Who was that masked man on the Walk of Fame?
Where were you when Spider-Man said I do?
Did Benji go first class at his premiere?
Will the real Snow White's please stand up?
Entertainment Tonight holds the fort for Monday, June 8th, 1987.
Who are you, my dear?
I'm Snow White.
Hi everybody, I'm John Tetsch.
And I'm Mary Hart.
In terms of hot music, London was 98 degrees in the shade,
as some of rock music's founding fathers joined with stars of today
to knock the socks off British royalty at the Prince's Trust benefit concert.
Entertainment Tonight's Ann Diamond was in the wings of the Standing Room Only bash.
Now I won't shed a tear just as long as you stand by me.
It was fairly difficult to stand by anyone on the stage or backstage of Wembley Arena Friday and Saturday night
because the place was packed with so many rock superstars.
Benny King was joined by Eric Clapton, Elton John, Brian Adams, Phil Collins, Paul Young, Boy George,
and on stage for the first time since the historic concert for Bangladesh in 1971, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
It's for a good cause and I happen to like Prince Charles and it's his trust.
The energy is great and everyone's real friendly, you know, because we're only here for a couple of days.
And the rehearsals were, you know, really good fun.
And we're just going out to do our best.
The Prince and Princess of Wales were on hand to greet the celebrities.
The Prince runs the self-help charity which provides grants to underprivileged youth.
I come back because I think these events are great fun to be involved in.
It's not every day you get a chance to play with everybody up on stage there.
And it does, being a trustee, I see the money at work.
I was in China until yesterday and then I come down today and help out a bit because I enjoyed it so much last year.
Everybody, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up.
It's very difficult to talk to a princess.
I mean, what do you say, you know, what do you do with your dishes, you know, do you wear rubber gloves?
A lot of these guys who I'm going to be singing with tonight are guys that I listened to when I was growing up
and heavily influenced by.
So it's really amazing to be able to go up on the stage and participate with them.
Winter night has come in the land of love.
In London and Diamond Entertainment tonight.
The concert and the rights to an HBO special to be aired this fall have brought in over $2 million for the princely cause.
Princess Di isn't the only woman to marry a prince.
This weekend, Walt Disney World played host to a royal reunion of former Snow White's and dozens of women who have portrayed that beloved Disney character showed up to commemorate the 50th birthday of the animated classic.
Who are you?
Oh, how silly of me. I'm Snow White.
Snow White.
For 50 years now, Snow White has brought smiles to the faces of children and adults around the world, both in the movie and in the Disney theme parks.
At last Friday's reunion at both Disneyland and Disney World, more than 70 past and present Snow Whites gathered to celebrate the fairest one of all.
To be picked as Snow White was a great, great honor. I loved it.
Joanne Killingsworth was Disneyland's very first Snow White back when the park opened in 1955.
The park had not opened to the public yet. It opened the next day to the public.
So we were seeing it before anyone else could see it and we'd all heard so much about it, but it was a totally wonderful experience.
Many of the former Snow Whites were traced through personnel records. A few were found only after the search made headlines.
There were several of them that had just disappeared and we didn't find them until they found us.
The day was filled with other reunions. These sisters hadn't seen each other in four years.
Those little angelic faces. I mean, you know, at about four or five years old looking up saying, are you really Snow White?
And this Snow White brought her husband, who was playing Prince Charming when the couple first met.
Having an imagination. That's what brought all this together.
And you just, you never get tired of the magic here. We could come here every day and never get tired of it still.
Now you may ask yourself, how are we going to work Elvis Presley into a story about a Snow White reunion?
Kathy Westmoreland, a former Snow White, is about to release a book titled Elvis and Kathy.
Westmoreland was a featured soloist with Presley and claims to have been his lover and confidant for the last seven years of Presley's life.
Last night, the greats from the musical and dramatic stage celebrated a triumphant Broadway season with the 41st Annual Tony Awards.
And our Tony, as in Harris, was on hand for an evening that was less than miserable. It was Les Miserables.
