Original Publication: Newsweek, December 15, 1975. Paul Simon should be on top of the world. His latest album, “Still Crazy After All These Years,” was No. 1 on the Billboard hits…
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Bruce who? He is still not exactly a household name across America. But since the release last August of his highly professional third album, “Born to Run,” which rocketed to a million-dollar gold album in six weeks, 26-year-old Bruce Springsteen has exploded into a genuine pop-music phenomenon.
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Working with Italian director Lina Wertmuller on the set of Seven Beauties. The film went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing — the first time a woman was nominated in that category.
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When Patricia Hearst returned to the San Francisco Federal courthouse last week to petition for her freedom, she was backed up by her family, a phalanx of nine lawyers and all the resources of the formidable Hearst wealth.
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Original Publication – Newsweek – November 25, 1974 “Give me a minor chord, Nino.” Seated at an editing machine in Rome, director Francis Ford Coppola is scoring reel 23, the…
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I had to threaten to resign from Newsweek to get Godfather II on the cover! This story came out just before its release and I did gloat when it won…
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