Soap opers get Ivins’ praise for grand dames and sexiest men
Molly Ivins lauds Erica Kane on All My Children as the grand dame of conniving vixens. She also names Robert Scorpio and Roman Brady as top sexiest soap male leads and commends CBS The Young and the Restless as a standout daytime show.
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All My Children
Susan Lucci
Molly Ivins
Ivins
Dallas Times Herald
Ms. Magazine
TV Guide
Robert Scorpio
Tristan Rogers
General Hospital
Sonny Bono’s Palm Springs mayoral bid costs near six figures
Entertainer Sonny Bono spent $99,967 on the April 12 Palm Springs mayoral race. He received 4,858 votes to win against six challengers and now works full time at City Hall.
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Palm Springs
Calif
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City Hall
Ovshinsky Wins American Ingenuity Award in Denver
Inventor Stanford R. Ovshinsky, holder of over 200 patents, received the American Ingenuity Award from Adolph Coors Co. president Jeffrey Coors at a Denver luncheon. The award, begun by Coors in 1986, honors pioneers like Atanasoff and Kilby. Ovshinsky’s work on Ovonics and sunlight driven resistance changes has enabled solar powered devices.
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Jeffrey Coors
Adolph Coors Co
Ovshinsky
Denver
Coors
John V. Atanasoff
Jack St. Clair Kilby
Cvonics
Ovonics
Songstress Vaughan Robbed Near Palermo After Concert
Police report two youths on a motor scooter smashed the rear window of singer Sarah Vaughan's Mercedes near a Palermo suburb as she returned to her hotel from a concert south of Catania. Her handbag was stolen after the crime at the red light.
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Catania
Sicily
Palermo
Arbitrator Denies Damages in Mitchelson Rape Claim
Bernard Selber ruled no damages for Patricia French in the 1983 Superior Court case against celebrity divorce lawyer Marvin Mitchelson who was accused of raping her in 1981 and not returning a $5,000 fee. Kristan Barrett-Whitney faces a separate pending suit. The allegations were featured on 60 Minutes.
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Marvin Mitchelson
Bernard Selber
Superior Court
Patricia French
Mitchelson
Harold Rhoden
French
Rhoden
Kristan Barrett-Whitney
Producers Blake Edwards and Tony Adams sue MGMUA and United Artists
Blake Edwards and Tony Adams filed a 28 million malicious prosecution suit against MGMUA Entertainment and United Artists Corp accusing a cross complaint of fraud and overreach tied to Victor Victoria Trail of the Pink Panther Curse of the Pink Panther and Revenge of the Pink Panther productions. The cross complaint had claimed excessive production costs and fraud after Edwards and Adams sued for breach of contract in 1983. They sought damages after expected profits and the studios dropped the cross complaint last month.
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Blake Edwards
Tony Adams
Mgmua Entertainment Corp
United Artist Corp
Edwards
Adams
Victor Victoria
Noriega S hair secrets in August issue confiscation claim
Cover-up Penthouse says its August edition is seized by Panamanian authorities while USA Confidential reveals Gen Manuel Noriega’s beauty routine. A bathroom search allegedly found pimple medicine cheap cologne and Grecian Formula hair color to conceal gray.
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Penthouse Magazine
USA Confidential
Manuel Noriega
Soong Sisters Life Banished On 12 Part TV Series
A Beijing report says a 12 part series on the Soong sisters Chingling Meiling and Ailing will film in the United States Hong Kong and China. The program due to air in October 1989 costs about 525000 dollars. Meiling married Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai shek in 1927.
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Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Hong Kong
China
Beijing
Chingling
Meiling
Ailing
Charlie Soong
Soong Meiling
Chiang Kaishek
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