100th anni bash a select event at Sardi’s
In the August 15 edition of the New York Times under the heading “Centennial Party and Reunion, Combined” Lia Miller wrote:
There will be a 100th birthday party in New York for the entertainment trade magazine Variety, but not all of the publication’s managers are invited.
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/// Word in from Doug Galloway who just visited with Joe X. Price, his longtime friend, former Variety mugg and confidante of Jim Harwood .
Joe underwent life threatening colon cancer surgery July 11 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He’s recovering, albeit slowly. Says Doug: “He asked me to tell the Sime’s site gang that it won’t be long before he’s back at his typewriter. I took him to lunch today . . . “
Meets with ex-staffers, discusses 100th anni
By PETER BESAS
A few events have occurred that prompt a minor effort in reportorial updating. On June 12, Joan and Syd Silverman arrived in London for a week’s stay, prior to a quickie trip to Italy. The occasion naturally prompted some of us to organize a pleasant get-together over dinner. No-one took a lot of convincing.
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Media Release
3 June 2005 – The Southern Star Group today announced the appointment of Don Groves as Manager of Communications.
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By FRANK MEYER
Morrie Gelman’s piece shook loose a memory of my own. It was the late ’60s and I was entertainment editor of the late Miami Beach Sun as well as a stringer for Variety. After taping an hour-plus interview with Leslie Bricusse, longtime collaborator with Tony Newley, we switched to playback and heard, as Syd would have said, “bupkes.”
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