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Word: romanticize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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What kind of idiot could get himself into this fix? What actor could portray such an idiot? The answer to the second question (Dudley Moore) spends two and a half hours answering the first in Blake Edwards' latest romantic celluloid conniption, Micki and Maude.

Author: By Cerus M. Sanai, | Title: Husband and Wives | 1/11/1985 | See Source »

Or induce it. "The twentieth century has never recovered from the effects of Marx and Freud" (V.G.); "but whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is difficult to say." (A.E.). Now onesuch might be droll enough. But by the dozen? This, the quantitative aspect of grading--we...

Author: By A Grader and Best Wishes, S | Title: A Graders Reply | 1/9/1985 | See Source »

Pittman's idea for MTV was simplicity itself: get the record manufacturers to produce video commercials for their records and then use those elaborate and often fanciful commercials for most of MTV's broadcasting. After losing $50 million between 1981 and 1983, MTV made $8.1 million in the first half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man of the Year | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

Tell me, children, what did you get for Christmas? And the answer came in a choral blast that has rocked 2,006 moviehouses: Eddie Murphy! The 23-year-old alumnus of Saturday Night Live, whose first feature film (48 HRS.) was released just two years ago, is Hollywood's uncontested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Street-Smart Cop, Box-Office Champ Eddie Murphy | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

RACHMANINOFF: SYMPHONY NO. 2 (Angel). Simon Rattle leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a complete version of the romantic score.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Best of '84: Music | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

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