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...five-film deal with Paramount Pictures. Murphy also hopes to direct The Butterscotch Kid (a comedy starring Arsenio Hall) and co-star with James Earl Jones in a film version of August Wilson's drama Fences. Says Jerry Bruckheimer, who co-produced both Cop movies: "He's such a wanna-see guy -- you wanna see what he'll do next. If he was available, there'd be a wild melee of people trying to get to his trailer, their pockets full of money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Wanna-See Guy | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...appreciate the spirited comedy of manners that is being played out inside the Democratic Party: like spinsters preening before the village bachelor, Democrats are jockeying for position in a future Dukakis Administration. Some call this genteel process Potomac Fever. Others view it as the Waltz of the Wise Men Wanna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Potomac Fever: the Latest Epidemic | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

Pube rockers, who tend to be more aggressively wholesome than Madonna Wanna Be's, are all busy trying to sound like Classic Belters Brenda Lee and Lesley Gore, but they share separate turf. Lee and Gore and other icons of the '60s had an edge in their voice, an ache in their heart. The pube rockers put a tune over with a kind of suburban satisfaction that can be cute and even, like Tiffany, buoyant and appealing but never goes any deeper than the label...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Do You Wanna Dirty Dance? | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

...cult of money," comprised of both those who have it and those who want it. It has been well documented that T.V. shows such as Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and Dynasty are popular because they cater to the fantasies of a growing class of jet-set-wanna-bes. The immediate rewards of investment banking have made it the career of choice for college graduates concerned only about "the good life...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Secret of Our Success | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

...funny thing happens to chief executive-wanna-bes on their way to the White House--those who actually make it into the Oval Office become presidential...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: The Myth of Being Presidential | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

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