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Avery (1907-80) had directed cartoons at Warner Bros., where he helped create Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, but he hit his stride at MGM. From 1942 to 1955 he made 65 short films there, 16 of them starring Droopy, a dyspeptic dog. Because most of his cartoons featured a generic menagerie, Avery was not so widely known as Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett, who did Bugs and Daffy star vehicles at Warners. (Four Avery Screwball Classics cassettes are available in video stores.) In France, however, he is an icon. French publishers have issued at least four lavish books...
...final shots for the upcoming Warner Brothers' film "Just Cause," the release date of which is currently unknown, were filmed in Harvard Square last night...
...President's foreign intelligence advisory board, a group of White House appointees chaired by former Defense Secretary Les Aspin. President Clinton is expected to assign the 12-member panel in early August to evaluate the spy process from top to bottom. Yet that plan doesn't please John Warner of Virginia, the senior G.O.P. member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who wants an outside group for the task...
...after its failed merger with QVC. But government regulations would probably block Turner from purchasing the "Tiffany network," according to TIME's New York correspondent Massimo Calabresi. Federal laws prohibit one company from controlling both television stations and cable systems in the same market. Turner's cable connections? Time Warner Inc. and Tele-Communications, Inc. -- both of which own stock in his company...
This time around, all the performers are demanding stiff fees. Wary of the huge financial commitment that was being asked for, Decca hesitated to commit itself, and the Warner Music Group jumped in. The new deal is estimated at nearly $1 million for each artist. That's the way to sing for your supper...