Knight-Ridder

As a writer, I put ''Hollywood'' datelines on everything but neglect to explain exactly where (and what) Hollywood is. It`s not because I don`t want you to know; it`s just...

When the energy-saving revolution began in the mid-1970s, the concept pushed hardest throughout the nation was solar energy. The sun, many energy experts were convinced, could save us from greedy...

For the first time in its history, Hollywood will have made more money in a year--1985--from television than it will have from theaters. And while that may be good news...

''I hope you will forgive my Spanglish,'' Argentinian director Luis Puenzo said, drawing a chair up to the small conference table in his New York hotel suite. ''An interpreter is...

''It looks like a movie. What more can I ask at this stage?'' says Marshall Brickman about ''The Manhattan Project,'' a thriller he wrote and directed and is now in...

Q--Our condominium contracts for an exterminator to spray the apartments once a month. As I must work, I am not at home when he comes, so I have hired my...

One recent Sunday afternoon in Santa Clara, Calif., Maria Hagan of Dividend Development Corp. sold $8.2 million worth of real estate in less than two hours. But there were no...

Q. I live in a development with an incorporated homeowners association. Some of the residents have sprinkler systems that have stained the driveways and sidewalks. If the association bylaws were...

Only a few years ago, one of the best sales pitches for housing was that a home made a great financial investment when compared with such other investments as stocks,...

Q--Our condominium contracts for an exterminator to spray the apartments once a month. As I must work, I am not at home when he comes, so I have hired my...