Word: angeles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...generations to make their kind of Catholic. The girls are blunter. "When I die," says one beautiful young aristocrat, "my great uncle Cardinal de Wesseldorf and my great-great aunt the Carmelite Abbess de Wesseldorf, who had an affair with Napoleon before she entered, will say to the recording angel: 'My dear sir, you can't seriously send a Wesseldorf to hell,' and into heaven I shall go." To Nanda she observes, "You're a nicely washed and combed and baptised and confirmed little heathen, but you're a heathen all the same...
...Angel Claudio is a lucky young man. The legal system, which has become a system of technicalities, works for him and not for justice. What more does the system need than a confession and some evidence to back up the case? The law has become a game between lawyers...
Marcellino Casanova. Johnny-one-arm. Little Angel from Laslow Street. Cinderella. Names that sound like Damon Runyon. Lives that feel like William Burroughs. These are Garland Jeffreys' mystery kids, and the extraordinary music that he makes about them seems to come straight from their lives...
...such miracle came to save Charlie's Angels, for that installment, to be shown June 24, is the 109th and last. At its height, the show was consistently among the top five, ogled by an estimated 36 million people. Its first heroine, Farrah Fawcett, previously known primarily as a model for Ultra-Brite toothpaste and Wella Balsam shampoo, became almost overnight the biggest star in the business. Her poster image adorned thousands of dormitory walls, and thousands of gum-chewing adolescents imitated her long, layered hairdo. But celebrity was an ordeal. Armed guards had to be hired to keep...
...proved surprisingly appealing to female viewers, who are said to control the dial after the children go to sleep. Women saw what they were traditionally supposed to be interested in: new clothes (usually trousers), hairdos, makeup. The producers spent nearly $20,000 every week for eight costume changes per Angel per show. Says Spelling: "We hired a designer and gave each girl her own look. As soon as a new fashion was out, such as thigh-high suede boots, we made sure Farrah and Jackie were wearing it. And Farrah's hairdo, well, it had a life...