It was the legend of Elvis that mattered to the fans who came to Memphis to say
goodbye.
Original Publication: Newsweek – June 27, 1977 What an hour for Broadway babies to say good morning! A little past 8 a.m. recently, actress Alexis Smith was vamping across center…
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For over a year, one of Hollywood’s most successful directors, Francis Ford Coppola, had been shooting “Apocalypse Now,” a film about the “untouchable” subject of the Vietnam war. Life on the set – four different locations in the Philippines – also escalated quickly to apocalyptic dimensions.
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Original Publication: Newsweek – May 27, 1977 When he was 4 years old, George Benson heard his first live band. It was playing for a Fourth of July amateur contest…
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Original Publication – Newsweek, April 25, 1977 “Our goal is to conglomeratize the world. We try to maximize everything vertically and horizontally. It’s a natural flow of men reaping the…
Read moreOriginal Publication: Newsweek – March 7, 1977. TV producers Norman Lear (“All in the Family”) and Grant Tinker (“Mary Tyler Moore”) have ruled the airwaves as the Kings of Sitcom…
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