From dishwashers to stars a long road to fame
A Tribune Company Syndicate feature recalls how many famous actors began in menial work. Sidney Poitier washed dishes for $4.11 a night before rising to Broadway and film success. Elvis Presley, Rock Hudson, Sean Connery and others also held early backbreaking jobs. The piece threads through Broadway and cinema to show humble origins behind celebrated careers.
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Marilyn Beck
Tribune
Ollywood
United States
Hollywood
New York
Sidney Poitier
Broadway
Porter
Manhattan
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Elvis Presley
Rock Hudson
Sean Connery
London
Barbra Streisand
Brooklyn
Bette Davis
Cushing Academy
Massachusetts
Raquel Welch
Dallas
Jessica Lange
Michele Leer
Knots Landing
Los Angeles
Jacqueline Bisset
Faye Dunaway
Reach the Beach review and Elvis Presley chart note
A review notes the Fixx Reach the Beach shows uneven but strong potential with tracks Saved by Zero and One Thing Leads to Another praised for energy and harmony. It also questions Elvis Presley I Was the One failing to reach Billboard Top 100, with local shop hints of limited single availability.
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Fixx
Cy Curnin
Jamie West- Oram
Adam Woods
Rupert Greenall
Curnin
Argentina
Falkland Islands
Gladys Knight finds renewal with Visions and a comeback
Los Angeles singer Gladys Knight says the mid 70s slump is easing as Visions with the Pips yields a Top 40 album and the single Save the Overtime for Me. Knight, 39, co produced the project with her brother Merald Knight. she also notes persistent group unity despite previous legal battles with Buddah Records and past solo work.
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Gladys and the Pips
Dennis Hunt
Los Angeles Times
Ollywood
Gladys Knight
Knight
Ted Mack
Merald Knight
the Pips
Motown
Temptations
Diana Ross
Knight and
Knight and the
Pips
Merald
William Guest
Ed Patten
Buddah Records
The
Commercials Battle of burgers heats up in summer
The article compares McDonald’s and Burger King advertising strategies during peak media seasons. McDonald’s targets families and kids with weekend ads while Burger King pursues adults with a more mature campaign. It notes “Super Sunday” broadcasts and Nielsen viewership data from 1982 as context for ad planning.
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Battle of Burgers
York
McDonald’s
Burger King
McDonald's
Golden Arches
David Poltrack
CBS
Richard Kostyra
J. Walter Thompson Ad Agency
J. Walter Thompson
Nielsen
Boston
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She
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Jimmy
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Marseilles
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Gary
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Tom Jones
Wales
Charles Bronson
Pennsylvania
Dick Hogan Gazette
the Fixx
MCA Records
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Leon Sylvers
CBS Records
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