Robin Williams on Toys and imagination in interview
Williams discusses the film Toys and toys’ impact on imagination. He warns that screens train kids to replace imagination with game input, noting the danger of virtual enemies and urging awareness of Nintendo addiction. He quips about a Betty Ford Center for Nintendo addicts and Gamer Anonymous meetings.
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Los Angeles
Robin Williams
Williams
Toys
Willy Wonka
Dr. Strangelove
New Cabaret Entertainer Liza Minnelli Opens USA Club New York
Liza Minnelli appears with Barbara Kramer at the Times Square opening of the USA club in New York City. Peter Gatien, owner of Limelight and Palladium, created a trend setting venue with a concrete and steel VIP room designed by Thierry Mugler and patent leather furniture by Jean Paul Gautier, who counts Madonna among his clients, amid a laser lit tubular ambiance.
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Liza Minnelli
Barbara Kramer
New Club
USA
New York City
Times Square
Peter Gatien
Limelight
The
Palladium
Thierry Mugler
Jean Paul Gautier
Madonna
Ex Penthouse Pet Harassed by Guccione Loses Punitive Award
Ex Penthouse Pet of the Year Marjorie Lee Thoreson sued publisher Robert Guccione alleging sexual harassment including forced sex with associates and explicit scenes. New York's highest court overturned a $4 million punitive damages award while upholding other damages and her firing claim remained disputed.
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Albany
N.Y
Penthouse
Robert Guccione
New York
Marjorie Lee Thoreson
Guccione
State Supreme Court
Elliott Wilk
Thoreson
Celebrities to perform benefit against Colorado amendment
Liza Minnelli John Oates and John Denver lead a benefit at Wheeler Opera House in Aspen to oppose Amendment 2 a law that bars civil rights protections for sexual orientation. Melissa Etheridge had been billed but canceled her show in protest.
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Aspen
Colo
Liza Minnelli
John Oates
John Denver
Wheeler Opera House
Melissa Etheridge
Colorado
Minnelli
Killeen Russell
Aspen Skiing Co
Matlin to Sign National Anthem at Super Bowl
Deaf actress Marlee Matlin will sign the national anthem at the Super Bowl alongside Garth Brooks who will sing it. Matlin aims to express the anthem in a new way and showcase Deaf accessibility during the January 31 game. She won an Oscar in 1987 for Children of a Lesser God and co starred with Mark Harmon on NBC’s Reasonable Doubts.
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Pasadena
Calif
Marlee Matlin
Garth Brooks
Brooks
Matlin
Mark Harmon
NBC
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