Word: telecast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last time a Harvard football game was telecast was on Nov 6. 1982 when Harvard beat Holy Cross...
...matter little in a film whose interest transcends its artistic shortcomings. Sakharov brings the story of a courageous man to an audience that may know little of him beyond a few sentences from Dan Rather on the evening news. (An update to be inserted at the end of the telecast will fill viewers in on the latest developments.) The film has already been seen on Dutch TV, and will be shown in several other European countries. Sakharov probably should be compared, not to such other TV biographical epics as George Washington or Kennedy, but to those social-problem dramas that...
...nearly as much intrigue behind the camera as in front of it, as producers go to elaborate lengths to keep their last-minute surprises a secret. Dallas, for example, filmed four different endings for this week's season finale; not even the actors know which one will be telecast and which are decoys. Scripts are tightly guarded and writers frequently destroy their notes from story conferences to prevent leaks. Reporters from the national tabloids have been known to pay up to $50,000 for a mole to give them advance details on a cliffhanger...
...books of family matters-including their father's drinking and his views on race-that Warren feels may be misrepresented and better left unsaid. According to a friend, Shirley also outraged Warren a few years ago by making a joke about his love life on the Oscar telecast. They admire each other's work, though hints of what sounds like rivalry slip in. MacLaine says she often acted more like an older brother than a sister. Beatty chuckles. Says he: "I'm not going to run with that ball." Of their common craft, Shirley says wistfully, "Maybe...
...other categories, he captured album of the year (Thriller), record of the year (Beat It) and best male pop vocal (Thriller). The sylphlike Prince of Pop even dominated the show's commercial breaks. His two eagerly awaited Pepsi-Cola ads made their debut during the 3½-hr. telecast. There was an unusual extra thrill for his tirelessly squealing fans when the soft-spoken superstar removed his dark glasses just once, explaining, "My friend Katharine Hepburn told me I should...