In the wacky world of show biz, the week begins on Wednesday when Variety hits the newsstands. Invariably it hits hard, and not just because the 60¢ tabloid sometimes carries more than 300 pages. Far superior to the average trade paper, Variety crams its columns with all the news and minutiae of the entertainment industry: exposes, grosses, mergers, failures, successes, plans, postscripts, cast additions, reviews, trends.
For stars and extras, angels and hellions, hookers and authors, Variety is holy writ, even if its writing often plays havoc with the English language. A lead...
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