Original Publication: Newsweek, September 5, 1977. How could it miss? The star is Liza Minnelli. The director is Hollywood’s wunderkind, Martin Scorsese (“Mean Streets,” “Taxi Driver,” “New York, New York”). The…
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It was the legend of Elvis that mattered to the fans who came to Memphis to say
goodbye.
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.
Read moreOriginal Publication: Newsweek — January 31, 1977 If Woody Allen is the archetypal East Coast neurotic, Steve Martin is the ultimate West Coast wacko. What other comedian spent much of…
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Original PublicationNewsweek February 9, 1976 Everyone in Hollywood will tell you that Tatum is worth every penny of that extraordinary deal. From Jackie Coogan, who started it all in 1921…
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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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