88 a little later on we're gonna insert a little wacky stuff some nutty stuff
hello everyone and welcome to entertainment tonight John Tesh Mary
Hart and Lisa Gibbons are all off holding down the fort I'm Rob Weller
well actress Robin Gibbons husband perhaps better known as the heavyweight
champ Mike Tyson had another one-punch fight in New York the heavyweight champ
suffered a hairline fracture of his right hand about 430 a.m. Tuesday in a
street fight with former opponent Mitch Blood Green outside an all-night clothing
boutique in Harlem the fight was a result of some bitterness about Greens
payment from their May 1986 fight which he lost to Tyson in a 10-round decision
Tyson called a press conference to say that Green had started the street brawl
he grabbed my shirt with a car rip my shirt went trying to go for a park and I
pushed him off he came back at me he threw a punch at me I was nervous I
haven't had a flight like a street fight in seven years and I was scared I was
getting paranoid because it's so close he kept getting close to me I mean so I
defended myself Green who has had previous trouble with the law claims that
Tyson caused a five-stitch cut on his nose by striking him and then running
away but he ran didn't knock me out could knock me out controversy and
trouble had been following the champ this year his marriage to head of the
class star Robin Givens has only fueled the media fire I think that people don't
realize how much hype is involved when it when it comes to these things Givens
was in Los Angeles the night of the Harlem altercation and ironically Tyson
was reportedly picking up a custom-made $850 jacket that reads don't believe the
hype on the back well many adult film stars are would-be actors who dreamed of
a normal acting career but who gave up on Hollywood now a growing number of ex
porn stars are trying to go legit Jean Wolf reports at this month's VSTA video
convention in Las Vegas the boost selling x-rated fare were among the most
popular thanks to personal appearances by the top stars of the hardcore market
but at another booth under the banner of a major Hollywood studio something
unheard of was happening the so-called princess of porn Tracy Lord's was
promoting her work in a non x-rated film I didn't think I was gonna live to be
20 I thought 20 was old I turned 22 weeks ago and I've never been happier
Tracy Lord's was the notorious underage star of dozens of hardcore films then
the law caught up with her and had her movies pulled from theaters and video
stores now Lord's is trying to cross over from the world of x-rated theaters
to ones like those across the street Tracy decided to cross over while
making her last hardcore film I couldn't do it I went home and I remember being
in the shower for a very long time but you can't wash that off that's the
problem if you could wash it off you'd be fine but you can't it's Tracy Lord's
Tracy's breakthrough her first legitimate film was the science fiction
spoof not of the service released earlier this year shared paranoid doesn't
exactly make us large brothers Jeremy but the transition hasn't been easy it
isn't easy it's been so difficult are you kidding me people don't want me to
be intelligent it would be easier to say Tracy Lord's is a bimbo I mean that is
so typical Tracy also landed a small part in the CBS series wise guy and next
month she stars in her own exercise video I'm very determined and I'm
ambitious and I know what I want and I just don't think it's right if someone
tells you you can't have something because of something that you did that
you did when you were younger or you just made a mistake I just don't think
that it's right can Tracy Lord's erase her past no can she succeed in legitimate
show business in spite of it the evidence says she already has Jean Wolf
Entertainment Tonight a new film about the life of John Lennon will reach movie
screens in early October here's an exclusive look at the upcoming imagine
imagine all the people living for today
when I was 16 I reestablished a relationship with my mother for about
four years she taught me music and then unfortunately she was run over by an
off-duty policeman this isn't another Beatles film this is a film about John
Lennon's life and I would say two-thirds of the footage in our movie has never
been seen by even the most die-hard Beatle fan today
reaching
many private moments of John's life have been called from nearly 230 hours of
footage one scene is particularly striking while using a Ouija board I
believe that there will be an attempt to assassinate you he's sitting on his bed
at Tittenhurst with Yoko and John's opening mail he has no idea what's
coming next they're just shooting in a letter he opened says that there some
guy has been playing with a Ouija board and there will be an attempt on his life
on such and such a date and that this message came to him through an
intermediary in this case Brian Epstein
the film includes interviews with sons Sean and Julian as well as a special
interview with John prior to his death in 1980 he did about 40 hours of
interview and that's all off-camera and we used a lot of that voice material as
well and it's very insightful because in him in a way he tells us the story of
his life from the perspective of a man looking back just prior to his death
scenes from the upcoming film imagine now weird Al Yankovic starred in video
satires of Michael Jackson and Madonna among others and has become the clown
prince of parody pop now he set his sights on movie stardom why do they call
him weird Al watch weird Al Yankovic is on top of the world he's starring in UHF
his first major movie role in a film he co-wrote and he says it's an amazing
concept basically the movie is a rapidly projected series of still images which
when played in the right order create the illusion of motion it's a comedy
