Ralph Poteet High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Mesquite, TX)

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KEntertainment ■ »««l (joing rental crazy As the Video stores rang up business, the battle for shelf space was growing fierce. Tronn strange sound- ing new titles like Alien from L.A. to more recognizable 8996IZ ?2 hits like Beetlejuice, at-honne movie rental get checked out and watched. Top rentals for the year included Three Men and Baby, E.T., Child ' s Play and Big. Making the 6 0 decision, Chris- tell Campos chooses her eve- ning ' s fun Rentals were popular entertainment What5 playing? Bill Ted ' s EKcellent Adven- ture. Using a magical telephone booth to travel through time, Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) travel through time to gather information for a history report With help from 5ocrates, Qenghis Khan, Joan of Arc, Ma poleon, Beethoven, Abraham Lin- coln, Billy the Kid and Dr 5igmund Freud, they deliver a history report like no other Re- member BE EACELLEhT TO EACH OThER ■• Ralnman. A touching movie of two brothers who learn to love and underst and each other Char lie (Tom Cruise) learns of his au- tistic brother Raymond (Dustin Moffman) at the reading of their father ' s will When Charlie learns that he was cut out of the $5 million estate, he kidnaps Ray- mond and holds him for ransom As the two brothers travel togeth er, their bond grows stronger Dream and Little Dream. Through a strange magical ritual, Corey Eeldman and co-star Mer- idith Salenger switch places with an older couple played by Jason Robards and Piper Laurie As they go through time as each other, an understanding evolves that bridges the generation gap Who Framed Roger Rabbit. An intricate merger of animation and live action that includes old favorites as well as new charac- ters that play on your affections Bob hoskins plays a private eye whose career is going downhill since a tragedy in Toontown, where Hollywood cartoon charac- ters live Jessica Rabbit is also introduced, making a splash Jenni Hardie: It ' s weird to see Pat 5ajak on a talk show rather than spinning the wheel Angie Turner: Dream a Little Dream was really confusing, but Corey Teldman was worth it. Steve Kath: At this rate, Bill Cosby and others are going to start talk shows and with the stuff Qeraldo talks about, most movies will be rated ' Q '

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What made the news . . . In the year of disas- ters, elections and Olympics, 1989 made Its mark on the news media. Starting with the Olympics, JacKle Joyner-Kersee, one of the world ' s best women athletes, set a record In the heptathlon and won the long Jump. Canadian Ben John- son, Known as the World ' s Fastest Muman, won the gold in the 100 meters, but lost his rec- ord and gold medal when tests showed that he had tahen anabolic steroids. West Germany ' s ten- nis star at 19, Steffi Qraf (won the French, Australian and Wimble- don tournaments) went on and captured the gold medal. Omitrl Bllozercheve who shattered his left leg three years prior in an auto accident, helped the Soviets win their 132 medals when his classic gymnastic form tooh a place. The Americans took their medals with help from 17-year-old Janet Evans from California who smashed 1.6 from her 400-meter freestyle world record to capture the gold; and from (jreg Louganis, recovered from a collision with a springboard, who cap- tured two more Olympic medals. In October, the Sovi- ets and Americans joined together to save two young gray whales that were Imprisoned under arctic Ice. After 18 days, a Soviet Ice- breaker led the whales out to open water. Comedienne Lucille Ball died April 26 In Los Angeles at the age of 77 at Los Angeles ' Cedars-Slnal Medical Center from cardiac ar- rest. Mer TV show I Love Lucy was one of the most popular sitcoms in TV history, capturing 67 of every 100 viewers. Some events hit closer to home. Carter Migh School was cleared by a Judge to play in the class 5A state semifinal football game after play- er Qary Edwards felled his algebra class, de- spite the state ' s no- pass, no-play rule. In early March, Jerry Jones, an Arkansas mil- lionaire oilman, t ought the Dallas Cowboys from Bum Bright for a reported $140 million, he then fired Tom Lan- dry, the only head coach the team has ever known, and hired Miami ' s Jimmy Johnson to replace him. M Space shuttle D scove y Space. A place filled with more special effects than any movie produced or novel written. On March 15, 1989, at 9:57 a.m. mission commander Mi- chael Coats, 45, led crew members Air Force Col. John Blaha, 46, the mis- sion pilot; Col. Sprlnaer, 46; Dr. James M. Baglan, 57; and Marine Col. James F. Buchll, 45, to a success- ful launch of the space shuttle Discovery with Its more than 400 design changes. The major goal of the nation ' s twenty-eighth space shuttle flight was Just putting it In place. The rest of the five-day mission was devoted to scientific experiments, ranging from how bones heal In space to a test of a spacecraft ra- diator system. This launch of Discovery marked a successful beginning to MASA ' s plan to fly seven shuttles this year. As this $100 million sat- ellite raced out of view across the Florida sky, car- rying a cargo of experi- ments (including four rats with chipped bones and 52 chicken eggs) and a crew of five men, America fur- ther completed a globe- winning network that will let the future space-farers call mission control at al- most any time. Exxon ' s spill Orr the coast of Alasha In Prince William Sound, the 987-foot CxMon ' s oil tanker Valdez leaked 10.1 million oallons of crude oil, which blackened the beaches with an unknown economic Im- pact making It the nation ' s worst dl spIlT The oil coated plants and marine life was so vast, sci- entists could not assess Its Impact. Captain Hazetwood of the Valdez was reported to have a heavy smell of alcohol on his breath at the Unrw of the leaK t ut blood tests were not given until nine hours after the In- cident. The members of the Cxxon crew did not start cleanup un- til ten hours after the Inddem — twice the amount of time called fbr by law. 1

