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Show Wednesday, February iclyyin' b Gcoffie 10, 1993 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, alter of 1992 Page D3 Program to showcase romance of By JOHN HORN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES "Aladdin" has become the g movie released in 1992, earning $165.3 million so far. g anAlready the imated film ever, the Disney musical surpassed both "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" and "Batman Returns" as the biggest moneymaker to come out last year, Exhibitor Relations Co. said Monday. Meanwhile, the "Lethal Weapon," spoof "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon" debuted at No. 1 over the weekend with $9.2 million, despite pitiful reviews. "Sommbersby," starring Jodie Foster and Richard Gere as the man who may or may not be her high-grossin- V highest-grossin- Broadway PROVO - The Brigham Music I Young University Dance Theatre will showcase the romance of Broadway in -- .trillion "My Funny Valentine" Saturday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. Tickets for the performance are available at the BYU Music Ticket Office, at $4 for students, faculty, and senior citizens and $6 for the general public. Based on the theme "My Funny Valentine," the performance will feature a variety of love songs performed by the leading men and women from BYU's main stage musical productions over the last three years. According to Stephen Fales, director of BYU Music Dance Theater, songs from more than 20 Broadway musicals will be represented in the performance dedicated to past, present and potential U1 5 "AFnZ si Amnion 00dn" .. 4 i i D Civil War veteran husband, opened in second place with $8.1 million. "Aladdin" was third with $7.7 million after 13 weeks in theaters. e The remake X "ScentofaWotnan : 378-432- h-- Q $3.8 million U $3.6 million . r English-languag- AP Photo of the Dutch film "The Vanishing" made $5 million for fourth Disney's newest animated fairy tale "Aladdin" has become the highest grossing movie released in 1992. in its premiere. In limited release, "The Crying Game" continued to play very well, finishing 14th while in just 2 7 theaters. Here are the estimated top ticket sales Friday through Sunday, according to Exhibitor Relations, with distributor, weekend gross, number of theater locations, average per location, total gross and number of weeks in release. Figures are based on actual receipts and projections where actual figures were not available. 1. "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon," New Line, $9.2 million, 1,989 locations, $4,627 per location, $9.2 million, one week. 2. "Sommersby," Warner place - Bros., $8.1 million, 1,432 locations, $5,660 per location, $8.1 million, one week. 3. "Aladdin," Disney, $7.7 million, 2,109 locations, $3,645 per location, $165.3 million, 13 weeks. 4. "The Vanishing," 20th Century Fox, $5 million, 1,656 locations, $3,025 per location, $5 million, one week. 5. "A Few Good Men," Columbia, $4 million, 1,732 locations, $2,310 per location, $119.9 million, seven weeks. 6. "Scent of a Woman," Universal, $3.8 million, 1,252 locations, $3,040 per location, $33.9 1 million, nine weeks. 7. "Sniper," TriStar, $3.6 million, 1,553 locations, $2,335 per location, $11.5 million, two weeks. 8. "Alive," Disney, $3.3 million, 1,277 locations, $2;610 per location, $26.4 million, four weeks. 9. "Matinee," Universal, $2.3 million, 1,144 locations, $1,975 per location, $6.5 million, two weeks. 10. "Used People," 20th Cen- tury Fox, $2.1 million, 889 loca- tions, $2,380 per location, $14.6 million, eight weeks. 11. "The Bodyguard," Warner U y! y Bros., $1.7 million, 1,187 locations, $1,421 per location, $111.6 million, 1 weeks. 12. "Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice," Miramax, 8 $1.5 million, 963 locations, two $5 location, million, per 1 I $3.3inWfcn $2.3 million EeLI L 9 1 million 'HTZaalirtonS tx"" Co. Source: $1,-52- weeks. "Nowhere to Run," Columbia, $1.3 million, 1,446 locations, $877 per location, $19 million, four weeks. 14. "The Crying Game," Miramax, $1.1 million, 217 locations, $5,200 per location, $13.8 million, 1 1 weeks. 15. "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," 20th Century Fox, $1 13. 