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Richard N. Frye, Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, said yesterday, "It's pretty predictable that the Saudis, Iranis and Jordanians will welcome" the agreement, adding that Iraq and Syria will...
...past two years or so has resulted in the biggest real estate boom in Los Angeles since the invention of the cinematograph. An estimated 20% of all property in the chic Beverly Hills-Brentwood-Bel Air area is now foreign owned. Iranians have nicknamed Loma Vista Drive "Aga Sheik Hadi Avenue," after the street where many lived in Tehran. Says Elaine Young, a Beverly Hills real estate broker who has sold palatial properties to foreigners from many countries: "Southern California has become the world's rich melting...
Beatty's off-screen image appears very similar to his on-screen persona. He is most often depicted as the consummate playboy-dilettante, campaigning for some liberal chic political candidate one moment (a la sister Shirley Maclaine), partying with the Aga Khan crowd the next. When will he get down to the business of serious acting? Ah, well, maybe someday we'll see the more mature Beatty--the more intelligent and reflective actor that he could and should...
...marry Prince Rainier 26 years ago, there were other subjects to pursue. The guest list, first intended to include family friends only, read like a compendium of the Almanack de Gotha and Variety. Among those invited: two ex-Kings (Umberto II of Italy and Michael of Rumania), the Aga Khan, Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia and Frank Sinatra, David Niven and Cary Grant. (Britain's Prince Charles, otherwise engaged, sent regrets...
...tall black aga on the sofa...