Entertainment News 1984
Elizabeth Taylor, undergoing rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic
The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.
Michael Eisner becomes head of The Walt Disney Company
Academy Awards 1984
Picture: "AMADEUS", "The Killing Fields", "A Passage to India", "Places in the Heart", "A Soldier's Story"
Actor: F. MURRAY ABRAHAM in "Amadeus", Jeff Bridges in "Starman", Albert Finney in "Under the Volcano", Tom Hulce in "Amadeus", Sam Waterston in "The Killing Fields"
Actress: SALLY FIELD in "Places in the Heart", Judy Davis in "A Passage to India", Jessica Lange in "Country", Vanessa Redgrave in "The Bostonians",
Sissy Spacek in "The River"
Supporting Actor: HAING S. NGOR in "The Killing Fields", Adolph Caesar in "A Soldier's Story", John Malkovich in "Places in the Heart", Noriyuki "Pat" Morita in "The Karate Kid", Ralph Richardson in "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes"
Supporting Actress: PEGGY ASHCROFT in "A Passage to India", Glenn Close in "The Natural", Lindsay Crouse in "Places in the Heart", Christine Lahti in "Swing Shift", Geraldine Page in "The Pope of Greenwich Village"
Director: MILOS FORMAN for "Amadeus", Woody Allen for "Broadway Danny Rose", Robert Benton for "Places in the Heart", Roland Joffe for "The Killing Fields", David Lean for "A Passage to India"
The Razzies 1984
WORST PICTURE: BOLERO
WORST ACTOR: Sylvester Stallone, RHINESTONE
WORST ACTRESS: Bo Derek, BOLERO
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Brooke Shields (with a moustache) SAHARA
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lynn-Holly Johnson, WHERE THE BOYS ARE '84
WORST DIRECTOR: John Derek, BOLERO
Top Box Office 1984
1. Beverly Hills Cop
2. Ghostbusters
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
4. Romancing the Stone
5. The Karate Kid
6. Police Academy
7. Footloose
8. Splash
9. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
10.Purple Rain
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