2, lovers. million, 850 locations, $1,123 per location, $162.3 million, 12 "With the performance set for the eve of Valentine's Day, we decided to perform songs related to love and romance," said Fales. "We have chosen selections ranging across the spectrum from serious to comical; therefore, it's safe to say that every aspect of love and relationships is covered." weeks. 16. "Forever Young," Warner Bros., $803,617, 1,028 locations, $782 per location, $51.5 million, eight weeks. 17. "Damage," New Line, $730,255, 257 locations, $2,841 per location, $5.1 million, seven weeks. Nylons traveling to Salt Lake City for concert Reporter claims 'Hearts Afire' role based on her By CHRISTI CONOVER it has to be pointed out that there's no instruments there." Herald Arts Editor SALT LAKE CITY Singer Claude Morrison said his group The Nylons schedules short tours rather than long tours, adding that's one of the reasons the group has lasted 14 years. "I think you stay younger that way. Otherwise, you'll just fall victim to the rigors of the road. It keeps you loving it and that's really important even if it costs a little bit more that way," Morrison said. coast-to-coa- st ... The Nylons will take a quick trip to Salt Lake City this weekend for a performance Saturday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall (formerly Symphony Hall). They will be joined by saxophonist Richard Elliot. Tickets for the concert range from $22 to $14 and are available at the ArtTix outlet located in the Albertson's store, 25 W. Center in Orem or by calling ; Morrison said the a cappella group just returned from a tour of western Canada. Ten days is a long time for this Toronto-- . based group to tour, he said. "You want to have a life, so it's i important for us to get back home ,on a regular basis," he said. .. The Nylons are celebrating their 14th anniversary this month. The group has seen several members come and go; Morrison is the only member that has been w ith the group since the beginning. Current members also include Arnold Micah Barnes and Billy 355-ART- S. 10-d- ay - Rob-.inso- n, The Nylons have broken the rules of a cappella music by adding percussion instruments to their music. On the group's newest album, titled "Live to Love" and released last October, the group uses a synthesized bass to give the music more punch. Songs on "Live to Love" could be played in a dance club. "We didn't really set out to just be a cappella and not to break rules," Morrison said. "We didn't set out to break rules; we just set out to make music." Morrison said the group recently learned it has been nominated ,. for a Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy Award) for a single of "Live to Love" titled "Don't Look Any Further." The Salt Lake City show will include old favorites by The Nylons as well as material off the group's new album. PhotoSpace Agency Concerts Theatricals "I look forward to coming to the Members of the a cappella group The Nylons will perform in Salt Lake Salt Lake area because the audiences have always been so spirited City Saturday. Members of the group are, from left, Arnold Robinson, Claude Morrison, Micah Barnes and Billy Newton-Daviand so receptive to what we're doing," Morrison said. Newton-DaviWherever the band goes, its Morrison said it was an uphill battle at first for the group to get its members are always asked about The group specializes in a capwhere the name came from, he pella music known as "rockapel-la,- " songs played on the radio. we said. don't which is a combination of said, adding that the name The Ny'Well, "People rock and roll and vocal music sung do that, we don't play that sort of lons was adopted as "sort of a without instrumental accompanithing on the radio,' "he said. joke" before members realized the Now, some people don't even group was going anywhere. ment. "It's a bit of a reference to the During their career, The Nylons realize the music is a cappella. "Because of the production that groups of the '50s and '60s that for have had hits such as "Happy Together" and "(Na Na, Hey Hey) some of the stuff has, it's very some reason named themselves afKiss Him Goodbye." full," Morrison said. "Sometimes ter fabrics," Morrison said. ) r Anv ,i & s. s. BYU presenting faculty art show through Feb. 19 The annual executed by the computer using Brigham Young University Art the water jet. The interlocking Faculty Show includes a wide shapes created would not have range of work by established as been possible using older techwell as new faculty members in nologies." red glass disk w ith A the B. F. Larsen