Word: ross
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Unusual wind and snow conditions" collapsed the air-suspension roof of the Bubble Indoor Tennis Courts at MIT Friday at 10 a.m., Ross H. Smith, MIT's director of athletics, said yesterday...
...dollar terms, the greatest risk rides on The Wiz, which is costing $20 million. The producers, basing the film on the Broadway show, made the characters black. Dorothy sets off for Oz not from the plains of Kansas, but from Harlem. When Diana Ross, who is in her 30s, decided she wanted to play Dorothy, who was a young girl in the original, there was another transmogrification. "Since we decided she's a black adult," says Writer Joel Schumacher, "we couldn't just make her a little jerk...
...began making the pilgrimage and offering Rajneesh their talents. Since 1974, when the lushly gardened Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Ashram opened in the sedate city of Poona, more than 50,000 seekers have gone, mostly from the U.S., Britain and West Germany. Among recent visitors: Actor Terence Stamp, Singer Diana Ross and the Marquis of Bath. Now the guru is instructing his best-connected disciple yet: Richard Price, co-founder and director of the Esalen Institute, the very fount of the encounter craze. Price will return to the Big Sur, Calif., center in mid-January to apply the teachings...
...Turning Point will further this trend with its generous use of filmed rehearsals and excerpts from some of the genre's most famous compositions. But cineastes who have no special fondness for ballet will derive considerable pleasure from the plot's many twists and the consistently slick performances Ross culls from his cast. The Turning Point may not represent a departure from the highly commercial repertoire of films bearing Ross's stamp, but what he lacks in vision he makes up for in pure craft...
...Ross' film blazes no new trails, and most of the film's compelling appeal can be traced to the strength of the acting. MacLaine's earthy housewife provides a gritty counterpoint to Bancroft's cosmopolitan artiste, and Baryshnikov's limited role makes no undue demands on his fledgling talents in front of a camera. His virility and sheer presence suffice for the portrayal of the compulsive narcissist stud in the company, and his dancing will predictably astound moviegoers unfamiliar with the awesome talents of Nureyev's successor. While Browne is relegated to the imposing shadow cast by Baryshnikov's virtuoso...