by Donald Hall (Critics Circle Award winner Louise Erdrich is the author of Tracks and the mother of six.)
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MOLLY HASKELL'S FAVORITE MOVIE MOMS
1. Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce
2. Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest
3. Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas
4. Margaret Wycherly, White Heat
5. Jessie Royce Landis, North by Northwest
6. Dorothy McGuire, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
7. Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath
8. Anna Magnani, Bellissima
9. Irene Dunne, I Remember Mama
10. Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver (Film critic Molly Haskell is the author of Love and Other Infectious Diseases.)
TUBE
TOP PRIME-TIME SHOWS
1. America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
2. Cheers (NBC)
3. A Different World (NBC)
4. CBS Sunday Movie (CBS)
5. The Cosby Show (NBC)
6. Roseanne (ABC) (tie) 60 Minutes (CBS)
8. NBC Sunday Night Movie (NBC)(tie) Wings (NBC)
10. Unsolved Mysteries (NBC)
SOURCE: A.C.NIELSEN CO.
VIDEO
TOP VIDEOCASSETTE RENTALS
1. Dead Poets Society
2. Field of Dreams
3. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
4. The Abyss
5. Parenthood
6. Look Who's Talking
7. Casualties of War
8. An Innocent Man
9. Lethal Weapon 2
10. Turner & Hooch
SOURCE: BILLBOARD
SONG
TOP-GROSSING CONCERT ACTS
1. Billy Joel
2. Eric Clapton
3. Frank Sinatra
4. Milli Vanilli
5. Janet Jackson
6. Rush
7. Paul McCartney
8. Frankie Beverly & Maze
9. Camelot
10. Randy Travis
SOURCE: PERFORMANCE MAGAZINE
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