Gallery and Fine striations stands Harris bubbles and 303 the of Gallery before an arc of Arts Center. B. F. Larsen Gallery hours blue glass in a new work by h are daily, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Peter Myer. "The slab of glass was poured at a while Galley 303 will be available Mondays through Thursglass works in Salt Lake City, 4 and a.m. 10 to and represents a new media for p.m. days, Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Admis- Peter," said Vincent. Painter Bruce Smith has sion is free and the exhibit will from his customary repbe available through Feb. 19. "This year's faculty show is resentational style to a more characterized by new direc- figurative definition of space in tions," said gallery director his exhibited works, three comMarcus A. Vincent. "Several positions peopled by silhouetted of our faculty artists have ex- figures. "In one painting, a figure sits at a taplored new media and techwith ble other figures while the niques." for is inscribed Neil word 'Pharisee' Hadlock, Sculptor some is other exhibiting religious refervertically; example, new pieces using computer ences exist in layers of meaning in the work," said Vincent. technology and a "One device. Two of the artists exhibited water-je- t cutting sina of new faculty on is are apsculpture composed has Robertson's that Bruce of pointments. granite gle piece been cut into two interlocking three assemblage pieces include pieces," said Vincent. "The one work with a tall narrow design for the sculpture is first painting, a section of a piano created on a computer and then keyboard and a bicycle frame. PROVO 17-in- hand-Mow- n 12-inc- 1 . halo-crown- high-pressu- re one-ye- ar Loving "Cheers" means never having to say goodbye. "I can't think about endings," says Rhea Perlman, cornered during a recent cast party on the set of and most NBC's longest-runnin- g popular series. "I'm the kind of person who can't even say goodbye. I just like to sneak out." Last call for "Cheers" will be in May, ending a remarkable 1 1 seasons for the Boston bar where evbasis. erybody's on a first-nam- e Perlman has won four Emmys for her role as barmaid Carla, a misanthrope who would a kick out of spiking Mr. Rogget fork-tongu- ers' Ovaltine. "If it were up to me, I would keep the show going," says Perlman, 44. "Over the years, we all knew there were other things we wanted to do vith our lives. I'm sad and relieved that somebody else has stopped it and I didn't have to be part of that decision. Now the rest can happen." Based on the reaction of her hus- Danny DeVito, after "Taxi" was canceled, Perlman expects to go through sitcom w band, "It was very intense for Danny when 'Taxi' ended. Those feelings are right at the surface in the begin LOS ANGELES Television's fictional female reporters are showing a knack for getting into scrapes in the real world. First, there was last year's Dan y Brown clash, with e the president chastising Brown for her unwed motherhood. Now, we have the case of Georgie Anne Geyer and Georgie Anne Lahti. Ms. Geyer, veteran journalist, can be seen as a guest pundit on such programs as PBS' ' 'Washington Week in Review." Lahti, sitcom character, is a reporter dwelling in the world of CBS' "Hearts Quayle-Murph- then-vic- Afire." Ms. Geyer, who generally doesn't watch TV comedies, has been scrutinizing Lahti recently and not for professional guidance. She claims the character (played by actress Markie Post) is based, ia part, on her. "My first feeling was I wai being exploited," Ms. Geyer says. Linda Bloodworth-Thomaso- n and Harry Thomason, the couple who produce high-profi- le "Hearts Afire" as well as presidential inaugurations for close Charles, Les Charles and James Burrows) are pretty unsentimental. Schmaltz makes their skin crawl. There haven't been many heartwarming episodes of 'Cheers.' I friends named Bill, have issued adamant denials. "I can tell you unequivocally that I am not in the business of stealing other people's lives," Ms. Bloodworth-Thomaso- n told the Washington Post. The series debuted in the fall, but the dispute heated up recently after Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko, a longtime friend of Ms. Geyer, wrote scathingly about the show and its producers. Royko and Ms. Geyer note that she and Lahti are blondes with the same unusual first name. Both started their careers at Chicago newspapers and became globetrotting correspondents