Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 106, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 January 1992 — Page 4

THE BANNERGRAPHIC January 7,1992

People in the news Stone defends JFK’ intent LOS ANGELES (AP) Oliver Stone took on a former Warren Commission staffer who charged that the “JFK” director distorted history for profit Stone wrote in a Los Angeles Times column Monday that Richard M. Mosk was “looking only to whitewash the Warren Commission,” which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President Kennedy. “It is a tragedy for this country that its ‘respectable’ and ‘honorable’ men, its jurists, government officials, media Establishment continue to participate in the greatest lie ever put across on the American people,” Stone wrote. Mosk had taken issue with the way “JFK” advances the theory that the assassination was a vast conspiracy involving the CIA, the FBI, the Pentagon, the Mafia and defense contractors. Meanwhile, results of a recent poll show about three-quarters of Americans think there was a conspiracy behind the assassination of President Kennedy, and a similar majority believes the whole truth has never been told. The poll of 1,500 people, released Sunday by Time magazine and Cable News Network, was taken Dec. 17-22, just after the release of “JFK.” The 73 percent who believe there was a conspiracy were given a list of six possible players in the plot, and given a chance to say any or all might be involved. Half suspected the Central Intelligence Agency; 48 percent, the Mafia; 34 percent, the Cuban government; 19 percent, anti-Castro Cuban exiles; 18 percent, American military leaders; and 13 percent, the Dallas police. LOS ANGELES (AP) The daughter of “Candid Camera” creator Allen Funt is among the celebrity offspring who appear in the new syndicated version of the TV show helping catch Americans in the act of being themselves. Julia Funt, Jennifer Convy, daughter of the late Bert Convy, and Lewis Arquette, son of the late Cliff Arquette, are among the actors who play out roles in front of hidden cameras to catch people in awkward circumstances. And Rac Clark, son of producer Dick Clark, is the field producer-director who tells Miss Convy, Arquette and Miss Funt what to do. Dom DeLuise is host of the program. Allen Funt, host of the original “Candid Camera,” is an adviser to the series. • HOUSTON (AP) A judge has dismissed a charge against Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens, who was found innocent last month of another charge stemming from an alleged barroom brawl with an off-duty police officer. The Class B misdemeanor charge of interfering with a public servant was dropped Friday by Harris County-Court-at-Law judge James Barkley, said George Tyson, a lawyer for Clemens. Prosecutors had filed the motion to dismiss the charge, which stemmed from the same incident, Tyson said. Police claimed Clemens tried to interfere with the arrest of his brother, Gary Clemens, on Jan. 19 at the Bayou Mama’s Swamp Bar. An off-duty officer working as a security guard claimed Roger Clemens jumped on the officer’s back and choked him as the guard tried to arrest Gary Clemens.

‘Hook’ still sharp at the box office

LOS ANGELES (AP) For the first weekend of 1992, Steven Spielberg’s “Hook” was still hooking movie-goers, pulling in $11.5 million. “Hook” was followed by “The Father of the Bride,” $9 million; “Beauty and the Beast,” SB.B million; “The Prince of Tides,” $8.5 million; and “The Last Boy Scout,” $7.1 million. Rounding out the top 10 were “JFK,” $6.8 million; “Bugsy,” $5.4 million; “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,” $4.7 million; “The Addams Family,” $4.6 million; and “My Girl,” $3.8 million. “Hook” and “The Addams Family” are currently showing at Ashley Square Twin Cinemas in Greencastle. Here are the top movie ticket sales Friday through Sunday, according to Exhibitor Relations Co., with distributor, weekend gross, number of theater screens, average per screen, total gross and number of weeks in release: 1. “Hook,” TriStar, $11.5 million, 2,254 screens, $5,090 per screen, $82.1 million, four weeks. 2. “The Father of the Bride,” Disney., $9 million, 1,588 screens, $5,679 per screen, $43.2 million, three

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' LOS ANGELES (AP) Sean Connery has been named winner of the annual American Cinematheque Award. The award, which will be presented at the industry group’s ball April 10, was started in 1986 to honor contributions to film and video. Previous winners include Eddie Murphy, Bette Midler, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Connery starred in the James Bond movies and won a best supporting actor Oscar for “The Untouchables.” LOS ANGELES (AP) Forget Sherwood Forest and the fields of lowa. Kevin Costner prefers to lounge by the shore. Costner, whose movies include “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “Field of Dreams” and “JFK,” has bought a seaside cottage in Santa Barbara County. Costner, 36, paid about $3 million for the contemporary, wood-and-glass home enclosed in a gated community near Montecito, The 6,000-square-foot home has a guest suite with its own entrance, two children’s bedrooms and a large master bedroom with a 40-foot deck facing the ocean. Costner and his wife, Cindy, have three children. • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Gloria Estefan will be the featured performer in the Super Bowl halftime show on Jan. 26 at the Metrodome. The pop singer’s Latin rhythms will be the highlight of a salute to winter that will feature a cast and crew of 1,500, it was announced Monday. Estefan, whose hits include “Conga” and “Coming Out of the Dark,” has been on a world tour since March. She made a comeback after a traffic accident in which she broke her back. LONDON (AP) Patricia Hodge, known to American TV audiences as barrister Phillida ErskineBrown on the British courtroom series “Rumpolc of the Bailey,” has given birth to a son. The baby, bom Dec. 27 and unnamed as of Monday, is the second for Hodge and her music-publisher husband, Peter Owen. They have a 3-year-old son. “I couldn’t wait to have another baby pregnancy is like a drug. But I assumed it wouldn’t happen because of past problems. And here we are again at my age it’s a miracle,” the 45-year-old actress said. • BOSTON (AP) Johnny Most, the gravelly voiced former Boston Celtics radio announcer, had both his legs amputated above the knee because of severe peripheral vascular disease and infection. Doctors Frank Pomposelli and Arnold Scheller performed the operation on the 68-year-old Most, a New England Baptist Hospital spokesman said.

weeks. 3. “Beauty and the Beast,” Disney, SB.B million, 1,940 screens, $4,539 per screen, $82.5 million, eight weeks. 4. “The Prince of Tides,” Columbia, $8.5 million, 1,412 screens, $6,024 per screen, $31.3 million, two weeks. 5. “The Last Boy Scout,” Warner Bros., $7.1 million, 1,823 screens, $3,885 per screen, $43.8 million, four weeks. 6. “JFK,” Warner Bros., $6.8 million, 1,164 screens, $5,862 per screen, $30.9 million, three weeks. 7. “Bugsy,” TriStar, $5.4 million, 1,245 screens, $4,310 per screen, $25.3 million, four weeks. 8. “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,” Paramount, $4.7 million, 2,147 screens, $2,180 per screen, $60.5 million, five weeks. 9. “The Addams Family,” Paramount, $4.6 million, 1,974 screens, $2,321 per screen, $98.4 million, seven weeks. 10. “My Girl,” Columbia, $3.8 million, 1,690 screens, $2,253 per screen, $48.8 million, six weeks.

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