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The 6l5t annual cadenny ward winners At the sixty-first annu- al Academy Awards, the movie that many holly- wood critics dismissed as unfilmable left with four major Oscars in- cluding Best Picture (producer Mark John- son), Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Director (Barry Levin- son) and Best Original Screenplay (Ronald Bass and Barry Mor- row) The movie? Fiainman F{ainman , Who Framed F{oger Fiabbit? and Dangerous Liaisons were box office hits, bringing in a combined $44 billion Dangerous Liaisons won Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Hampton), Best Art Direction (5tuart Craig and Qerald James) and Best Cos- tume Design (James Acheson) Who Framed Roger Fiabbit? came out with Best Film Editing (Arthur Schmidt), Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Visual Ef- fects. Best Actress went to Jodie Foster for her role in The Accused Kevin Kline received Best Supporting Actor for A Fish Called Wanda, and Qeena Davis captured Best Supporting Ac- tress for The Accidental Tourist In the music catego- ry. Best Original Song went to Carly 5imon for Let the f iver Run in the movie Working Qirl. Best Music, Original Score went to Dave Qrusin for The Milagro Beanfield War. Bird came away with the Best Sound Oscar Felle the Conqueror made in Denmark won Best Foreign Film. Pe- ter Biziou received Best Cinematography for Mississippi Burning. Best Makeup went to Ve Meill, 5teve LaPorte and Robert Short for their work in Beet- lejuice. Best Action Short Film was The Ap- pointment of Dennis Jennings (Dean Parisot and Steven Wright) Best Animated 5hort Film went to Tin Toy di- rected by Jon Laseter Marcel Ophuyls re- ceived Best Documen- tary Feature for hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of hiaus Barbie. The Documentary Short Subject Vou Don ' t t1a je to Die won an Oscar for William Quttentag and Malcolm Clarke gpjgggBJlLP WA — Your turn From Mintendo Video games to the board games of Monopoly and Scrabble, the oldest form of entertainment has been games As far back as recorded histo- ry, the pastime has taught skill, encouraged competition, and served as a source of amusement TV game shows, such as Win, Lose o r Draw and Family Feud, have evolved into board games So as time goes on, so will the popularity games. Something to talH about From Donahue to Late tiight with David Letterman, talk shows have become a main- stay of American television Just lihe comedian Arseneol hall and game show host Pat 5ajaK, virtually all of holly- wood ' s fast track were climb- ing aboard the Interview band- wagon These shows ranged from a relatively calm Oprah Winfrey to the loudmouth Morton Downey, Jr Fights be- tween guests and audience were a common event on Mor- ton DoMney and (jeraldo, but seemed to maKe ratings of trash TV far pass the clas- sic hits such as The Tontgtit 5how with Johnny Carson