Entertainment News 1982
Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion
During production of Twilight Zone: The Movie, 53-year-old American actor Vic Morrow and two child actors were accidentally killed during a scene involving an operated helicopter. The accident led to reforms in film-making safety and child-labor laws.
The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures
John Belushi dies March 5 of cocaine and herion.
Academy Awards 1982
Picture: "GANDHI", "E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial", "Missing", "Tootsie", "The Verdict"
Actor: BEN KINGSLEY in "Gandhi", Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie", Jack Lemmon in "Missing", Paul Newman in "The Verdict", Peter O'Toole in "My Favorite Year"
Actress: MERYL STREEP in "Sophie's Choice", Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria", Jessica Lange in "Frances", Sissy Spacek in "Missing", Debra Winger in "An Officer and a Gentleman"
Supporting Actor: LOUIS GOSSETT, JR. in "An Officer and a Gentleman", Charles Durning in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", John Lithgow in "The World According to Garp", James Mason in "The Verdict", Robert Preston in "Victor/Victoria"
Supporting Actress: JESSICA LANGE in "Tootsie", Glenn Close in "The World According to Garp", Teri Garr in "Tootsie", Kim Stanley in "Frances", Lesley Ann Warren in "Victor/Victoria"
Director:RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH for "Gandhi", Sidney Lumet for "The Verdict", Wolfgang Petersen for "Das Boot", Sydney Pollack for "Tootsie", Steven Spielberg for "E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial"
The Razzies 1982
WORST PICTURE: INCHON!
WORST ACTOR: Laurence Olivier, INCHON!
WORST ACTRESS: Pia Zadora, BUTTERFLY
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ed McMahon, BUTTERFLY
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Aileen Quinn, ANNIE
WORST DIRECTOR: Ken Annakin, THE PIRATE MOVIE (tie) Terence Young, INCHON! (Tie)
Top Box Office 1982
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
2. Tootsie
3. An Officer and a Gentleman
4. Rocky III
5. Porky's
6. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7. 48 Hrs
8. Poltergeist
9. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
10. Annie
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