Screen:
Oscars to The Deer Hunter (picture),
Michael Cimino (director, The Deer Hunter), Jane
Fonda (actress, Coming Home), Jon Voight (actor,
Coming Home), Christopher Walken (supporting actor,
The Deer Hunter), Maggie Smith (supporting actress,
California Suite)

Pages:
If Life
Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck is the nonfiction number one
best-seller. Christina Crawfords Mommie Dearest
is number four.

The top three fiction hits: Chesapeake
by James A. Michener, War and Remembrance by Herman
Wouk, and Fools Die by Mario Puzo

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- In the News -- The prominent stories
of the year
- Quiz -- How much do you remember
about 1978?

Tube
In its fifth year M*A*S*H wins
Peoples Choice
Award for favorite TV comedy; Saturday Night Live has
its original cast, including Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill
Murray, and Gilda Radner; a five-episode CBS miniseries inspires
Dallas, which goes on to run 13 years.

Tunes
"We Are the Champions" (Queen),
"Hot Child in the City" (Nick Gilder), "Its
a Heartache" (Bonnie Tyler), "Take a Chance
on Me" (ABBA), "Baby Come Back" (Player)
Sports
The Yankees beat the Dodgers
in the World Series; Dallas bests Denver in Super
Bowl XII. |