Box Office Leaders and Film Details from Weekend Top Ten
The weekend box office list shows Cobra Warner Bros leading with 7.5 million on 2131 screens and 26.4 million total, followed by Top Gun Paramount with 6.9 million on 1057 screens and 31 million total. Poltergeist II MGM and Short Circuit Tri-Star also post strong numbers. remaining titles include Sweet Liberty Universal and Jake Speed New World with varying weekly grosses and totals.
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Nielsen prime time ratings week end summed figures
Nielsen ratings show NBC dominating with five top programs led by The Cosby Show at 26.7 rating 22.9 million homes and Family Ties at 26.4 rating 22.7 million. Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday and All Is Forgiven flagged as one-time shows.
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TV Station seeks junior reporters for Youthwatch project
WOAY TV in Oak Hill invites children aged 9 to 12 to join its summer Youthwatch team. One boy and one girl will be chosen to report stories for Newswatch at 6 p.m. and Nightwatch at 11 p.m. Tryouts on June 7 start at 10 a.m. Interviews cover reading ability and presence. selections based on appearance and personality.
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Ally Sheedy reflects on Brat Pack days and acting career
Ally Sheedy remembers her rise from the Brat Pack with Sean Penn and Molly Ringwald to later roles in WarGames Oxford Blues and St. Elmo’s Fire. She discusses The Breakfast Club and her breakout as Allison Richards describing Hughes’s insight and her own school experiences. Sheedy grew up in Manhattan studying dance and writing and later moved to California to study drama at USC while balancing acting and schooling. She talks about balancing work with education, aiming to finish a Bachelor of Fine Arts in about a year, and reflects on her early writing for Village Voice New York Times and Ms. magazine.
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Children of Light review by Robert Stone
A brutal tale of a burnt out screenwriter Gordon Walker in California who seeks change through a trip to Mexico only to meet his dark angel Lee Verger a volatile actress off her meds and spiraling into self destruction. The novel is at once terrifying and moving as Walker increasingly loses control. Carol Deegan Associated Press
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Nero Wolfe returns in Murder in E Minor review
Robert Goldsborough resurrects Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin in Murder in E Minor. The reviewer notes the style signals Rex Stout but credits Goldsborough with strong murder solving and characterization. The target is Wolfe fans, though some field accuracy criticisms arise about the conductor and dancer characters.
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Swamp
Book review by John Barbour on Susan Trausch's humorous critique of Washington D C. Trausch a Globe journalist portrays the capital as a swamp born island of rules ghosts and ego driven power. The review notes the book's insights humor and call for national reflection.
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