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...three comedies for Walt Disney Studios. Zinnng! A sprinkle of stardust, and here comes the happy ending, one as unlikely as the transformation of a white elephant into a soaring Dumbo. Her first, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, was tenth among 1986's box-office winners; the next, Ruthless People, ranked eighth; Outrageous Fortune has earned more than $25 million in the first 25 days of release. The cheeky trio made Disney a major movie studio and Midler Hollywood's top female attraction. Rhapsodizes Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman of Walt Disney Studios, who recently signed her to a three-picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Steals Hollywood | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...calls Beverly Hills a "happy experience. Plus they gave me the underwear my character wore. The furniture was what really slayed me, but I didn't get that. But I did get the bras." Nor does she make many distinctions among her three recent hits: "Was it Outrageous Ruthless People in Beverly Hills? The films have certainly indicated a direction to stay in. The whole package is a surprise: to be a box-office success hand in hand with Disney. A real shocker. I mean, Walt Disney never would have hired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Steals Hollywood | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...President is on a ruthless path of destruction [of student aid], and we hope to fill the most obnoxious of the gaps," said State Rep. Stephen W. Doran (D-Lexington...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: State Reps. Look to Supplement Reagan Cuts in Student Aid | 2/24/1987 | See Source »

There is no question that Mr. Coors is a particularly distasteful character and his company is a particularly outrageous one. The Coors company, maker of a popular beer, long has been the subject of a nationwide boycott for what participants call its ruthless and repeated crushing of unions formed by employees...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: CAMPUS CRITIC | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...matter; Jack Higgins' cliches are good fun, and ripe enough to require a ticket taker out front and popcorn in the lobby. "There's only one man for this job," says one master spy. "Only one man capable of playing a Nazi to the hilt and ruthless enough to put a bullet between Kelso's eyes." His subordinate reminds him that "Colonel Martineau was given a definite promise after that business in Lyons that his services wouldn't be required again. His health alone should make it impossible." Says the counterintelligence officer, summing up neatly: "Nonsense, Jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Feb. 23, 1987 | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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