who won prized interviews with Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Cuba's Fidel Castro. Unlike Ms. Geyer, the series character hits a rocky patch in her career and is forced to take a job as a press aide in a conservative Southern senator's office. Ms. Geyer, in addition to her TV appearances, writes books and a column syndicated in 120 newspapers. Lahti is a liberal; Ms. Geyer describes herself as a moderate. And while Lahti's father (played by Ed Asner) is a convicted felon, Ms. Geyer wants it known her dad was a respected Chicago business- through it. anyway." Here's how Wendt sees the final man. Lahti had an affair with Castro while reporting on him. a major 'Cheers' cast to say goodbye By GAIL SHISTER Knight-Ridde- r Newspapers By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer ning. It's sad. It's like starting a new life. I don't know what will happen next. Someday I'd like to do another series. It's a great job for a mom with three kids." George Wendt, who plays Norm, already has a series deal with NBC. (It won't be a "Cheers" spinoff. Kelscy Grammar's snotty Frasier already nailed that for next season.) Like Perlman, Wendt isn't dwelling on the "Cheers" finale. "I don't want the characters to beer-guzzli- do anything uncharacteristic or outlandish" during the special hour-lonepisode, says Wendt, sipping a brew at the bar. (It's headed for the Smithsonian after the season.) "I'd like tilings to be g the way they usually are.; "These guys (creators Glen don't know how I'm going to get it taping: "There will be a party. I'll be sitting at the bar stool. I'll get loaded. People will start to leave. The security man will turn out the lights. I'll be alone, holding onto the bar rail. Then I'll end up in jail for trespassing." ethical "I've never even considered sleeping v. ith someone I'm interviewing." Ms. Geyer says. The words "lawsuii" and "settlement" have been uttered, along with "invasion of privacy" and "libel," and the issue rests now in no-n- the hands of attorneys (whose hearts undoubtedly are afire). Viewers, understandably, may be confused. Is this further evidence of the slippage between fiction and fact on television, more careless blurring of reality's boundaries? "It's a classic case of the confusion of entertainment and the media and politics," maintains Ms. Geyer. seeking comment from n was not immediately returned. Whatever the Lahti character's origin, whether the blending was or was not deliberate, the dispute offers worthwhile reminders. Ruth Ashton Taylor, a respected California television journalist who began her career four decades ago working with Edward R. Mur-rosuggests that Ms. Geyer may be taking the sitcom too seriously. "A person can be used a little bit as a character, but it takes off from there," Ms. Taylor said. Television, as with films or novels, relies on an exaggeration of life. How much did the winsome police of "Barney Miller" or the A call Ms. Bloodworth-Thomaso- silly courtroom denizens of "Night Court" resemble their real counterparts? Viewers are getting entertainment, not education. As entertainment, "Hearts Afire" is a funny, adult series with appealing chemistry between its leads. Miss Post and John Ritter. It is not, however, one reporter's biography or a textbook on American journalism. g Lahti's tough, veneer is more akin to sitcom sister n Murphy Brown, another w ith a than to good heart, type Ms. Geyer (or many other reporters, male or female, for that matter). Ms. Taylor also voices concern e that viewers may equate a chain-smokin- hard-bitte- make-believ- reporter's standards with sleeping with a source ihose in the working press. "I would hope that the public would have a better view of journalists. It is cheapening." she said. In all fairness, Ms. Taylor added, broadcast journalism must shoulder some blame for the profession's loss of credence. "If fiction and reality get blurred, it's not only by fiction. It's on new s shows," she said. "The w ay new s is presented (by some local stations) so much of it is unreal, and unprofessional and jazzy and sensational. I think people wonder w hat kind of substance it has and how much can be ... believed." Elsew here in television: o. "Northern Exposure" fans have seen it coming. But Maggie and Jod are taken aback when they finally get intimate in the CBS series' 1 cb. 15 episode. The event happens in an unexpected way, we are promised. . |