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...Carson was TV's aloof and somewhat imposing arbiter of taste, Griffin, who died on Sunday at 82, was the welcoming, always enthusiastic showbiz uncle, who seemed to want everyone he brought on his show to become a star. He laughed at their jokes, gushed at their stories, joined them in songs. Like that other great TV natural of the era, Bob Barker, Griffin perfected an authentic, unironic, people-friendly manner that was seemingly impervious to the winds of change...
...Mary Jane - M.J. - is the ostensible focus of Peter's yearnings. But except for her showbiz career (which suggests she wants the kind of public recognition that's showered on him), her worries don't mirror his. For M.J. has a crush on herself. When she asks Peter, "Do you love me?" the implied tag is "...as much as I love me?" An action film needs a love interest, if only for the hero to untie her from the railroad tracks, but not one who's a narcissist. And M.J. is way more self-absorbed than the movie...
...sound, and video. For his behind-the-scenes artistic contributions, he recently won the Louise Donovan Award, the Office of the Art’s nod to an “unsung hero” of the arts.Wearing a black Rutgers engineering shirt, the hardest working man in Harvard showbiz explains that if his mother and sister had never dragged him to various theatre productions, HRDC may never have benefited from his work. “When I was in middle school, my mom and my sister were both involved in plays, and they got tired of me sitting...
...appealing to all ages" is how Ben Mulroney's employer CTV describes him. The kind of attributes ideal for a career in politics, one might think. But Mulroney, son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, has resisted the pull of Parliament and has made his mark in showbiz. He has presented all five series of Canadian Idol since...
...took a very, very boring industry?adult education?and we created a little pizazz," says Zanker, who rarely speaks below a shout and tends to sound like an LP played too fast. "Quality education we give, but in a showbiz atmosphere," he adds, drawing his legs up beneath him on his office chair and rocking back and forth as the words rattle out. "I give an average of 150 shows a night." The Annex is not the only show of its kind. In the past decade some 50 similar enterprises have started up, from California's thriving Learning Exchange...