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Article: NEW DOMINION NABS RIP TORN FOR "GHOST STORIES".(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 30, 1997
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Byline: Larry Bonko
SHORTLY BEFORE he flew off to New Orleans to sell his new series to station owners here and abroad, Tom Naughton in Virginia Beach learned that Rip Torn had agreed to host ``Ghost Stories.'' That was good news. Great news.
Torn's hot.
With Torn aboard, it meant that Naughton, founder and president of New Dominion Pictures on International Parkway in Virginia Beach, had a big name to impress buyers at the 34th annual gathering of the National Association of Television Programming Executives.
Torn, long a respected actor on stage and in films, is now a TV star and Emmy winner as Artie, the prickly producer on HBO's ...