Like all good award shows, the 41st Annual Tony Awards had all the elements.
Stars. Star-struck fans, a gracious host, and of course, the competition.
And the winner is Francis Raffaele Les Miserables.
After winning the first two awards of the evening, Les Miserables, the musical tale of poverty and injustice in 19th century France, went on to win six more, including Best Musical.
The American Play Fences pulled down four awards, including Best Play, Best Director, Best Featured Actress, and for James Earl Jones, his second Tony for Best Actor.
When it was announced, I was trying to recall how I felt the other time. And I couldn't. I couldn't.
It's, the minute these things happen, the actor who has to go on stage the next night and perform, you put it away someplace.
I feel more honored than excited. I just think it is a wonderful tribute to be awarded for your work by your peers.
For Linda Lavin, the third time was the charm, as Neil Simon's Broadway-bound won her a Best Actress Tony.
I'm proud and grateful and excited and fulfilled in a way that it's hard to articulate.
The 18 awards were shared by just five shows, with two British imports, Me and My Girl and Les Miserables, going head-to-head in the musical category.
Can you begin to express how you must feel right now?
Oh, I'm numb. I mean, I did a matinee this afternoon. What do you expect it to feel?
You know, I finished a quarter to five, and we were getting ready, and suddenly we're on stage in front of all these famous people, and now I'm standing here in front of this camera.
How do I feel? Numb.
The evening included two special tributes, one to George Abbott, who turns 100 years old on June 25th, and the other to the late Robert Preston, who died last March.
Robert loved the theater, and this means the theater loved him back. Thank you.
This year's Tonys were not only a celebration of individual excellence, but a celebration of Broadway's resurgence.
With ticket sales up over last season, the verdict is in, and the message is clear. Broadway is alive and well.
Tony Harris, Entertainment Tonight.
Last night's telecast of the Tony Awards won its time slot for CBS, with an estimated viewing audience of 20 million.
Coming up next, get your pencils ready. We're going to give you some help in picking tomorrow night's best bets on television.
And ahead, Benji returns to the movies after a seven-year hiatus, and the crowds come out in force for the Gala premiere.
Best bets on television tomorrow night. The NBA Championship playoffs continue on CBS with Game 4.
The Los Angeles Lakers are up 2-1 against the Boston Celtics.
And Public Television's front-line series airs The Death of a Porn Queen, the tragic story of a Minnesota farm girl's rise to porn stardom and eventual suicide.
News at the box office this weekend. Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop 2 is still gunning them down at the theaters.
It's the number one movie in the country, but Axel Foley and his pals may want to keep an eye out for the Elliott Ness crowd.
The Untouchables had a great opening this weekend.
Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery shot their way to second place.
Another new film took the third spot at the box office. John Lithgow's Harry and the Hendersons.
Ernest goes to camp, moved from second to fourth place this weekend.
And Michael J. Fox's The Secret of My Success rounds out the top five movies for the week.
He was the second animal in history to be inducted into the Animal Actors Hall of Fame.
He's twice been named Top Animal Entertainer of the Year, and he's had four network television specials as well as a hit movie to his credit.
Now after a seven-year hiatus, Benji the dog is returning to Motion Pictures.
It was a reception fit for a superstar.
There were stretch limousines, the paparazzi hovering to get the perfect shot, and of course, adoring fans.
And they called it poppilos
Benji finally did arrive, in style by the way, for the world premiere of his new film Benji the Hunted.
Accompanied by his trainer, Frank N., the canine superstar was honored with a plaque, and probably more important to him, a thick steak.
The highlight of the evening was a screening of the new film.
Afterwards, the star of the movie was visibly moved.
He is cute. Benji the Hunted will open nationwide on June 19th.
Incidentally, this is actually the second Benji to appear on film or television. He is the son of the original.
It's been a long time since a silent film has had a gala premiere in Hollywood, but Leonard Maltin tells us some classics are making a welcome, if quiet, or comeback. Leonard?
