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...island near Tahiti in an attempt to prove his unorthodox theory that the Polynesian Islands could have been settled by prehistoric Peruvians, not by Southeast Asians; of brain cancer; on the Italian Riviera. The so-called Kon-Tiki man did not sway scholars, who dismissed him as an amateur, but his 4,300-mile, 101-day journey across the Pacific riveted the public, spawning his internationally best-selling memoir, Kon-Tiki, and an Oscar-winning documentary on the voyage...
...seems odd at first, all this low-slung elegance in the middle of a desert. In fact, it was almost inevitable, as Tony Merchell, an amateur architectural historian who has been deeply involved in the town's historic-preservation movement, told me. Wealthy Eastern and Midwestern business people followed movie stars to Palm Springs in the 1940s and '50s, at just the moment when Modernism was taking hold in California...
...stardom. The ing?nue was played by 20-year-old Lena Horne, in her movie debut. When Horne was signed by MGM, the film was rereleased, this time as "The Bronze Venus;" Horne's name was now at the top, Cooper's in agate print below. Cooper would emcee Amateur Night at the Apollo Theatre for 50 years; at the end of which he could still boogaloo and scooby-doo like an octogenarian Michael Jackson...
Having garnered a fanatical following in her native Britain, Lawson, 42, a sensual anti-Martha Stewart, is sauteing and simmering her amateur way into the hearts of armchair cooking enthusiasts in the U.S. Hers are among the best-selling cookbooks in the nation, and her TV series, Nigella Bites--which airs on the Style network and E!--seems as popular with Yanks as it was with the Brits. Now this single mom is working on another cooking series, Forever Summer, slated for the Style network this fall...
With the weekend victories, the Crimson (2-0) keeps alive the longest winning streak in modern amateur sports history, having gone undefeated in its 129 years of competition...