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...exceeded the daydreams of almost any debut playwright. Not only was the show on its way to Broadway with a 20-member cast headed by erstwhile Oscar nominee Tom Hulce (Amadeus), but it had been bought for the movies by producer David Brown, whose credits include Jaws, The Sting and The Verdict. He made a deal that could bring creator Aaron Sorkin, 28, a sum well into six figures. By the time the show opened last week, however, the publicity about a wunderkind proved a disadvantage: it imposed unreasonable expectations and, for some spectators, turned what would have been...
...course, singing about ecology is chic these days. Superstars from Sting to Madonna have joined the crusade to save the rain forests. But these big names are Johnny-come-latelies. Following the tradition of conservation-minded singers like Woody Guthrie, Oliver, 41, and Waldeck, 32, have been spreading their message on the concert trail for more than a decade -- all through the Reagan years, when environmentalism was on the defensive and Interior Secretary James Watt seemed to be trying to stamp out the movement single- handed...
...Sting may be a dedicated environmentalist, but has he ever toured Alaska? Oliver and Waldeck have. Last year they, along with fellow performer-activists Dana Lyons and Mavis Muller, traveled through the 49th state in a Volkswagen van on their Keep It Wild Tour, giving concerts from Anchorage and Fairbanks to such wilderness outposts as Talkeetna and Girdwood. Preaching preservation in a state where many settlers came only to plunder the resources, they found themselves singing about the evils of mining and trapping to audiences that included miners and trappers. That made for some uncomfortable moments. One night...
...Tower commission report, Reagan said he "didn't ask enough about the specifics of the total Iran plan." In the introduction to the speech in his book, Reagan has a new explanation for the Iran-contra affair. He wonders whether the whole thing was "a setup, a sting operation, by the Iranians." Over to you, Ollie...
Alpert and Moss started the company with a $200 investment 27 years ago in the garage of the trumpeter's home in suburban Los Angeles. A&M, with sales of $300 million last year, has a stable of recording stars that includes Janet Jackson, Suzanne Vega, Toni Childs and Sting. Says Alpert, 54, who will continue to help run A&M after the merger is completed: "We'll have more visibility and more muscle...