nation's sexuality. Later on, the film captures the rigors of the road, the vicissitudes of the fledgling rock industry and, best of all, Holly's role in bridging the gap between the white and black music...
This show is a roller coaster of merriment, with hairpin turns of plot, zany swoops of emotion and a breakneck tempo. But for fanciers of substance in entertainment, soap bubbles would be solider. Kaufman and Hart twisted their comic vise on Hollywood at just the time the movie colony was panicking over emergent speech. Jolson had sung; could Shakespeare be far behind? In panic, Hollywood raided Broadway for its voices...
...apartments. In cities with a low vacancy rate like San Francisco (2%) and Los Angeles (3%), landlords can pick and choose among tenants. Increasingly, the choice is "adults only." Such restrictions suit older couples who have raised their children, like quiet and do not want to trip over roller skates on the landing, as well as many singles who feel the mere presence of children will cramp their swinging lifestyle. The policy also makes economic sense to landlords for whom tenants' children can create maintenance problems. But what are young parents to do? Says Dora Ashford, director...