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

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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

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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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: Music }»««»»«« Video As the music comes to life on stations such as MTV, the increasing popularity of music videos has influenced daily life and brought new subjects to view MTV has previewed new talent on Now hear This! while V-Ml plays older tunes. For many teenagers, to come home and turn on the cable channels MTVand V-Ml is a daily maQic ritual Daily life is also infected by video com- mercials George Michael ' s vid- eo clips are shown on Diet Pepsi commercials and Pepsi also pre- viewed Madonna ' s con- troversial LiKe a Prayer video. Music videos and the stations that play items will continue to prosper from all the attention Musical ec ect ca helping a new era of music come in are the New Bohemians and their lead singer Edie Brickell They have gone from the artistic area. Deep Ellum of Dallas to nationwide stardom. With their upbeat tunes such as What I Am and the jazz of Circle they have set impressions for new music. Their unique melodies are featured on their re- cently released album Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars. Also setting impres- sions in music are Ton Loc and Wild Thing. Milli Vanilli, Quns and f oses and The New Kids on the Block are also moving in and up on the charts The higher notes Singing One Monnent in Time, Whitney Mouston opened up the thirty-first annual Grammy Awards held on Feb. 22 (shown on Channel 4 at 7 p.m. locally). Billy Crystal announced the winners of over 76 cat- egories on the Shrine Auditorium stage in Los Angeles, California. Voting members of the national Acad- emy of f ecording Arts and Sciences chose nominees from a record of 6,800 entries released between Oct. 1, 1987, and Sept. 50, 1988. Because of the recent criticism that certain areas of popular music have been ignored, new categories this year in- cluded hard rock heavy metal, rap and bluegrass. A partial list of the winners follows: Record of the Year Album of the Year Song of the Year Best new Artist Best Female Pop Vocal Tracy Chapman Don ' t Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin Faith Qeorge Michael Don ' t Worry, Be happy Bobby McFerrin Tracy Chapman fast Car Best Male Pop Vocal Best Group Pop Vocal Don ' t Worry, Be happy Bobby McFerrin Brasil Manhattan Transfer Best Male Rock Vocal Fore jer Young Rod Stewart Best Group RocK Vocal Desire U2 (jiving You the Best That 1 Got Best Female R B Vocal Anita Baker Best Duo Love Overboard R B Vocal Best Rap Gladys knight and the Pips Parents Just Don ' t Understand Best hard Rock Metal Vocal DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Crest of a hinave Jethro Tull