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...Times brings this lonely news: 51% OF WOMEN ARE NOW LIVING WITHOUT SPOUSE. The story has been thoroughly blogged, and readers have been dutifully reminded of all the usual statistics suggesting that marriage is threatened in the U.S., an abiding worry of some social commentators at least since the '70s...
...success of the soundtrack helped sustain Henzell's film at the box office, where it has remained a cult staple of festivals and late-night college specials ever since. But after he struggled through the 70s to finance and shoot a still more experimental follow-up, No Place Like Home, the director's career stalled completely when the negatives went missing in a New Jersey warehouse. "It broke his heart when he lost that footage," says his daughter Justine. "He'd put all his time energy and money into it and then it was gone." So Henzell gave...
...special. As a kid, I'd wake up excited whenever my grandmother was in town, knowing she'd prepare two perfectly poached eggs for me--dark yolk oozing across shiny soft whites, soaking into lightly toasted bread--something my mom never got right. This was Jewish suburbia in the '70s; a decent poached egg was as close as we ever got to a madeleine...
...Five terrific performances! And three by women in their 50s (Streep), 60s (Mirren) or 70s (Dench). Cruz is a fierce madre di tierra, and Winslet a thoughtfully adulterous mom, but their films have not been widely seen. Streep is superb, but in a supporting role (though she does play the title character). It'd be funny if, having been nominated five times in the past decade for work that was just OK, Dench were finally to do great work in a juicy role and lose. Funny but predictable. In the duel of the Dames, Mirren will win in a royal...
...first song and single, Grace Kelly, echoes my dilemma. "Do I attract you?/ Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?" he intones. That remained to be seen, but what follows is an album brimming with grandiose, infectious, hook-laden pop. A sweep through the spectrum from '70s melodies and disco brought up to date with full orchestration, kids' choirs and gymnastic vocals. On Grace Kelly he nods to his Freddie Mercury singing style: "So I try a little Freddie/ I've gone identity mad." He also tries a little George (Michael), Elton (John), Leo (Sayer) and Robbie (Williams...