That's right, John. Some people consider Latin a dead language. Some people consider silent films a dead art form. Wrong.
If you don't believe me, take a look at six great silent films just being released on home video for the first time by Paramount.
They're all from the 1920s, but they cover a wide range of moods and subject matter. A good introduction to the art, the beauty, and the excitement of silent movies.
A sheer spectacle, nothing can top Cecil B. DeMille's silent version of the Ten Commandments.
And as a bonus, some of the key scenes were shot in early two-color technicolor, so when Moses invokes the pillar of fire, it's red hot.
Actually, the biblical tale is merely a prologue to a modern-day story meant to remind audiences of the 1920s of the need to return to the teachings of the Bible.
A spectacle of another kind is seen in The Last Command with Oscar winner Emil Jannings as a survivor of the Russian Revolution, who winds up as an extra in a Hollywood movie on that very subject, which causes him to lose his mind.
Director Joseph von Sternberg created wonderful images in that film, and in The Docs of New York, a powerful waterfront melodrama starring George Bancroft.
Historical images abound in the seagoing spectacle of old ironsides. Eric von Stroheim wrote, directed, and starred in The Wedding March, which shows him in an unusually romantic setting, opposite a young and beautiful Faye Ray.
And W.C. Fields, sporting a mustache, plays a mild-mannered milk toast who becomes a roaring lion at home and on the job with the help of a hypnotist in Running Wild. Providing the music for all the silence in this home video package is the Dean of Movie Theater Organists, Gaylord Carter, who played for some of these films when they first came out.
I was simply taken for granted in those days. Every theater had an organ, nobody paid much attention to it.
I think that anybody who sees a sequence of a silent movie, silent, and then sees it or hears it with a score will notice immediately the difference. There is an added dimension. Something comes to life.
And that's what's so exciting about having these films available on video. It's giving them a new lease on life for people who've never had a chance to see silent films the way they were meant to be seen.
Now before they revoke my membership in the Society for Cinephiles, let me emphasize that the only way to fully appreciate the magic of a silent film is in a theater with live musical accompaniment.
But as most people don't have access to this kind of showing every day of the week, this kind of high-quality video presentation is a very palatable alternative.
Not only that, where do you get another Gaylord Carter?
That's right. Now those scores are there for all time on those great movies, and they look great, too.
He's great. Thanks a lot, Leonard. Interesting report. We'll take a break. We'll be right back. Stay with us.
Tomorrow, singer Anne Murray tells us that her latest album has a love song that's so intimate, she said, I can't sing this in public. We'll find out how she overcame her embarrassment.
And on Wednesday, Arnold Schwarzenegger says he hopes it's the year of the bicep as we go to the jungles of Mexico to go behind the scenes of his latest film, Predator.
Do you know where your president is? The real Mr. President, former actor Ronald Reagan, is attending the Economic Summit in Venice, Italy.
The make-believe Mr. President, George C. Scott, is right here in Hollywood, hard at work on his new sitcom.
Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war.
Scott's performance as General George S. Patton was recognized with an Oscar in 1970.
Now the actor has graduated to the presidency of the United States. In his new series for Fox Television, Scott plays a fictional chief executive for laughs.
There's no question that you're going to offend everybody sooner or later, but you've got to be very careful that what you do is not going to reflect at all adversely on the present president, the real president.
The real president of the United States, because of the power of television, that's all. You've got to be selective, you've got to be tasteful, let's hope.
And you've still got to entertain people, which is a very difficult little line that we all have to walk here.
I've got some exciting news. We're picketing the White House, me and some of my class. So...
You mean you're picketing me? Uh-huh.
With such a successful career in film and theater, many are wondering why the 59-year-old Scott has chosen to tackle series television.
It seemed like a good opportunity to do something interesting, something, as I said before, that was challenging and might lead to my imminent retirement if we are successful.
It's too early to tell if Mr. President is destined for success, but his premiere drew higher ratings than any other Fox network program.
Scott does have high hopes for the series, but he is looking beyond.
