Ringo Starr Joins PBS Kids Show as 18 Inch Conductor
Former Beatle Ringo Starr promotes Shining Time Station on PBS arriving in New York with Barbara Bach and co stars Brian O Connor and Nicole Leach. Starr plays an 18 inch tall Mr Conductor narrating train tales in twenty half hour episodes aimed at ages three to seven. He avoids discussing past drug treatment and says he won.
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First Lady Nancy Reagan Leads Anti-Drug Skating Rally
At Rockefeller Center rink Nancy Reagan joined Olympic skaters Brian Boitano and Jo Jo Starbuck and New York Rangers players for a Just Say No anti-drug rally. About 50 children, including students from the United Nations International School, heard her message to feel good about themselves for choosing to say no to drugs.
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Fox Signs Multiyear Deal With Paramount Pictures
Fox has signed a multiyear contract with Paramount to develop produce and star in film and television projects. The studio said terms were not disclosed and praised Fox as a dynamic rising actor. Fox has won three Emmy awards for his role on Family Ties.
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Retton Sues Bowling Groups Over Ended Deal
Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton and her family sue two bowling trade groups in U S District Court for 250000 alleging the four year promotional contract begun in 1985 was halted because she had matured out of the role. The suit claims the groups ended the agreement due to changes in her physical image as a woman.
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Carnegie Hall to mark centennial with world premieres
Carnegie Hall plans a centennial season for 1990 91 led by Isaac Stern. Alfred Schnittke will compose a piece for the Cleveland Orchestra, and more than 10 new works will debut under a $500000 commissioning project. Tchaikovsky memories and memorabilia headline an inaugural exhibit. Chicago Symphony and Sir Michael Tippett works join the lineup. Sir Georg Solti will lead his final Chicago performance at Carnegie.
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William Butler Yeats
Jessye Norman
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Mississippi Burning to be shown in Meridian after all
Shelly Steiger, owner of Ellis Theater in Meridian, Mississippi, reversed a decision to skip Mississippi Burning citing feared negative publicity. The film, about the 1964 slayings of James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, was released in select markets and opens nationally Friday. Steiger will delay until prints reach larger cities and notes Meridian residents may need to wait as theaters obtain copies.
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Scientists Spot Black Hole Evidence Near Galactic Core
Boston AP reports astronomers describe a 90 trillion mile gas stream being drawn toward the Milky Way center, signaling a massive black hole likely lies at the galaxy’s heart. Observations involve Harvard Smithsonian, NASA Goddard, MIT, Max Planck, and University of Cologne teams.
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