Entertainment

Events

· The X rating is replaced by NC-17 (no children under 17).
· Ninety-nine percent of U.S. households have at least one radio, with the average owning five.
· The Simpsons debuts on Fox and becomes an instant hit.
· Euro dance band Milli Vanilli admits to lip-synching hits such as "Girl You Know Its True," and has its Grammy award revoked.
· Seinfeld debuts on NBC.
· Entertainment Weekly hits newsstands.

Movies

· Dances with Wolves
· GoodFellas
· Henry and June
· Reversal of Fortune
· Pretty Woman
· Ghost

Books

· Robert Bly, Iron John
· A.S. Byatt, Possession: A Romance
· Alice Munro, Friend of My Youth
· John Updike, Rabbit at Rest

Pulitzer Prizes

Fiction: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Oscar Hijeulos
Music: Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Mel Powell
Drama: The Piano Lesson, August Wilson

Academy Award Winners

Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy, Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, producers (Warner Bros.)
Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot
Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy

Grammy Winners

Record of the Year: "Wind Beneath My Wings," Bette Midler
Album of the Year: Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt (Capitol)
Song of the Year: "Wind Beneath My Wings," Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, songwriters

Top Ten Songs of 1990

1. Hold On, Wilson Phillips
2. It Must Have Been Love, Roxette
3. Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor
4. Poison, Bell Biv Devoe
5. Vogue, Madonna
6. Vision Of Love, Mariah Carey
7. Another Day In Paradise, Phil Collins
8. Hold On, En Vogue
9. Cradle Of Love, Billy Idol
10. Blaze Of Glory, Jon Bon Jovi


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