How did Hollywood get so worked up over exercise?
Is dynasty teetering on yet another cliff?
Why does Burt Reynolds give Siskel and Ebert a thumbs down?
Will Gardens of Stone earn its stripes at the box office?
For Tuesday, May 5th, 1987, Entertainment Tonight has a good beat and you can dance to it.
I am the best Burt Reynolds in the business.
Hello again everybody, I'm Mary Hart coming to you from beautiful Key Biscayne, Florida.
And I'm John Tesch at the Entertainment Tonight studio in plain old Hollywood.
And once again, Mary Hart is in the middle of a bum assignment.
Oh yeah, John, it's the understatement. We worked real hard to paint the sky this blue and get those people to go into the swimming pool.
Anyway, we did a little bit of work. We'll have some interviews later on with Philip Michael Thomas based here in Florida and Burt Reynolds.
That's later in the show. But first of all, what's hot back in Hollywood, John?
I'm glad you asked that question. American Bandstand has been the hot property of ABC for about 30 years now.
But the long running teen dance show is not on the network's new schedule for the fall.
American Bandstand made its debut on August 5th, 1957 with Dick Clark as host.
The show has chronicled the changes in music, dance and fashion of several generations of teenagers.
Last September, Bandstand was cut back from an hour to 30 minutes and its cancellation by the network came as no surprise.
Bandstand will live on and first run syndication. The show will get a name change to the New American Bandstand.
And its distributor promises the show will be bigger and better than ever.
Dick Clark has had over 10,000 musical guests over the years. Jerry Lee Lewis, Stevie Wonder, The Doors and Neil Diamond all made their television debuts on American Bandstand.
Published reports in today's papers have the hot Hollywood romance between director Rob Reiner and actress Elizabeth McGovern moving quickly towards matrony.
Not true. Entertainment Tonight contacted the offices of both Reiner and McGovern and their associates firmly deny any wedding plans.
The couple is living together but no walks down the aisle or in the near future.
Your sir for $200,000. The gentleman on screen 17.
Chevy Nova. No wonder they gave it a 60,000 mile limited warranty.
Burton Leon Reynolds grew up in Palm Beach, Florida where his father was chief of police.
He had planned on playing professional football with the then Baltimore Colts but a car accident cut his dream short so he turned to acting.
A veteran of 43 films, Reynolds was once the world's number one box office star.
I spoke to the actor about his return to movies after two years away from the cameras.
This beautiful Spanish Mediterranean house is home to Burt Reynolds.
It's a peaceful setting along Florida's intercoastal waterway.
It's his sanctuary away from the slings and arrows of Hollywood critics.
After two tough years away from the camera, he's made three films back to back.
Heat is currently playing around the country.
Malone co-starring Cliff Robertson opened last weekend and Rent-A-Cop with Liza Minnelli will open this fall.
Turn around. Jesus, a modest cop.
Every article you read about Burt Reynolds it's the big comeback time.
So you have a tremendous amount at stake or do you look at it that way?
No, I don't consider it a comeback. I just, you know, I was on vacation for a while.
I'm back. The nice thing is that I think that that will sort of stop and I can get back to being a working actor again and not worry about all that.
Well, how do you feel about Malone?
I don't know about Malone. I have, I'm a little, I don't know. I'm ambivalent about it.
Rent-A-Cop, the one I did with Liza, I feel very confident about that film.
She hasn't done a picture in six or seven years, I think.
And we were like kids, you know, we were having such a good time.
Strange things happen when you sort of drop out like that and you, there's a kind of, you sort of look at life differently and you look at your job differently.
And friends that are real friends sort of become very real.
It saves you a tremendous amount of money at Christmas time because you have to buy all those presents for all those people.
I know one of your favorite subjects is critics.
I talk about them because I, quite honestly, I find it so astonishing to me that you can become, I mean, what did Gene Siskel and Ebert ever do?
What did they do? I mean, where did they get their credentials?
You know, the two people that are referred to as the fat guy and his friend.
I mean, what did they do in life to deserve to say, don't go to that film, it's a piece of whatever.
I mean, based upon what? The enormous hits they've produced? The screenplays they've written? The pictures they've directed? The acting they've done?
Or is it based upon the fact that one is fat and one is thin? I mean, it's astonishing to me. And I do get upset about that, yes.
But I remember how you have repeatedly said, God, you know, one thing I really yearn for is to have that credibility and that respect within the industry.
Well, I think I'll get that. That comes with age and time, you know.
There's a whole generation of actors that went through their life. Steve McQueen was one of them.
I see young people today and people say, you know, we've got to get home tonight because the great escape is on.
I see McQueen and I say, what do you think of McQueen? He says, he's the best. He's the best at what he did.
And I think, boy, if Steve could have only heard that. But he never, ever heard that. He never heard people saying that.
