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(1982) Show Business
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1982 Highlights
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
January 3, 1983
SHOW BUSINESS
MOST OF '82
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<p>The Longest Phone Call: E.T.'s desperate message to an area
code 3 million light-years away, which was followed by millions
and led to the year's catchiest phrase, "E.T., phone home."
</p>
<p>The Loudest Crash: Francis Coppola's One from the Heart, which
cost $26 million, grossed $1.2 million, and is the undisputed
winner of this year's Heaven's Gate award.
</p>
<p>The Most Grandiose Astronomical Event: The Night of 100 Stars,
which brought 204 stars to the stage of Radio City Music Hall
in a benefit for the Actors' Fund, and lasted a numbing 5 1/2
hours.
</p>
<p>The Longest Wait: For NBC, perennially last in the ratings, to
turn itself around under its new board chairman, Grant Tinker,
who has sought to succeed with something rarely seen on
commercial TV: high-quality programming.
</p>
<p>The Most Ubiquitous Actor: Sir John Gielgud, 78, who has
appeared in everything from Gandhi and Brideshead Revisited to
commercial for New York City's Inter-Continental Hotel and Paul
Masson wines.
</p>
<p>The Reddest Face: That belonging to Ray Stark, who produced,
and overproduced, the movie version of Annie, which was supposed
to be a box-office bonanza but barely covered its $52 million
production and marketing costs.
</p>
<p>The Hottest Read: David McClintick's Indecent Exposure, which
told in absorbing detail the sordid story of the David Begelman
affair and which all of Hollywood read in Xerox weeks before it
appeared in print.
</p>
<p>The Most Tragic Waste: The senseless death of John Belushi, 33,
from a drug overdose, which silenced one of the best comic
talents of his generation.
</p>
<p>The Happiest Lady: Raquel Welch, who followed Lauren Bacall as
Woman of the Year and broke all box-office records at Broadway's
Palace Theater.
</p>
<p>The Longest-Running Show: The British monarchy, which proved,
with the long-awaited birth of Prince William, the break-in at
Buckingham Palace and the much publicized escapades of Prince
Andrew, that the glitter never fades from that sceptered isle.</p>
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