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...right to have basic reproductive biology in schools. So it’s no surprise that the Fox Searchlight movie Kinsey—a film about Dr. Alfred Kinsey, the scientist who pioneered the discussion of sex in America—opened last month to widespread critical acclaim and, of course, stinging conservative condemnation...
McKenna’s best known work deals with the court poets of 12th and 13th century Wales. Her translations and interpretations in The Medieval Welsh Religious Lyric have garnered much acclaim for granting English-speaking medievalists access to previously overlooked works...
...with such choreographers as George Balanchine and Frederick Ashton in major troupes like the Vic-Wells Ballet and the first incarnation of the American Ballet Theater. Known for her unsnobbish passion, delicacy and range, she is indelibly linked to Giselle, a role she played frequently to fervent acclaim in productions throughout the world...
...York City. In June, he was made a nominee of Magnum Photos-the first step to becoming a full member of the prestigious co-operative, and the photography equivalent of landing a junior fellowship at Oxford. Then, in August, his book Sleeping by the Mississippi was published to widespread acclaim (the Washington Post spoke reverently of Soth's "Old Master formality"). The next stop is England, where Soth's Mississippi exhibition runs at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool until...
...DIED. HOWARD KEEL, 85, barrel-chested star of stage, screen and television; in Palm Desert, California. A powerful stage actor of the 1940s and '50s, Keel's ringing baritone and cavalier stage presence won him critical acclaim in Hollywood musicals including Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. As the popularity of musicals waned, he moved on to small parts in western, war and sci-fi movies. In 1981, Keel landed the role of oil-rich widower Clayton Farlow on one of TV's most popular nighttime soaps, Dallas. Although his nonsinging years on the small...