The 1996 Information Please Entertainment Almanac

by Moses, Robert; Moses, Robert; Rowen, Beth

• ISBN13: 9780395740118
• ISBN10: 0395740118
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-11-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

Both a historical reference and a browser's delight, the newest addition to the Information Please family is a one-stop entertainment reference library. Here are the answers to the most often asked questions about movies, television, music, video, performing arts, games, books, and much more. No other single volume provides such comprehensive, reliable, and informative coverage of our popular culture. Includes: full listings of Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy winners, year by year, award by award, including nominees.; A comprehensive yearbook covering the major film, television, and music releases of 1995 .; Specially commissioned essays by leading feature writers and columnists.; Historic timelines documenting the evolution of movies, broadcasting, and popular music.; Film and music festival calendars.; Special feature sidebars: 1995's memorable film dialogue; the essential music, video, and CD-ROM library.; Thumb tabs for easy access to the information you need.; More than 300 photographs ca

Table of Contents

Entertainment Business
Critical Mass	p. 2
Entertainment and the U.S. Economy	p. 6
Top 20 Media Companies	p. 7
Pop Culture's Undue Influence	p. 8
Who Owns What	p. 10
Movies 1994-1995
Big and Bigger	p. 16
Directors Guild of America Awards	p. 19
1994 Golden Globe Awards	p. 20
1994's Top 10 Movie Releases	p. 21
The Hollywood Reporter's 1994 Box Office Top 10	p. 21
The Movies of 1994-1995	p. 22
It's a Kid's Movie, Stupid	p. 25
Overlooked Movies	p. 29
Movies That Should Only Be Seen on Video	p. 29
Movies That Should Never Be Seen on Video	p. 30
Movies Best Seen as CD-ROM Games	p. 31
1995 Fall and Christmas Releases	p. 36
1995 National Board of Review Awards	p. 50
National Board of Review's Top Movies of 1994	p. 50
1994 National Society of Film Critics Awards	p. 53
1995 Independent Spirit Awards	p. 54
1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards	p. 55
1994 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	p. 55
1994 New York Film Critics Circle Awards	p. 56
1994 Chicago Film Critics Awards	p. 57
1995 BAFTA Awards	p. 60
Variety's 1994 Domestic Box Office	p. 72
1994 Academy Awards	p. 76
IPEA's Alternative Oscars	p. 77
Oscar's Big Night	p. 78
Major International Film Festivals	p. 80
Cinema's Center Ring	p. 84
1995 Cannes Film Festival Winners	p. 85
The Year in Film Preservation	p. 86
All-Time Box Office	p. 87
Leaders in Film Preservation	p. 88
Movie Reference
The Academy Awards	p. 90
Cannes Film Festival Winners	p. 211
The Best Conservative Movies	p. 223
Film Comment's Guilty Pleasures	p. 224
The Hollywood Walk of Fame	p. 226
Major Motion Picture Producers and Distributors	p. 236
Film Museums and Archives	p. 237
Time Line	p. 237
U.S. Colleges and Universities Offering Degree Programs in Film	p. 238
Movie Palaces	p. 244
Movie Magazines and Journals	p. 248
Movie Glossary	p. 249
Music 1994-1995
Change Your Mind	p. 252
No Alternative!	p. 255
Major Music Festivals	p. 256
1994 Billboard Chart Toppers	p. 262
Top 10 Touring Acts of 1994	p. 265
Overseas Hits	p. 268
Top 20 Concert Grosses of 1994	p. 275
IPEA's Significant Recordings of 1994-1995	p. 276
Between Rock and a Hard Place	p. 286
IPEA Recommends Music Sites	p. 289
1995 Grammy Awards	p. 293
1995 Rolling Stone Music Awards	p. 296
The Millionaire Selects the Smoothest	p. 297
1995 MTV Music Awards	p. 298
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum	p. 300
Country Music Association Awards	p. 301
1994 Inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame	p. 301
1994 Down Beat Poll Results	p. 302
1994 Jazz Hall of Fame Inductees	p. 302
1995 Down Beat Critics Poll	p. 305
1995 Jazz Hall of Fame Inductee	p. 305
1994 Gramophone Awards	p. 307
Music Reference
The Grammy Awards	p. 308
MTV's Top Videos of All Time	p. 353
Country Music Association Awards	p. 355
Down Beat Polls and Halls of Fame	p. 360
Pulitzer Prizes in Music	p. 398
The Gramophone Awards	p. 399
All-Time Billboard Charts	p. 406
Musician Magazine's 57 Artists and the Records That Changed Their Life	p. 410
Musician Magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century	p. 413
IPEA's Recordings You Should Own	p. 417
Time Line	p. 417
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	p. 422
The Country Music Hall of Fame	p. 423
Major Record Labels	p. 424
Music Magazines and Journals	p. 425