which I know is kind of a new direction for me I'm trying to branch out that way
George you know I was wondering like like if you were traveling throughout
her space I mean like you're going real fast like the speed of light you know
and all of a sudden you start screaming ah you think that your brain would blow
up weird Al promises the movie will retain some of his nutty style of humor
while at the same time expanding his comedy repertoire we're hoping for some
nutty stuff a little later on right now it's been like a documentary it's been
like a kind of an epic you know cast of dozens but you know a little later on
we're gonna insert a little wacky stuff some nutty stuff a little zany stuff
perhaps Yankovic doesn't worry people won't appreciate his humor he knows who
his audience is exclusively middle-aged Japanese women in the film weird Al
winds up in charge of a small UHF TV station where he brings on all kinds of
crazy acts Yankovic co-stars with Saturday Night Live's Victoria Jackson
he looks so cute when his bangs aren't in his eyes you know it's the way yeah I
think he has a face like Christopher Columbus he looks exactly like Columbus
must have looked like discovering America but Yankovic says he's not
letting his movie star status go to his head and I never thought 30 years ago
I'd be doing a movie because I wasn't born at that time well talking about new
careers of broadcasting careers well underway for Jessica Hahn by the time
she gets to Phoenix she'll be rising early enough to host a 530 a.m. radio
show on station KY FM now Hahn made a guest appearance on the show last week
made such a good impression she's been signed to a daily slot for the next
month with promises that the job could last longer
Hahn turned down co-hosting a local Pittsburgh TV talk show to become a
Phoenix DJ coming up next Tom Berenger tackles another controversial movie role
and ahead the voice behind the California Raisin stakes his show on the
road
the new film betrayed is sure to touch raw nerves with its themes of white
supremacy and bigotry last night the stars turned out for a benefit premiere
of a movie that exposes an ugly and frightening side of America the trade
co-star Deborah winger led the celebrities attending the premiere
screening of the controversial film about murderous racial bias winger
plays an undercover FBI investigator who falls in love with a character played by
Tom Berenger and then discovers he's a violent white supremacist
could I even look at him again touch me it's chilling my wife was saying that
there must be a lot of truth to it because you can't make stuff like that
up very very hard-hitting real strong that's a very strong film you know
about a very serious subject it's very important this movie because it's not
supposed to happen like this people were supposed to be treated equally that's
what this is around so I hope it makes a dent out there highlighting the evening
betrayeds director Kosta Gavras was given the ACLU's annual torch of liberty
award we tried to do a movie about the the
unbearable race of racism which is afraid it's happening the last ten years
here not here only the United States but all over the world and especially the
Western world now betrayed star Tom Berenger spoke with Mary Murphy about
the impact and consequences of the subject matter and about a role that was
one of his toughest since platoon many movie fans were shocked by Tom Berenger's
portrayal of the sadistic sergeant Barnes and platoon doc take him and bag
him that scarred face made Berenger's character a truly ruthless and menacing
bad guy now in his new movie betrayed Tom is even more chilling but he starts
out likable to an unsuspecting movie audience and there you know popcorn and
drinking their cokes and stuff and then all of a sudden what it turns out
Berenger is a white supremacist bent on teaching Deborah winger how to kill
blacks and Jews this is a Mac 10 fully automatic machine pistol well this baby
back got one up the snout ready to go they just walk out drained at the end
but you know people were like that after platoon but I think it's because it's
sad they were sad you know but a few days later kind of invigorated by what
they saw I don't know if that's necessarily the case with this one what
do you think of this guy what's your real reaction to him he's I guess
borders on psychotic because of the fact that he can turn so quick and that he
can also rationalize everything he does he has the ability to rationalize and and
does not I mean he has a conscience about some things but but about that he
doesn't there's no there's no guilt there's no consciousness whatsoever it's
just okay whoo we were so relaxed bam girl you got the instinct no yeah are you
afraid that people might watch the movie and then go out and imitate what this
guy does
well I've wondered about it you know I've wondered about that there's
consequences to anything you do in life would I shoot somebody for you're upset
I understand that okay you do something like that you better be willing to die
or serve time for the rest of your life once again Berenger gives us an
all-american villain that will make audiences think Mary Murphy
entertainment tonight now betrayed opens in theaters nationally on Friday
buddy miles has played with the best in rock and roll his upbeat rhythms were a
ray of sunshine in the early 1960s and early 70s but recently he's been
pounding his drums in obscurity now thanks to a television commercial Miles
is raising the roof again
miles is the lead vocalist for these little guys their hit commercials and
record albums have put miles out on the road again with a new band and back in
the studio this tune for his new album is a duet with newcomer Anna Marie it's a
blessing I mean it's like it's like a big old piece of cake you know what I'm
