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Diana Ross is back on the
year's absence with a sizzling r
After enjoying only minim;
album, The Boss, Diana in li
reached the summit positior
currently at an impressive nun
dynamite single, "Upside Do\
and disco charts and is number
The first song, "Upside Dou
tune which talks about the eff<
life. Diana sings: "Upside Dov
and round and round". This p
captivated by the man's love t
him.
Ross' refound success could
current album was produced b
and Bernard Edwards, giving
evident throughout.
The song which follows "Up
This cut is definitely reminisc
with (Jhic singing background
tremendously enhanced.
"Friend to Friend", a sou
Diana's true talent. It remind
pinnacle of creativeness.
Disco fans will love the albu
Coming Out." The strong drur
the listener's blood boil. "It's t
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1. "The Empire Strikes Back"
2. "Airplane"
3. "The Blues Brothers"
4. "The Blue Lagoon"
5. "The Shining"
6. "Brubaker"
7. "Fame"
8. "The Children"
9. "Urban Cowboy"
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1. "Glass Houses"
2. "Emotional Rescue"
3. "Urban Cowboy"
4. "Against the Wind"
5. "McCartney II"
6. "HoldOut"
7. "Heroes"
8. "Off the Wall"
"The Rose"
10. "Empty Glass"
Hot
1. "Sophie's Choice"
2. "A Woman of Substance" ..
"Petals on the Wind"
4. "Class Reunion"
5. "Shibumi"
(i. "Tinsel"
7 "The Empire Strikes Back"
8. "The Last Enchantment"...
9. "Chance the Winds of Fortun
10. "Spring of the Tiger"
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musical scene after nearly s
tew album entitled Diana,
al success with her the last
ittle more than a month has
i on the soul charts and is
iber six on the pop charts. Hei
vn" has topped both the sou
two on Billboard's Hot 100.
rn," is a funky crossover sou
ects a man has on a woman's
rn. bov vou turn me/inside oui
thrase suggests that she is s<
hat she would do anything foi
I stem from the fact that hei
y Chic members Nile Rodgers
; the album a style which is
side Down" is "Tenderness"
:ent of the classic Chic style
, Diana's musical talents arc
lful love ballad, exemplifies
s the listener of Diana at hei
m's other crossover hit, "I'lr
n beat and horns really make
ime for me to break out of m}
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Billy Joe
Rolling Stones
Soundtrack
Bob Segei
Paul McCartnej
Jackson Browne
Commodores
MichaelJacksor
Soundtrack
Pete Townshenc
>ks
William Styror
.... Barbara Taylor Bradforc
V.C. Andrews
Hona Jaffc
Trevaniar
William Goldmar
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and George L. Luca*
Mary Stewarl
e" Laurie McBair
Victoria Holt
sizzlinc
ie' Diar
shell and let the world kno
through the song,
i Diana's career originall;
As the lead singer, she
t Supremes brought a new i
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\ managed to amass tweh
twenty Top 40 hits. This fi
by two other acts: The B
singing, Diana has also ac
From Mahogany and The 1
The album's second sid
(Again)." The Chic vocali
which projects the light a1
It reflects the fact that ind
enjoy themselves.
"My Old Piano" is the n
sounds like an updated ver
"Now That you're Gon
Diana's 1976 smash "Lo
closes the album featuring
i In this song, Diana begs he
Diana Ross' "Diana" i
> album signifies a strong
brings her out of a slump
four years. Anyone who
t Diana Ross should do then
; this sensational album. M
r Out."
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By David Baker
FKm Critic
The raising of a sunk
luxury liner like the Titar
is as romantic a notion
anyone ever is likely to ha>
Waterlogged splendor
gold and marble, mahoga
staircases preserved f
eternity by the immensene
of water pressure, and t
I recurring xaniasy
discovering lost treasure a
just a few of the though
evoked by such a drama!
undertaking.
Unpleasant thoughts al
creep into mind ? "Wh
must the remains of the 1,5
who perished look lil
now?" being the mo
revolting of the lot ? bi
like the pleasant ones, th<
are never explored, or ev<
mentioned in passing,
I Lord Lew Grade's $
million film version of Clr
ICussIer's best-selling nov<
Raise the Titanic!
It's a pity, too, for
healthy dollop of nostalg
would have made the plot
t this monumentally in
t plausible exercise in moti<
1 picture mechanics a gre
i deal easier to swallow.
