OLD TV SHOWS ARE GETTING NEW LIFE
Call it Recycle TV. These days, the broadcast and cable networks and syndicators are adding new life to old series by remaking them in altered, though recognizable, form. More than...
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HBO DOES FRANK SINATRA ITS OWN WAY: VERY CAREFULLY
Despite reports the late Frank Sinatra's family isn't overwhelmed with the idea that HBO has produced a movie on the Rat Pack, HBO movie head John Matoian said Frank's daughter...
VETERAN DESIGN CHIEF GIVES APPLE A GOOD LOOK AT COMEBACK
Jonathan Ive is the Armani behind Apple's sexy new iMac--the only computer in search of a catwalk. As the battered Apple Computer Inc. moves into its third straight profitable quarter,...
DONNY AND MARIE REUNITE–THIS TIME TO TALK
Though they've had plenty of offers over the years to get back together since the demise of "Donny and Marie" two decades ago, the timing was never right, nor was...
`MASTERPIECE THEATRE’ DISCOVERS AMERICA IN A GIANT STEP BACKWARD
Centuries after Christopher Columbus, PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" has discovered America too. Public TV executives announced this week that, beginning in the 1999-2000 season, the venerable umbrella series will complement its...
A POIGNANT BUT PUZZLING FAMILY REUNION
What We Keep By Elizabeth Berg Random House, 272 pages, $23 Ginny Young is on an airplane at sunrise, wishing to undo the laws of physics so the plane can...
PAUL WILLIAMS FINDS NEW LIFE ON A SOAP OPERA
Since he got sober, Paul Williams is having the time of his life -- again. "I feel like I'm living a second life," Williams, 57, said. He had called to...
APOLLO THEATRE DRAMA: WILL IT DISAPPEAR?
The escalating controversy over Harlem's famed Apollo Theatre is threatening to draw the curtain permanently on the showplace's popular television show. An investigation of the theater's finances by state Atty....
RETURNING TO ED’S `REEEALLY BIG SHEW’
This past weekend, another Golden Age TV classic celebrated its golden anniversary. "The Ed Sullivan Show," which premiered on June 20, 1948, as "Toast of the Town" and enjoyed a...
KRAUSE ISN’T WITHOUT DEFENDERS
The best eye in sports is an enemy of his own people. Jerry Krause, master scout, looks like the man selling pretzels and gets the same measure of respect. What...