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...happiest memories is practicing card tricks all day at Merlin's. At 15, he had the maturity to realize that a career in comedy wasn't a matter of "I'm funny. Now I'll be funny in public." A disciplined apprenticeship was the prerequisite for overnight stardom...
...military offensive the Senator outlined. The film, written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and directed by Redford, is Cruise's first project as co-head (with producing partner Paula Wagner) of the revived United Artists. The two stars joined Streep to chat with TIME's RICHARD CORLISS about the movie, stardom and the role of politics in the entertainment business...
...train for the acrobatic maneuvers that are sometimes incorporated into a Kunqu performance, "we were forced to squat for hours and we were beaten any time we slacked. But I realized I couldn't live without it." So much so that he turned down the chance of pop stardom to pursue Kunqu. "If you are choosing between your life and your dream, it is not difficult," he says. "And I know Kunqu is my life...
LEAVE IT TO THE COMEDIAN to have the last laugh. Joey Bishop outlived all the more famous--and more raucous--Rat Packers. By the 1960s he had earned stardom alongside buddies Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. But he was never completely overshadowed by the better-known members of his cohort. In 1960 TIME wrote, "Theoretically, Joey has bottom billing, [but] as soon as he starts talking he is recognized as top banana in a newly assembled comedy act that is breaking up Vegas." Bishop later appeared in his own sitcom and filled in about...
...rhymed with lizard. (It's GrizZARD.) Later, catching up with his early work, I wondered if studio casting directors were as naive as I was - if they saw some steely sang-froid in his playing of these roles that persuaded them he was too chilly a presence for Hollywood stardom...