saying and it's giving me a chance like to see my old friends again cuz like
everybody that sees me the first thing buddy buddy buddy come on buddy let's
go let's go play the friend who helped bring buddy back was guitar great
Carlos Santana but buddies played with all the greats from Wilson Pickett to
Eric Clapton to the immortal Jimi Hendrix a man who has made a lasting first
impression on buddy here's this guy all of a sudden he's like this and on and
off to his legs and everything and they've taken it with like that and I
said wait a minute
after 25 years of making music miles has one very simple plan of action any town
anytime anyhow USA you know I'm ready to rock the nation and I'm serious I wants
to rock this nation I got the feet I got the hands and I got the equipment and the
formula is in order finally
now good for him well Hollywood is no stranger to struggles against the
censors the furor over the last temptation of Christ is only the latest
in a long line of battles for artistic expression well Leonard Malton joins me
today with a kaleidoscope of home videos written by a man familiar with
controversy Leonard absolutely so Rob with all the talk of movie censorship
lately I guess it's fitting that our video topic this week is Tennessee
Williams Paul Newman's production of the glass menagerie is the latest Williams
play to become a movie and it's just out on home video this week it's also one of
the few Williams movies that hasn't run afoul of the censors if you rent one of
his earlier films on video the ones just dripping in southern decadence you'll
soon discover why resume you see keep yourself fresh and pretty for the
gentleman cause I'm not expecting any gentleman callers the nice thing about
me sometimes they come when they are least expected a faded flowers fantasy
life propels the drama in the glass menagerie this is the third time this
much-loved play has been filmed and under Paul Newman skillful direction it
blossoms once again Joanne Woodward is especially good
Katherine Hepburn plays a much more lethal mother and suddenly last summer a
mother who can't forgive the death of her son or keep from lashing out at her
niece Elizabeth Taylor as if she was to blame she's babbling again babbling and
lying he left her home because she had lost her because you stole him lost her
attraction what would attraction have to do with a son and a mother is there no
way to stop these lies have my brain cut another unsavory relationship forms
the focal point of baby doll with Carol Baker is the child bride of Karl Malden
who has a tendency to go overboard in his dealings with the girl
the very next time you try to break our agreement the very next time and
speaking of families wait till you get a load of the mendacious clan and cat on a
hot tin roof burl Ives is big daddy who knows all too well that his children are
just waiting for him to die Elizabeth Taylor is married to his son Paul
Newman but just barely you we occupy the same cage that's all
finally there's a streetcar named desire arguably Tennessee Williams greatest
play and my personal favorite of his films Vivian Lee is superb as the
fragile Blanche Dubois and Marlon Brando is unforgettable as her swaggering
uncivilized brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski who's never met anyone quite
like her their performances alone make this movie a must
he is just so great in that movie everyone's great in that movie Karl
Malden and Kim Hunter and the music by Alex North and direction by Ilya Kazan
if you've never seen streetcar named desire and you only want to see one of
these that's the one to get that's your pick that's my favorite Stella is a
classic line now Stella yeah all right thanks Leonard we're gonna return in a
moment with the first Christmas card of the year
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love to fly and it shows celebrating a birthday today Oscar winner Marley
Matlin is 24 actor Steve Gutenberg is 30 TV host Dennis James is 71 and
television personality Derward Kirby is 76 in today's people post scripts where
does the time go only 122 more shopping days until Christmas but as Tony Harris
reports New York City is ready it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas
in Midtown Manhattan this morning there were Carolers elves and Santa himself
Rockettes dressed as Santa's helpers chubby checker twisted away and there was
lots of snow everywhere as Radio City Music Hall kicked off ticket sales for
its annual Christmas show this is the tenth year of this production called the
magnificent Christmas spectacular and even with summer's heat and threatening
skies the faithful came out undaunted to be the first to get their tickets
that's the only way to get good seats otherwise you'll be up in the heavens I
wanted to make sure this year that my mother gets Christmas show tickets I
know the song says we need a little Christmas right this very minute we're
talking about the 24th of August is it a little too early you think I think it is
but you know it's an amazing the magic of Radio City it really proves that they
could do anything the morning was topped off with celebrity carolers leading New
Yorkers and the first song of the holiday season Tony Harris
entertainment tonight remember when Christmas used to start after
Thanksgiving well from everyone here to entertainment tonight Merry Christmas
that's just about it for today I'll be back tomorrow to solve one of the
mysteries of show business Big Bird will be unmasked before your very eyes now
little going-away music video from Buddy Miles and the California Raisers you have
to get on the scene
coming up at 8 Kirk Douglas takes a look at his life as an ambitious movie
producer in Hollywood the bad and the beautiful but now stay tuned for a car
out of air next on Fox 25