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...rearing in the mold of the Horatio Alger stories, where young boys never rested, tried everything, excelled at much and took joy at each simple turn in a life on the land. He recalled the hot summer workdays near St. Paul, Minnesota, when he would cool off with a splash in the farm pond, then pick ripe, tender tomatoes, lick them so salt would stick and pop them full into his mouth. "There was no better treat on this earth," he claimed...
...Opie Cunningham!" folks on the street still yell out when Howard walks by, combining the names of his TV alter egos. Since his days as a child actor, however, Howard has gone on to direct a string of high-concept but engagingly human Hollywood entertainments (Splash, Cocoon, Parenthood) while maintaining his sitcom reputation as the most likable kid on the block. Not that Howard's easygoing nature prevents him from firing unprofessional actors or screenwriters who can't deliver the goods. "He's tougher than all of us," Creative Artists Agency chief and Hollywood hardball player Michael Ovitz has said...
Just when Internet-savvy Republicans thought they were safe in cyberspace, Democrats today made their own splash on the Net's World Wide Web. And none too soon: earlier this month, theGOP arrived with an information-packed Web sitethat features pages for all nine Republican White House hopefuls. The newDemocratic National Committee siteunderstandably strikes a more defensive tone, with a barrage of White House press releases, a "Connecting with America" page and a crew of "outside experts" brought in to "validate" President Clinton's budget plan. The upside: "Al Gore's Cartoon Gallery," a video clip of Sen. Ted Kennedy...
Odysseus's fascination with mermaids is understandable. After all, the commercial successes of "Splash" and "The Little Mermaid" show that we, as a society, have a certain fascination for beautiful women with scaly fins for legs. And while Daryl Hannah is a relatively new phenomenon, our infatuation with mermaids...
Vegas isn't the first entertainment town to discover that, ultimately, nothing is unique--except the producer's claims of uniqueness. Listen to Jeff Kutash describe Splash II, scheduled to open late next month at the Riviera. "This is the first truly interactive show!" he exclaims. "The audience will have a laser battle with the performers. We've waterized the whole theater-turned it into a giant submarine to take the audience on a tour of wonderful places like Atlantis and Shangri-La." You might think it difficult to get a submarine up the Himalayas--but in Vegas, nothing...