And people were saying it, but he didn't hear them. There's not something that I do better than anybody, but I am the best, Burt Reynolds, in the business.
You know, we were talking about Malone, Reynolds' new movie. It opened last weekend and it's in eleventh place at the box office currently, John.
I'll tell you, I love the guy's honesty, Mary. Great interview.
Thank you very much. I enjoyed speaking with him. He truly is one of the nicest people and I hope he does very well with his third picture, the one with Liza Minnelli, Renacott at Christmas.
Gardens of Stone is a new film featuring James Kahn, James Earl Jones, and emerging star D.V. Sweeney. Now, it's the story of the soldiers who made up the burial cadre at Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam War.
Kahn and Jones play Korean war vets who have seen it all. Sweeney is the gung-ho young recruit and son of an old war buddy.
In this scene from our exclusive movie preview, Sweeney earns his stripes from the old guard.
You're out of uniform, boy. I am? Yeah, you are.
You will remain out of uniform. Phil, I slapped these on you. Not bad for six months, huh?
Now look, it seems that a certain Sergeant Flanagan, huh, got drunk enough one night to trash up Dirty Margie's beer emporium, doing a hell of a job, cost himself a stripe in the process.
The bear. We had to scrape the very bottom of a barrel. I mean, a pits is what we got. Oh, by the way, these are not official at the Linden, probably tagged. Tagged? You know, tagged like, tagged, you know.
I, uh, now relinquish my spot to, uh, I'll see you there, Sergeant Major Nelson. Oh, man.
Gardens of Stone opens this weekend. It's the first time actor James Kahn and director Francis Coppola have been reunited since they worked on The Godfather. That film earned them both Academy Award nominations.
Tomorrow, Julio Iglesias sings the tale of his life and times at his home in Miami. And on Thursday, it's the 20th anniversary of the Beatles landmark album, Sergeant Pepper. Paul McCartney tells the story behind the music.
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You know, moms are moms. And about the only difference about being the mother of a star is that your neighbor is asking for autographed pictures.
Star moms find their kids just as lovable and just as annoying as anybody else.
And as we find out, star moms know and tell some intimate details about their kids' lives.
Hello?
Hello, Robert.
Hello.
Eleonora.
Hello, my sweet boy. How are you, darling?
If there's one thing a mother loves as much as hearing from her son, it's talking about him.
Couldn't make him a lawyer or a doctor, like every Jewish brother was. He wanted to be a concert pianist at that time.
Of course, young Neil Sadaka changed his mind again and became the popular singer-songwriter that he is today.
Mama Eleonora remembers something he wrote for her when he was just 11.
He wrote a song called Sadness. I was going into the hospital and I cried.
And it was really the most beautiful melody I had ever heard.
I admire the fact that he's so fabulous, and I'm thrilled with the fact that he's my son.
He's just a great guy. I have to say it. I mean, as they say, he's intelligent, he's articulate. He can do almost anything.
Martha Dixon is the proud mother of Academy Award-nominated actor James Woods.
He'd once wanted to be a surgeon. In college, he decided he wanted to act, and mom didn't discourage him.
Two months before graduation, I'm the dean's list of the school, like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
When he called me up and told me he was quitting to be an actor, it was a pretty tough thing for a mother who's a widow to take.
But I just swallowed my pride and said, well, when I was 21, I was doing what I want, so you have to.
I went to a dressmaker once, and I said, Robert Klein is my son. She said, oh, but I like Buddy Hackett.
So I said I never went back to her again.
Frieda Klein can brag about her son Robert's success as a comedian, but she can also brag that she's played the piano on his cable TV show, proving it pays to have a famous son.
We went to this Chinese restaurant, and we called up, and I said, Robert Klein, and they certainly gave him good service.
Maybe they put some extra food on his plate. I don't know.
You're missing a button. Can you sew at long distance?
Okay, darling.
But I have one word of caution. Entertainment tonight will follow you around. Be careful of what you say.
Right you are, Neil. And there's a Florida angle to this story, Mary.
James Wood's mom lives near Tampa, and both Robert Klein and Neil Sadaka's mothers live in Fort Lauderdale.
Glad to know that one, John. I want my mom to know I'll be home in time for Mother's Day.
In Hollywood, a career can be made or lost on a star's looks, so it's no surprise that celebrities are willing to sweat and sacrifice to look good.
Well, we wanted to find out the health and beauty secrets of some of Hollywood's most glamorous stars, so we recruited Connie Selick as our guide.
Of course, no slouch in the looks department herself. Get ready now to lift and lift and stretch.
Are you ready to do the workout?
I'm on the floor with Jane every night, Fonda, in my tape machine.
And I'm on the floor with Jane going, I'm trying, Jane, to get the leg up. My leg's heavier than yours. I can't lift it.