> As the film begins,
: seems that a scientist, Gei
5 Seagram (David Selby, wl
I played Quentin Collins on tl
t old Dark Shadows soe
t opera), has invented
system that will make tl
United States invulnerab
I to nuclear attack,
j To make the system worl
l however, a little-know
* mineral called byzaniui
r must be employed. The onl
; known quantity of the sty
\ went down with the Titanu
\ so the Denartmfint (
: Defense must hire Dirk Pi
I (Richard Jordan), a forme
U.S. Navy captain who no1
specializes in clandestin
i goings-on, to lead an e:
I pedition to find and the
; raise the submerged vess<
i and its priceless cargo.
None of the film
1 characters, save for
1 fsnrvivini? Titnnin innir
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' officer (Alec Guinness, in
t beautifully execute
i cameo), express th
: slightest interest in any <
Ill
I return
ta Ross
w that I'm coming out," Ross says
y began with the Supremes in 1962.
s received much exposure. The
sound to the world that still hasn't
heir career, the incredible trio
re number one singles and over,
antastic feat has only been topped
eatles and Elvis Presley. Besides
ted some movies including Theme
Sillie Holliday Story.
e starts with the song "Have Fun
s add a nice highlight to the song,
tmosphere of an amusement park.
lividuals can have fun if they try to
lost diverse single on the album. It
sion of an old Supremes hit.
e" is a song which is similar to
ve Hangover," while "Give Up"
; a strong vocal backing from Chic,
ir man to give his love to her.
s more than just an album. This
comeback for the superstar. It
which she has been in for the past
is a devoted fan and truly loves
lselvesa favor by lending an ear to
iss Diana Ross is indeed "Coming
?u) scienc
jrtofdire
the romantic angles I
mentioned earlier. They're
Pn all too concerned with
,ic bickering with one another
as about what the byzanium
re will be used for (there's also
in a sub-plot revealing that Pitt
ny used to live with Seagram's
or current girlfriend) to care
ss about the myths they'll be
he shattering when they bring
0f the ship to the surface. Thus,
re what could have been a
its heartfelt valentine to one of
^ic the world's greatest
mysteries is turned into one
so of those almost-forgotten
at (and deservedly so) Cold
00 War melodramas of the
ke 1960s.
,st Raise the Titanic! is not
,t totally devoid of pleasure,
ey however, as the characters
Bn do eventually bring up the
in snip. Ana even inougn mucn
35 of the underwater footage
ve that immediately precedes
the ship-raising looks
terribly phoney, the scene in
a which the hull breaks the
ja ocean surface is spec0f
tacular, almost magical.
n. Shot effectively in slow
)n motion, the scene succeeds
at j;
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in saving the movie from a
s fate worse than that of the
a Titanic itself
>r The other new sciencea
fiction offering in town,
Jummy T. Murikami's
Battle Beyond the Stars, cost
3 about one-sixth the amount
Ki
Diana Ross is 'Cc
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The Titanic emerges i
that was spent on Raise the $
Titanic!, but here we can at t
least see where the money f
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The special effects in
Bottle Beyond the Stars
never come close to rivalling
those in Star Wars, Alien, or
any of the other big-budget
space movies ^correction:
the effects in Battle are
suoerior to those in Disney's I
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17 million The Black Hole),
>ut they are inventive and,
or the most part, wellinirt
tho
The major problem with
he film, though, is that it
:an't decide whether it
vants to be a serious inergalactic
adventure or a 1
ake-off of them.
It works by far the best as
atire, as demonstrated in
he scene wherein the heroes
;ather around the "campire"
to roast hot dogs ? the
4campfire" is really a pair
?f Kplvins nlipn prpatnrw:
vho communicate by means
>f heat. Delightful touches
;uch as this are numerous in
he picture, but toward the
rnd, the film turns solemn
ind limp as well
Richard Thomas and
ieorge Peppard, actors
vhom I 've trashed in the not
?o-distant past, are sur)risingly
gooa as the
jrotectors of a doomec
)lanet and Darlannt
?Meugel. who was last seen u
ayes oj mura Mars, u
nouth-watering as Thomas
ove interest Ditto Sybi'
banning, who plays a arrioi
jueen with the body of
iaquel Welch and the face of
Sorma Desmond.
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