Music Glossary	p. 426
Broadcasting 1994-1995
Television
Reality Bites	p. 430
1994 Golden Globe Awards	p. 433
Directors Guild of America Awards	p. 434
1994 George Foster Peabody Awards	p. 434
1994-1995 Daytime Emmy Awards	p. 435
1994-1995 Prime-Time Broadcast Television Premieres	p. 436
1995 CableACE Awards	p. 438
1994 DuPont/Columbia University Awards in Television and Radio Journalism	p. 445
Fall 1994 Season Schedule	p. 446
Spring 1995 Season Schedule	p. 448
1995 Prime-Time Broadcast Premieres	p. 450
What We're Watching	p. 455
Fall 1995 Season Schedule	p. 456
1994-1995 Prime-Time Nielsen Ratings	p. 458
1994-1995 Emmy Awards	p. 463
Planned Cable Channels	p. 464
Radio
Public Radio at the Crossroads	p. 466
What Do They Look Like?	p. 467
Radio Formats and Audiences	p. 470
Radio Audiences	p. 475
Broadcasting Reference
The Emmy Awards	p. 484
What We Watched	p. 516
Broadcast Television Networks	p. 525
Time Line	p. 525
Cable Television Networks	p. 526
National Public Radio Suppliers	p. 529
National Public Radio U.S. Member Stations	p. 530
National Radio Networks	p. 535
Television and Radio Magazines and Journals	p. 535
Broadcasting Glossary	p. 536
Home Entertainment 1994-1995
Video
Bits and Atoms	p. 538
1994 Home Entertainment Profile	p. 541
Major On-Line Services	p. 541
IPEA Picks Significant Video Releases of 1994-1995	p. 542
Billboard Video and Laserdisc Sales and Rental Charts	p. 544
IPEA Picks Classic Movies on Video	p. 551
IPEA Picks Foreign Films on Video	p. 553
IPEA Picks Laserdiscs	p. 554
New Media
Leisure Time Online	p. 557
Best-Selling Software of 1994	p. 558
IPEA Picks Must-Have CD-ROMS	p. 561
IPEA's 1995 List of Best-Selling Software	p. 562
Whiz Kid on CD-ROM Games	p. 564
SOMA City: Life Behind the Curtain in Multimedia Gulch	p. 565
IPEA's Recommended Internet Sites	p. 566
1994 Best of the Web Awards	p. 568
Home Entertainment Reference
IPEA's Home Video Library	p. 570
Billboard All-Time Video and Laserdisc Charts	p. 573
IPEA's All-Time Software and CD-ROM Bestsellers	p. 574
Time Line	p. 574
Video, Games and New Media Magazines	p. 575
Home Entertainment Glossary	p. 576
Performing arts 1994-1995
Theater
A Regional Accent	p. 578
1995 Tony Awards	p. 580
1994-1995 Broadway Touring Productions	p. 582
1994-1995 Broadway Statistics	p. 582
1994-1995 Broadway Premieres	p. 583
1995 Outer Critics Circle Awards	p. 586
1994 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards	p. 587
1995 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards	p. 588
1995 Drama Desk Awards	p. 591
1994-1995 Major Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway Productions	p. 592
1995 Obie Awards	p. 595
1995 Major Regional Theater Productions	p. 596
1994-1995 Major West End Premieres	p. 600
British Theater 1993-1995	p. 601
Dance
Balanced on the Edge	p. 602
1995 Dance Magazine Awards	p. 605
1995 Capezio Dance Award	p. 605
Summer Music and Dance Festivals	p. 607
1994-1995 Major Dance Events	p. 608
Opera
Vox Populi	p. 616
1994-1995 Opera Premieres and New Productions	p. 622
Performing Arts Reference
Tony Awards	p. 632
Obie Awards	p. 655
New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards	p. 668
Broadway's Longest-Running Shows	p. 671
Broadway Season Statistics	p. 672
Time Line	p. 672
Broadway Theaters	p. 673
Dance Magazine Awards	p. 675
Capezio Dance Awards	p. 677
Bessie Awards	p. 678
Major U.S. Dance Companies	p. 683
Major U.S. Opera Companies	p. 684
Performing Arts Magazines	p. 685
Performing Arts Glossary	p. 686
Publishing 1994-1995
The Big Time	p. 690
Books
1994's Longest-Running Bestsellers	p. 694
1994 National Book Awards	p. 697
1995 PEN Literary Award Winners	p. 697
1995 Bollingen Prize in Poetry	p. 697
1994 Nobel Prize for Literature	p. 698
1995 Pulitzer Prizes in Letters	p. 698
1994 National Book Critics Circle Awards	p. 698
1995 Caldecott Medal	p. 701
1995 John Newbery Medal	p. 701
1995 Booker Prize	p. 701
IPEA's 1995 Bestsellers	p. 702
1994's New and Dead Magazines	p. 707
Top 200 Magazines by Paid Circulation	p. 710
1995 National Magazine Awards	p. 711
1994's Top 100 Magazines by Revenue	p. 713
Taking a Swing	p. 714
For Adults Only: The New Comic Books	p. 715
Wanna Buy a Comic?	p. 718
Publishing Reference
National Book Awards	p. 720
Pulitzer Prizes in Letters	p. 727
Nobel Prizes for Literature	p. 734
Time Line	p. 734
Major U.S. Trade Publishing Houses	p. 736
Magazine and Book Publications	p. 737
Publishing Glossary	p. 738
Datebook
Gone but Not Forgotten	p. 742
Datebook	p. 750
1996 Movie Releases	p. 751
New Music Releases	p. 754
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