Hollywood might just be the exercise capital of the world, especially since Jane Fonda's workout tapes showed it could make someone healthy and wealthy at the same time.
For a lot of celebrities, keeping fit gets very serious indeed.
Colby star Tracy Scoggins training for one of the most serious events in all sports, the running, swimming, bicycling endurance contest called the triathlon.
She likes what training does for her body and her mind.
It's such a great stress reliever. You know, when you've been waiting around for your part all day, when you sat on a set for 12 hours,
and you know, you're wearing your shoulders up around your ears, and it really helps to release a lot of tension in my body.
Actresses like Morgan Fairchild and Rebecca Arthur find it helps to have trainer Jake Steinfeld pushing them on.
You're going to be a big star. Let's go.
If I'm there, you're going to do 10 extra reps or you do 20 extra reps and you have no choice in the matter.
And they hate me for it there, but when they go to dailies or, you know, if they're at a party or they go to a meeting or something like that,
and they get that, you know, that, boy, you're looking fantastic. What are you doing? Well, I get Jake comes to the house. He works me out.
Martina Navratilova working out to keep at the top of tennis, always with lots of pressure.
Steffi Graf, for one. There's always somebody new on the horizon or Chris Everett has been keeping me on my toes for a few years.
Soon you'll be able to buy Martina's workout tape, and it'll be a real contrast to the Raquel Welch approach.
Plast your hands behind your back. Lift your chest to the sky.
Let the stress pour out of you as you come forward.
Raquel says she's a living example of how this approach works. Yoga instead of aerobics.
I'm not sure that we can escalate fitness programs any more than they already are.
So my point is to be more pacifist and maybe even de-escalate and try to make something that is realistic,
that fits into our lives rather than taking over our lives.
Tomorrow we'll take a look at a part of looking good that most people would rather not think about. Diet.
For Entertainment Tonight, I'm Connie Salica. Anybody have a brownie?
Oh, who doesn't love to diet? As she said, tomorrow will be the diet secrets of the stars.
We're going to find out how Dolly Parton got so trim and how Oprah Winfrey developed her half a piece of fried chicken.
She's adorable. She has your eyes. Yeah, that's right after she was born.
That's Carol, our nurse. Here she is with her dad. Where is it? Providence. It's called the birthing suite.
It looks just like a bedroom, doesn't it? It sure does.
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What would you call it if Sizzler squeezed the tangiest lemons, chopped the tastiest herbs, and broiled them up with a plump chicken breast so it's tender and juicy?
How about lemon herb chicken?
Then what if Sizzler added a thick sirloin steak? Broil just the way you like it.
How about steak and lemon herb chicken?
And what would you say about a price like this?
See you there.
Sizzler.
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Hello?
Hello, Wilbur.
Ed?
Give the boy a Cupidom.
What a nice surprise.
You were expecting maybe Francis the Tartar.
I sure wasn't expecting you.
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Next time, you're gonna call me, right?
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Celebrating a birthday today, actress Tina Yeathers is 14.
Singer Tammy Wynette is 45.
Actress Pat Carroll is 60.
Actress Ann B. Davis, 61.
And actress Alice Faye is 71.
In today's People Postscripts, New York columnist Jimmy Breslin's future seems rather secure.
His contract with the New York Daily News runs through 1988,
and the writer has now signed a five-year contract with the competing newspaper Newsday.
His column in that paper will begin in October 1988.
Paul Newman has founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children with life-threatening illnesses.
Last night, the camp's fundraising campaign came closer to reaching its $10 million goal.
I just wondered about children, and I thought if we had the opportunity to give them some,
a few weeks of time out of a hospital and to enjoy a real camping experience,
that I'd get a great sense of accomplishment out of that.
And last night's party raised over $100,000.
John came to say goodbye, but we want to thank the people at the Sinesta Beach Hotel for their hospitality,
as well as our affiliate, WSVN, for providing technical facilities during our stay here in Florida.
And you know what? It has been fun, John, but I'll be back with you in Los Angeles tomorrow.
All right, Mary, have a safe bus ride home.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Tomorrow we'll be talking with Julio Iglesias.
Also mark your calendars, because this weekend,
entertainment this week is a special salute to the year 1957 with Robbie Weller and Lisa Sue Gibbons.
For now, we're going to leave you with the final sound from Miami,
Miami Sound Machine and their top ten hit, Bad Boy.
Hurry home, Mary.
What do you mean, bus?
See you tomorrow.
We'll be back.
Next on Channel 8's PM Magazine, find out about the newest eating craze, spa cuisine.
Visit La Costa Spa Resort and see the meals that will keep you fit and happy.
Then stay tuned for a great Tuesday night on NBC.
It's theater time!