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Video stars

Video stars

Date2/24/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Video stars: Simon Le Bon; the male-model-like; good-looking leader of the male-model-like; good-looking pop group Duran Duran in action. Theband has made its name mostely on video.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0101952F
Mistreatment of women is standard fare for rock videos by such stars as Alice Cooper, below, but movies like The War Of The Roses, left, starring Kath(...)
Mistreatment of women is standard fare for rock videos by such stars as Alice Cooper, below, but movies like The War Of The Roses, left, starring Kath(...)
2/12/1988
Superstar appeal: Hockey stars Mario Lemieux, left, and Paul Coffey joined forces with model Monika Schnarre to promote anti-drug videos in which they are featured
Superstar appeal: Hockey stars Mario Lemieux, left, and Paul Coffey joined forces with model Monika Schnarre to promote anti-drug videos in which they are featured
9/8/1988
The hirsute one: Hockey star Wayne Gretzky, sporting a new beard, Is in Toronto to promote the Study Game, a video program that involves parents in education
The hirsute one: Hockey star Wayne Gretzky, sporting a new beard, Is in Toronto to promote the Study Game, a video program that involves parents in education
8/6/1992
Fantasy feeder: Star reporter Ellie Tesher and Jack Fine, who stocks up to 25 video games in some of his 23 Bowlerama outlets, have some fun playing one of the sets. In Canada, about 1,200 middle men buy and service the machines, which are leased to tens
Fantasy feeder: Star reporter Ellie Tesher and Jack Fine, who stocks up to 25 video games in some of his 23 Bowlerama outlets, have some fun playing one of the sets. In Canada, about 1,200 middle men buy and service the machines, which are leased to tens
1/26/1982
Rockin' reporter: Rob Salem proves that anyone can be a star at Create-A-Video
Rockin' reporter: Rob Salem proves that anyone can be a star at Create-A-Video
3/26/1985
X-rated video crackdown. Peel police have warned seven stores selling sexually explicit videos, including pleasure Palace Video on Lakeshore Rd. E. in(...)
X-rated video crackdown. Peel police have warned seven stores selling sexually explicit videos, including pleasure Palace Video on Lakeshore Rd. E. in(...)
9/18/1991
Your Life: Art Collins, former president of Foster Advertising, watches the personalized video that was custom made for his retirement party. This video and others like it are the creation of Bob Pomerantz, who has formed a company called Your Life Productions. The videos are commissioned by either a company or family.
Your Life: Art Collins, former president of Foster Advertising, watches the personalized video that was custom made for his retirement party. This video and others like it are the creation of Bob Pomerantz, who has formed a company called Your Life Productions. The videos are commissioned by either a company or family.
10/7/1988
Video memories: Journalist Paul McLaughlin conducts a video-taped interview with his mother-in-law Doreen Splawinski for his daughter Arianna
Video memories: Journalist Paul McLaughlin conducts a video-taped interview with his mother-in-law Doreen Splawinski for his daughter Arianna
9/26/1987
Smile! You're on video: Programmer Marien Lewis and technical co-ordinator Chris Holland of the Hot Nights series at the new Bam Boo Club are thrilled by response to their video festival
Smile! You're on video: Programmer Marien Lewis and technical co-ordinator Chris Holland of the Hot Nights series at the new Bam Boo Club are thrilled by response to their video festival
9/13/1983
Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
1/29/1989
A Video remand: Constable Dave Penney plays a prisoner, accompanied by Court Officer Supervisor Bruce Petley, in test of video link between jail and court
A Video remand: Constable Dave Penney plays a prisoner, accompanied by Court Officer Supervisor Bruce Petley, in test of video link between jail and court
4/20/1989
Video teacher: Paul Thompson, a professor at the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus, and Janis Wood, from the campus' registration office, look at some of the equipment used in video teaching
Video teacher: Paul Thompson, a professor at the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus, and Janis Wood, from the campus' registration office, look at some of the equipment used in video teaching
7/10/1981