Richard Phillips

That nice young man from Bedford Falls wants one more shot at the big screen, but only if he gets a kinder and gentler offer. ''I keep turning down scripts...

Thursday`s Great American Smokeout leaves no room for lingering clouds in Anderson, Ind. The presidents of Anderson`s two hospitals used the day to announce a smoke-free environment. After July 1,...

Oprah Winfrey still won`t reveal her weight, but she admits recovering 17 of those 67 celebrated pounds lost on that liquid diet last year. ''I have eaten four bowls of...

Sylvester Stewart-you`ll remember him as Sly Stone, of Sly and the Family Stone-needs real legal cleverness now. FBI agents arrested him in Wilton, Conn., where Stewart, 45, had been living...

One might excuse Neal Saiki for remaining aloof. A senior at California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, Saiki pedaled a custom-made helicopter aloft in the world`s first successful...

In Congress, he had to sell propositions that were a lot more unpalatable. So Tip O`Neill sees no need for contrition over a few folksy TV commercials-among them, for Quality...

This election was a clean sweep, but Marilee Morrill is taking her broom just to be sure. A town hall cleaning woman in Parsonsfield, Me., Morrill has defeated two other...

Quiet: Diplomacy at work. Following the unofficial footsteps of ex-boss Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger is visiting ''old friends'' in China. He was invited by the Foreign Ministry, but officials won`t...

With less of her to go around, one suspects Oprah Winfrey might be spreading herself too thin. ABC thinks not. Hoping to fatten profits, the network has signed Winfrey to...

And the envelope, please: For reversing the cause of women, the winner is . . . ABC, NBC and CBS. Indeed, of the 26 new programs in the autumn lineup,...