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- May 02, 1994: People
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
- May 02, 1994 Last Testament of Richard Nixon
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- PEOPLE, Page 79
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- <body>
- <p>BY GINIA BELLAFANTE
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- <p>Whoof! There He Isn't
- </p>
- <p> Bid farewell to the fist roller. On the air since 1989, TV talk-show
- host ARSENIO HALL has decided to raise a white flag in the late-night
- wars. In recent months, ratings for the Arsenio Hall Show have
- dipped to half those of Late Night with David Letterman and
- the Tonight Show. Hall, known for his all-too-ingratiating manner
- with guests--including Louis Farrakhan--called the move
- "the most complicated decision of my life."
- </p>
- <p>SEEN & HEARD
- </p>
- <p> Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, where are you? Buckingham Palace
- has announced that Prince Charles lost his dog, Pooh, during
- a walk at Balmoral, the royal family's estate in Scotland. The
- prince is offering an unspecified reward for information leading
- to Pooh's return.
- </p>
- <p> Despite a new ordinance forbidding smoking in Cincinnati's Riverboat
- Stadium, irrepressible Reds owner Marge Schott defiantly lit
- up through four games at the start of the season. She said she
- didn't care if anyone complained, but since city officials have
- warned her to stop, Schott has complied with the ban. Now she
- clutches her cigarettes during the games.
- </p>
- <p> Like many veejays on MTV before him, Adam Curry has decided
- to pursue bigger dreams. Without alerting his bosses, Curry
- announced on air last week that he was quitting to participate
- in "the digital revolution." In the age of 500-channel and interactive
- TV, he said, he could no longer justify "introducing Beavis
- and Butt-head."
- </p>
- <p>Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
- </p>
- <p> ROSEANNE and TOM ARNOLD have now proved themselves to be celebritydom's
- most profoundly confused couple. Amid rumors that Tom was having
- an affair with the couple's former assistant, Roseanne filed
- for divorce early last week, claiming she was a "classic battered
- and abused wife." Within 48 hours, Tom publicly begged for a
- reconciliation. "I love Rosie," he said. "I'm not an adulterer.
- I've been a loving and supportive husband." That seemed to do
- the trick. By week's end the TV star had withdrawn divorce papers,
- apologized to her husband and his alleged paramour, and blamed
- "outsiders, nasty gossip and lies" for the temporary split.
- </p>
- <p>Will Their Smiles Slay?
- </p>
- <p> With lines like "There's a word for you ladies, but it's seldom
- used outside of a kennel," The Women, George Cukor's 1939 film
- about wicked socialites and the husbands who cheat on them,
- represented the height of brittle Hollywood wit. Given the film's
- cynicism, it's hard to imagine the eternally vulnerable JULIA
- ROBERTS and the eternally chipper MEG RYAN starring in a remake,
- but that's just what they hope to do. In their hands, they say,
- the movie will be about "how we live with our emancipation."
- They add, "We love that these women could slay with a word."
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