Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free malice9 provides Light entertainment malice in wonderland is like cot tort Candy neither substantial nor Tut tuft to the movie Row at 8 Channel 12 and Cable 4 tells the Story of famous Hollywood gossip columnists Louella Parsons Elizabeth Taylor and Hedda Hopper Jane Alexander sort Buring the final credits a Dis claimer appears advising us that some of the characters and events in the preceding two hours were we Arent told which so its impossible to deter mine the programs factual acc but it still provides two hours of Light and As Hopper replies to someone who questions the veracity of her if my readers want study the the program starts with Parsons and Hopper meeting in roman a posh Hollywood to the world they Are bitter and their Mere presence in the same room is cause enough to fear a but its All a facade for the women Are Best enemies who realize their Public image of two fighting Alley cats is Good for both of their after a few minutes of trading catty they Start reminiscing about their respective Ca thereby setting up the its and Parsons has just moved to Hollywood to cover the movie Industry for the Hearst she quickly becomes a pain for the studio tosses Back especially that of Mem chief Louis Mayer Richard by feeling he convinces the other studio Heads to squeeze out on air Arthur Che Man Parsons and give their scoops to it Doest Parsons is Stilt and Hopper changes from a Kitten to a he gets two headaches instead of for All the fun this program con its also disturbing in its scary to realize How much Power these women they showed a Lack of journalistic eth and could destroy careers malice in wonderland sets rec ords for most names dropped in two with references to Gary Mary Pickford plastic surgery and Greta Garbos it also recreates the Days of the studio when Independent producers were unknown and when a few men ruled the entire motion picture the program succeeds largely because of the exaggerated perform the Best performance is Tay she easily switches Between her characters Persona and personality within never los ing credibility in the a frequent subject of gos sip probably enjoyed forming in this since it gave her a Chance to portray the scandal scribes in such a bad Alexander also does Well As hop although her character is More subdued than giving her less to work Csc formally handed Over two Jane Alexander plays legendary Hedda hours of its Northern Manitoba to service to Thompsons Mik sew starting a native broadcasting will produce programming for the weekday 7 to 9 time Singer Tom Jackson will be Host of the program originating from Csc Winnipeg Mik sew will produce videotaped material which will be sent Here and re broadcast for Northern Manitoba artists seek Security in insurance by Doug Whiteway insurance plans not what the Romance of Art is thought to be All says Ric National president of Canadian artists re presentation front Des Artistes financial Security is be coming a bigger Issue for Canadas Fine 800 of whom Are represented by the Ottawa based Fine artists lobby Many artists Are becoming acutely aware they dont live in a says in Winnipeg to attend this weekends annual car fac conference at the univer sity of aging population Fine artists Are part of an aging Canadian but unlike peo ple in other walks of life who have a Chance to prepare for old age or Accident through company pension plans or insurance paint and the like Are guaranteed Little More than old age because Independent visual artists dont pay into the Canadian pension they Are ineligible to receive few have private pension schemes because their income is too Low to afford likewise generally unaffordable Are life Blue or dental neither Are Fine artists co Vered by unemployment Fine says Gomez with is an insecure Busi its a that car fac is determined to having applied to the Federal department of communications for a Grant to fund a feasibility organizers Hope eventually to implement group pension and group insurance As part of a package of financial Likely under the auspices of other Gomez notably actors and have financial support sys Tertis already in place and May serve As a Fine artists have been slow in these he because like writers or in Dependently Are less Well organized than their counterparts in symphonies or for similar says funding bodies have not paid attention to the Lon term financial needs of Independent As Gomez says in a draft proposal set for this weekends the next decade presents a critical path for Fine not Only does the longstanding problem of Finan Cial Security in old age have to be solutions must be found for the More immediate prob Lem of making a living in a time of economic malaise and cutbacks in Federal funding to the biggest fight having largely won the biggest fight in its 17year history a protracted Battle with Revenue Canada which was determined to assess in sold work for tax purposes car Gomez has been made politically Wise and better Able to anticipate the Lon term despite the current economic says the 43yearold is to make Fine artists As financially Independent As copyright revision is High on Carf acs list of ways to supple ment As it Fine artists receive no return from the mechanical reproduction of their Art in or advertisements neither do they receive a fee when their work is a parliamentary subcommittee currently is consider ing revision to the 1924 copyright act which could extend to Fine artists the rights already enjoyed by and film Gomez says he is encouraged just by virtue of the fact that the problem is being examined by authorities at though there is no Date when such revisions would be implement i think Over the years it could be significant he i dont think anyone is going to get Rich but the idea is for it to provide an equitable return Over the Gomez regards extended copy right As at least one alternative to government which he sees As necessary for the time being but ultimately he it is ironic the Mulroney which favors business by providing funds and in int prepared to do the same with in Are Small new men at work album offers Workmanlike Effort dining out Winnipeg most authoritative guide to by Marion Winnipeg re Oprah delivery 957o550 private health care in Home or Hospital by caring professionals rns lpns aides orderlies homemakers companions professional services May qualify for coverage under your health insurance coordinators available 24 hours per Day 7 Days per week 4528600 Medon health care services orphan question attracted Rogers to War movie role the Wayne Rogers is hot Here to Tell you that the lady yester Day tuesday at 8 Channel Cable 12 and 4 is a terrific but he does want you to know that amid the glut of to and print commemorations marking the end of the Vietnam his movie does focus on a group some what overlooked in All the Todo Over the 10th anniversary of the fall of the thing that attracted me to this movie is the question of orphans of whether were talking about Vietnam or any other the peo ple who Are the he the thing 1 dont think anyone thinks about the thinking if in going to be killed let me live life to the fullest the thing is that there Are children As a result somewhere someone is accountable for in Rogers plays a Houston living a life that looks comfortable from the outside while it erodes on the his marriage to Bonnie Bedelia is going and working for his fathering Pat is getting Bombshell into this setting of upper Middle class tedium Falls a Bombshell the executives former Saigon Tina Calls and then introduces him to his 10yearold played by Bryan adopt she Rogers does not urge the show on viewers As a piece of High but the theme Speaks for he the show May have a wider Appeal than Rogers going beyond the unanticipated War child to raise the question of adult responsibility in general for children who Are the who thinking about the child he who thinking about the child As a person in the world and who thinking about the future after Rogers played trapper John on the series for three years before he resigned his commission in the 4077th and headed off to other but to after becoming identified with a runaway hit mouse Calls to to movies and Minise for he played a Southern cop in the recent chiefs and for three seasons he was a private doctor in House we used to take most of our stories out of the Rogers an episode dealing with a doctor grow ing marijuana in the Hospital to ease a patients discomfort from chemo therapy came out of the and the one about doctors being required to Tell the patients parents if they find a woman under 16 to be preg we did a lot of socially Rele vant and they got ratings and a couple of said but never an theres been he starred in Frank Gilroy once in Paris and now has joined Gilroy again to do a picture called the Eaton Diamond remount Sale save 30 on selected Diamond ring mounts for men and Sale on now til May 25 i to Eaton regular to now you can give 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