Patrick Swayze: Back in Houston
December 19, 1988 | Patrick Swayze returned home last week, every inch the conquering hero after the box-office smash of Dirty Dancing and the chart-busting hit of ''She’s Like the Wind.''…
Patrick Swayze on “Road House”
May 14, 1989 | Patrick Swayze was on last weekend, flashing smiles and pumping hands, cracking jokes and fielding questions, bounding from one interview to the next at New York’s…
Patrick Swayze in “To Wong Foo”
September 3, 1995 | During his high school years in Houston, Texas native Patrick Swayze excelled in sports. But he also excelled in dance -- his mother, Patsy Swayze, was and…
Sidney Poitier
February 7, 1988 | Sidney Poitier seems remarkably composed, even serene, for a man who has little more than an hour to catch a plane. His limousine is threading slowly, ever…
Jon Voight on “Runaway Train”
January 22, 1986 | In Runaway Train, a thriller now on view at local moviehouses, Jon Voight is cast as a hard-boiled, quick-tempered convict who breaks out of a maximum…
Kenneth Branagh
December 14, 1989 | Not the face of a matinee idol, not at all, and certainly not the grave majesty of a king. Relaxing in his Houston hotel suite, Kenneth…
Ben Gazzara
June 7, 1989 | “That’s a sweet smile, isn't it? A real cutie. Now I ask you: Who could hate a guy like this?” Ben Gazzara was heartily amused by the…
James Carville on “The War Room”
March 3, 1994| Never mind the nifty reviews and the Oscar nomination. As far as campaign strategist James Carville is concerned, the most amazing thing about The War Room is, people…
Harrison Ford on “Sabrina”
December 10, 1995 | Harrison Ford is alone in the posh Manhattan hotel suite, unfettered by handlers or retainers, standing near a picture window that overlooks Central Park. He smiles warmly at…
Bob Woodward on ‘Wired’
August 21, 1989 | “John Belushi,” says his biographer, Bob Woodward, “really was representative of the ‘70s, in that period of excess. In that excess of excess. “If you attempt to…