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Upon learning that Woody Allen, Lily Tomlin and Orson Welles had declined offers to speak at the ceremony, Dangerfield said, "It's still an exciting thing...

Author: By William J. Berry and Lorren R. Elkins, S | Title: Dangerfield Will Speak at Class Day | 5/2/1978 | See Source »

Author Isaac Asimov turned down an invitation Monday to speak at the Senior Class Day ceremony. He joins a growing list of celebrities who refused the same invitation, including woody Allen, Lily Tomlin and Orson Welles...

Author: By William J. Berry, | Title: Asimov Dismisses Invitation to Speak At Commencement | 4/26/1978 | See Source »

...sexuality. "Maybe the major thing is how sensual he is," suggests Lily Tomlin, who will star with him this spring in a romance called Moment to Moment. "And how sexy too. The sensitivity and the sexuality are very strong. It's as if he has every dichotomy?masculinity, femininity, refinement, crudity. You see him, you fall in love a little bit." Adds Saturday Night Live Producer Lome Michaels, whose barbed-wire comedy show Travolta keeps promising to host: "John is the perfect star for the '70s. He has this strange androgynous quality, this all-pervasive sexuality. Men don't find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Steppin' to stardom | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

Showing off the imperial state crown, the Queen bears an uncanny resemblance to Mrs. Earbore, Lily Tomlin's Tasteful Lady from Grosse Pointe. Describing George Ill's microscope, Prince Charles sounds disturbingly like his favorite King, old George himself. "It has all sorts of interesting little drawers in it, one of which has the original slides," he says, managing to be both cute and condescending at the same time. "I'm told that the things that are inside are 18th century fleas." Then, picking up a slide, he adds, "There's one very big one here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Family Jewels | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...story of a '50s disc jockey, is already in production, as is FM, a film about a rock radio station, and Thank God It's Friday!, about a Los Angeles discotheque. Neil Diamond wants to do a remake of The Jazz Singer, and Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin will star in a musical version of Popeye. Annie, the Broadway hit, was just bought by Columbia Pictures for $9.5 million, the highest sum ever paid for a musical property...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Yellow Brick Road to Profit | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

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