I'd like to play a decent game of golf for once. I'd like to raise some more dogs. I have massive dogs, my wife and I, and we have horses, of which I'm terrified and she's a brilliant rider.
And I'd like to get that boat I talked about and sail around.
Well, until he does, Mr. President will continue airing Sunday nights on stations carrying the Fox broadcasting lineup.
When the motion picture industry began, the few women who were allowed to work behind the cameras were often relegated to makeup or costuming jobs.
Well, times, of course, have changed and the film business along with it. Women hold jobs from studio head to grip, and they are a powerful show business force.
Each year, the organization Women in Film chooses to honor a few individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field. Here is Jean Wolf.
Michelle Lee hosted the annual luncheon, which honors individuals for their excellence, endurance and expansion of women's roles in the field of entertainment.
Angelica Houston came to honor family friend and veteran costume designer Dorothy Jeakins.
Also honored, producer Renee Valente and actress Anne Margaret.
Thank you so very much. I am indeed honored.
Anne Margaret has done around 40 films, but she told me she was nervous about giving a speech to the hundreds of people at this event.
Like the other honorees, though, she was proud to talk about the progress women have made in the entertainment industry.
My very first film was in 1961 called A Pocketful of Miracles.
And there were three women behind the camera. Hairdresser, wardrobe girl and body makeup girl.
And on this last movie that I did, which I think is my 40th movie, there were about 15 women behind the camera.
But to see the difference in the 26 years, that's what I think of today.
And I thank you for this award. God bless.
In only 11 years, the Crystal Awards has become a prestigious Hollywood event.
Gene Wolf Entertainment Tonight.
Also honored were Valerie Harper and Dennis Weaver.
They received the group's humanitarian award for their work with Love is Feeding Everyone.
That's an organization which feeds homeless people.
And coming up next, the masked man finally gets his due.
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In today's People Postscripts, even cartoon characters can fall in love and get married.
Or so the creators of Spider-Man would have us believe.
The tongue-in-cheek ceremony was an intimate one.
50,000 guests were on hand at Shea Stadium to watch cartoon character Spider-Man marry longtime love Mary Jane Watson.
I pronounce you Spider-Man and wife.
Spider-Man creator Stan Lee officiated at the home plate ceremony.
The cartoon couple is taking a honeymoon trip to the Riviera.
And will probably live happily ever after.
At least until the next issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.
The wedding issue of the Spider-Man comic hits newsstands tomorrow.
On with this one, who is that masked man?
It's the Lone Ranger, one of America's favorite TV heroes.
On Friday, Clayton Moore, who created the role for television, received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
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Fans and press turned out in force to honor one of television's first role models.
He's the Lone Ranger.
An emotional Clayton Moore received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
And this star that I'm going to receive today belong to you fans.
All of you that have backed me all my life.
Thank you.
It was Moore's day, but his thoughts were with his longtime friend.
The greatest thrill I've ever had in my life.
The only other thing I appreciate along with the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was my pal, Jay Silverheel's, Tonto.
Ready Tonto.
Me all was ready Kimo Tabe.
Adios.
Hi-O Silver!
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For you TV trivia buffs, Clayton Moore wasn't the only Lone Ranger on the television series.
An actor named John Hart, no relation, played the character for one year in the middle of the show's original run.
Well he's still got the pipes doesn't he? Hi-O Silver, that was great.
Oh yeah, gosh sakes, I missed that show.
I know.
Well we'll bring it back.
Tomorrow an exclusive preview of a controversial new movie that stars some of Hollywood's hottest talent
and raised devil worship accusations on location where the movie was shot in New England.
And of course the big story and our lead story today was England's royal family asking Rocks Royalty to stand up for the Prince's Trust Fund concert.
That's what they did. Here's more of them singing Benny King's classic Stand By Me. We'll see you tomorrow.
Take care everybody.
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put your Hands
Behind me
Stand Behind me
Behind
Stand
behind
Stand Behind Me
Stand by me