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Benjamin R. Kaplan '99-'98 is not Yoda. He is neither short, green nor bald. He does not have pointy ears. But just as Yoda facilitated Skywalker's rise to stardom, Kaplan hopes to facilitate the fortunes of students by becoming president of the Undergraduate Council...
...story that will sell. Finally, a scandal about the First Dog emerges to satiate their hunger, and Scampergate is unleashed. In spite of the play's parody of such "-gates" as Haircutgate, Nannygate and Filegate, Blumenthal paints a dark world in which nepotism, backstabbing and the unquenchable thirst for stardom plague journalism...
...small-time gambler, neglects her child and, realizing the error of her ways, kills herself. Best friend Joan Blondell marries the husband, and Bette Davis moves in as nanny. The 1937 Stage Door has an array of dazzlers (including Hepburn and Ginger Rogers) as young actresses angling for Broadway stardom. They fight over powerful men, choice roles and new stockings. And amid the lightning comedy, the most sensitive creature (Andrea Leeds), having lost a plum part, commits suicide...
...comedy, as most of the television-owning public is surely aware by now, features Michael J. Fox as the deputy mayor of New York City. It is the creation of Gary David Goldberg, who launched Fox to stardom as the most darling supply-sider of the '80s, Family Ties' Alex Keaton. On the new show Fox's Mike Flaherty is Alex with his own Pottery Barn-furnished apartment. Like Alex he is guided by no redeeming ideals or principles. Instead, Flaherty lives quite happily for the rush of weaving the lies and quarter truths that will mend his boss...
...Satellites (Oct. 15) is a wise, worthy successor. Also, teen singer Aaliyah's second CD, One in a Million (just out), is soulfully soothing, and neo-soul performer Tricky's Pre-Millennium Tension (Nov. 5) should generate buzz. All three of these sophomores look ready to graduate to stardom...