Week of September 15, 1991

A federal judge drops all criminal

charges against Oliver North , the central

figure in the Iran-Contra scandal ending

“five years of fire” according to North.

“Plenty Fed Up” - President Bush says

he is, with Iraq’s attempts to evade U.N.

- ordered elimination of its weapons of

mass destruction. The President says he

is prepared to send U.S. military aircraft

to the region to escort U.N. inspection

teams.

Fighting in Yugoslavia escalates as

federal army tank and artillery units move

into eastern Croatia to relieve tired garrisons and to instill pressure on the

breakaway republic.

Allaying war concerns, President Bush says he is not planning a “son of Desert

Storm.”

A new federal study says about 1 million American teen-agers attempted suicide

during a recent 12-month period and an estimated 276,000 sustained injuries

serious enough to require medical treatment.

Federal health officials, advocating a significant expansion of AIDS testing policy,

propose that al patients entering hospitals be routinely encouraged to undergo

screening for infection.

Technology - Compaq says it

will begin to sell “modular”

personal computers whose

major components can be

snapped out and replaced as

technology advances. While

you can swap cards in most

pc’s, Compaq says it will be first

to allow users to swap nearly all

the key components.

Week of September 15, 1991

Entertainment - Pop

artists New Kids On

the Block’s movie

deal is now

permanently “on hold.”

Columbia was set to

do a film earlier this

year, but the Kids

wanted to tour and put

off their movie

moment until this fall.

Columbia now feels

the group’s appeal is

slipping.

What’s next for Bruce Willis? He’s taking a year off to reassess his career. He did

the voice for the baby in “Look Who’s Talking” and made a bundle. Will he get

into movies?

Television news -

Four shows recently featured highly publicized first teen sexual encounters and

the ratings were good for each - “Roseanne,” “Doogie Howser,” Beverly Hills

90210” and “True Colors.”

Helen Hunt (27) stars in “Murder in New

Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story”

Thursday on CBS-TV. She made her TV

debut in the 1973 TV movie “Pioneer

Women” and has since appeared in several

movies and TV series.

Dana Carvey will be back on “Saturday Night

Live” with its new season, beginning

September 28.

Lois Reasoner (47), widow of the late CBS

newsman Harry Reasoner is hospitalized

after an apparent suicide attempt. She was

found lying in the yard of her Westport, CT

Week of September 15, 1991

home after jumping from a third story window.

Retired Gen H. Norman Schwarzkopf gets his first major

TV project as co-host of a CBS News special on the 50 th

anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

Coming out - Gay actor Michael Kearns reveals he is

infected with HIV.

Sunday night television -

CBS - 60 Minutes, Murder She Wrote, Movie

NBC - Adventures of Mark and Brian, Eerie Indiana, Man of the People, Pacific

Station, Movie

ABC - Life Goes One, America’s Funniest Home Videos, America’s Funniest

People, Movie

PBS - Masterpiece Theatre

Fox - True Colors, Parker Lewis, In Living Color, Roc, Married With Children,

Herman’s Head

Adventures of Mark and Brian

- TV series debut for the two

Los Angeles radio

personalities. First show - our

stars enter astronaut training to

do a show weightless.

Man of the People - New

series starring James Garner

as a con man who finishes his

ex-wife’s city council term.

Pacific Station - New series

starring Robert Guilaume as a detective, whose beat is an eccentric beach

community.

Married With Children - Part 2 as Al and Jefferson scheme to escape their

pregnant wives.

Week of September 15, 1991

Music news - Guns ‘N Roses score a major coup

with the release of two new albums “Use Your

Illusion I” and “Use Your Illusion II.” The group

hasn’t released an album of all-new material since

their 1986 debut “Appetite for Destruction.” Geffen

Records is delighted with the preliminary sales of

what it considers pent-up demand from fans.

Willie Nelson marries for fourth time. Bride is Annie

d’Angelo with whom he has two children.

MTV makes its debut in Hong Kong. First video - “Wild In The Snow” by Chinese

rocker Cui Jian.

