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...seat theater of the Palais des Festivals, where the two dozen official selections are shown, film buffs file in at 1 in the morning for Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's rendering of Wagner's Parsifal. Nearly five hours later they stagger out into the dawn's hazy light, exhausted and exhilarated. In midafternoon, Menahem Golan, the Israeli producer who now heads his own distribution company, sits on a teeming Carlton terrace flanked by Stalin-era-size posters of his stars: Faye Dunaway, Robert Mitchum, Brooke Shields, Lou Ferrigno. "I have sold a million dollars in film...
Baseball cards have been young fans' link to the major leagues since the turn of the century, when they first appeared in cigarette, grocery, and tobacco packages. Even the most novice of collectors knows why Honus Wagner's 1909 card is so valuable--Wagner objected to smoking and chewing and forced the company marketing his likeness to round up and destroy his cards, with only nine surviving...
...here and abroad. Perhaps the most successful of all the young Americans is James Levine, 38, who holds the powerful job of music director at the Metropolitan Opera. In demand throughout the classical spectrum, Levine has emphasized his career in opera. He makes his Bayreuth debut this summer in Wagner's Parsifal and will conduct operas in Salzburg and Vienna as well...
...dirt road as bumpy as a creek bed toward a former school where the army had installed an antiguerrilla operation. With its armed soldiers and landing helicopters, the place provided the kind of "visuals" that television thrives on. Only one sight marred this otherwise perfect photo opportunity: Richard Wagner of CBS and his crew had got there first. Wagner, who had spent a week negotiating his way into the encampment, was exasperated. "This country's too damn small," he said. "You can't even get an exclusive...
When perrenial Ivy League champ Cornell arrives in Cambridge, the Big Red will be without goalie Tom Wagner and All-Ivy midfielder Norm Engelke who both graduated last June. Wagner's absence was particularly noticeable in Adelphi's 15-7 victory over Cornell...