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Better medical treatment and health education for African Americans could reduce the black-white mortality gap by an estimated 60%. "We have a whole segment of our population dying unnecessarily, and we're worried about whether to eat oat-bran or wheat-bran muffins," fumes Dr. David Ansell, director of ambulatory screening at Chicago's Cook County Hospital. "It's the medical equivalent of Marie Antoinette's saying 'Let them eat cake...
...segment of Naked Hollywood that U.S. viewers will not see features producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, who created such blockbusters as Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun. Paramount Pictures, where the duo worked until last fall, refused to grant permission to air clips from their movies -- clips that constitute a hefty portion of the episode. The studio claims it was acceding to Simpson and Bruckheimer's demand; they deny it. Producer Nicolas Kent says he is "mystified" at why the pair would be unhappy with the show and is appalled at Paramount's position. Says he of the studio...
...report, aired on a local news program in Detroit this spring, trumpeted the success of the drug Xanax in treating panic attacks. Former Houston Oiler Earl Campbell appeared in the segment and poignantly described his battle with the psychiatric disorder. A useful little news spot? Actually, it was more of a commercial. Upjohn, which manufactures Xanax, produced the video segment, paid Campbell for his performance and sent the tape ready-made to TV stations around the U.S. as part of a campaign to peddle its product...
...street-seasoned bloods won't be disappointed by Efil4zaggin, they may be surprised by the company they're keeping. A major, and perhaps deciding, factor in the album's startling success is the appeal it has for another crucial segment of the record-buying public: white middle-class teenage males. "T.B.W.A.s, that's who's buying N.W.A.'s album," says Joel Abramson, manager of a Tower Records branch in Woodland Hills, Calif. "Teenage boys with attitude." Woodland Hills is an affluent suburb of Los Angeles, 75 miles northwest of Compton, the black community where N.W.A. still hangs out. "These boys...
...creators of Unplugged, MTV's hit program featuring all acoustic performances, such unstrung moments are part of the fun. "Everything's last- minute, and that's the way we like it," producer Alex Coletti says of the Costello segment, which will air next week. "It gives the show the loose feel we want...