“New Kids On The Block” knocks out Bill Cosby out of the No. 1 spot on Forbes’

list of the world’s 40 richest entertainers. “Kids” came in at $115 million with

Cosby, a lowly $113 million.

The Judds announce the last

performance date on the “Love Can Build

A Bridge” farewell tour. Their final concert

together will be December 4 at Middle

Tennessee State Univ’s Murphy Center

in Murfreesboro. It’ll also be a pay-TV

event.

Radio news - Former top-40 powerhouse

KKBQ-FM Houston, switches to “92.9

Easy Country.”

Unistar Radio Networks says it is adding

a second country format in January -

“Hot Country.”

Overnight talk show - Las Vegas based Art Bell is taking his unique overnight

talkshow national with “Coast-to-Coast AM” distributed by Chancellor

Broadcasting Network. The show is heard on 20 radio stations in the West.

Larry King takes his Mutual radio show to Disney World on September 30. He’s

not the only one. Representatives from 170 stations and networks will head to

Orlando to participate in Walt Disney’s World’s 20 th anniversary.

Week of September 15, 1991

Hot Hits -

I Adore Mi Amor - Color Me Badd

The Promise of a New Day - Paula Abdul

Things That Make You Go Hmmmm… C&C Music Factory/F. Williams

Motownphilly - Boyz II Men

Too Many Walls - Cathy

Dennis

Love Of A Lifetime - Firehouse

The Motown Song - Rod

Stewart

(Everything I Do) I Do It For

You - Bryan Adams

Emotions - Mariah Carey

Now That We Found Love -

Heavy D. & The Boyz

Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.

Something To Talk About -

Bonnie Raitt

Do Anything - Natural

Selections

I Can’t Wait Another Minute -

Hi-Five

Crazy - Seal

Hole Hearted - Extreme

Wind of Change - Scorpions

Romantic - Karyn White

Top albums this week in 1991 -

Metallica - Metallica

Unforgettable - Natalie Cole

Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Raitt

Roll The Bones - Rush

CooleyHighHarmony - Boyz II Men

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge - Van Halen

Time, Love and Tenderness - Michael Bolton

Gonna Make You Sweat - C&C Music Factory

C.M.B - Color Me Badd

The Fire Inside - Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet

Band

Out of Time - R.E.M.

No Fences - Garth Brooks

Spellbound - Paula Abdul

Week of September 15, 1991

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Soundtrack

Naughty by Nature - Naughty By Nature

WBBD - BootCity! - The Remix Album - Bel Biv Devoe

Shake Your Money Maker - Black Crowes

Heart in Motion - Amy Grant

Homebase - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Top hits in Britain -

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You -

Bryan Adams

I’m Too Sexy - Tug/BMG

Charly - Prodigy

Sunshine On A Rainy Day - Zoe

Insanity - Oceanic

Let’s Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa

I’ll Be Back - Arnee & The Terminators

Gett Off - Prince & The N.P.G.

Top Country

Leap of Faith - Lionel Cartwright

You Love Is A Miracle - Mark Chesnutt

Where Are You Now - Clint Black

Rodeo - Garth Brooks

Down At The Twist And Shout - Mary-

Chapin Carpenter

Since I Don’t Have You - Ronnie Milsap

Mirror Mirror - Diamond Rio

I Thought It Was You - Doug Stone

Down To My Last Teardrop - Tanya Tucker

The Walk - Sawyer Brown

Ball and Chain - Paul Overstreet

Brand New Man - Brooks & Dunn

Week of September 15, 1991

Top movies this week in 1991 -

Freddy’s Dead: the Final Nightmare

Late For Dinner

Dead Again

Livin’ Large

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Doc Hollywood

The Commitments

Hot Shots!

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

The Doctor

City Slickers

Boyz N The Hood

Child’s Play 3

Double Impact

Barton Fink

Point Break

Pure Luck

Regarding Henry

101 Dalmations

Defenseless