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Along with Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson, Madonna was one of the pop-music giants of the 1980s, and she has risked becoming an artifact of that era, like Dynasty and jackets with zippers all over them. On Bedtime Stories, though, she successfully pulls herself out of the time warp by surrounding herself with au courant '90s performers such as Babyface (who co-wrote two tracks on Bedtime Stories and also sings on them), critical darling Me'Shell NdegeOcello (who plays bass and raps) and Icelandic alternative diva Bjork (who co-wrote a tune). One of the songs...
...stuff has been surefire ever since parents realized they could fend off a child's tears by handing over the artifact of a cartoon rodent. "Walt Disney started it all," notes Michael Eisner, chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Co. "He was the first man to create consumer products out of filmed entertainment." And so for decades Mickey Mouse and other Disney icons shuttled between love and neglect: they were purchased by doting parents, then cradled in children's arms, then placed on bedroom toy shelves, then exiled to attics, then discarded in sidewalk rummage sales, then discovered...
When talk-show host Don Wade played the song last week, congratulatory calls flooded the station. Self-congratulatory calls, really. The parody, a compilation of lyrics sent in by listeners from 38 states, is just the latest artifact in a "We loathe Bill and Hill" movement that spews out everything from bumper stickers to wait-till-'96 support groups. Whitewater has thrown plenty of fuel onto this low-burning but widespread fire. The White House's admission that Hillary made a profit of nearly $100,000 on a $1,000 investment only further stimulates the Clintonophobes' bile. Indeed, in Wade...
...Austrian glacier. It was one of the year's most popular stories. Last year she repeated the experience with a cover updating the conventional wisdom about dinosaurs; Alexander has had similar success with a cover exploring the dawn of life. Notes Wallis: "If you have a new artifact to look at -- the skull of an early hominid, the talon of a velociraptor -- you can engage in a thrilling kind of time traveling. Add some evocative writing, and readers can be transported...
...economic circumstance but also by her gender. Lorraine Toussaint, a major star waiting for discovery, embodies erotic power and deep pain. The final words of Matura's play are lifted straight from Synge. Toussaint makes them agonizingly her own, proving anew that English is not just a cultural artifact but a potent instrument for use by any artist...