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...court-show spoof All Rise for Julian Clary, Clary--a proudly queeny gay man in dandyish paisleys and an ascot--dispenses arch, arbitrary justice to aggrieved parties: it's like the Judge Oscar Wilde Show. And Goodness Gracious Me offers postcolonialist sketch comedy from a British-Indian troupe...
...fictional characters might put it, to be doing O.K. He is, for openers, the proud father of a baby daughter, Naomi-Rose, born Dec. 23 last year to Janis Freedman, 41, the author's fifth wife. Seated in his office at Boston University and sporting a jaunty blue paisley ascot and rumpled suit, Bellow talks animatedly about the new arrival: "I think that she's much keener on entering into some connection with her parents than the boys were. [Bellow has three grown sons, the eldest 56, from previous marriages.] She picks up everything--you can watch her face while...
...Rating: [4 umbrellas] Martin Savidge earns points for braving the elements without headgear, but demerits for the questionable sartorial flourish of a towel-as-ascot. In the spirit of the Scud Stud, we dub him the Foul Weather...
Tuesday, 1:08 p.m., the U.S. embassy in Skopje. Holbrooke and Hill meet with Rugova. It's 90[degrees]F., but the Kosovar novelist and literature professor arrives wearing a sweater, coat and red silk ascot. As the men sit down, Holbrooke asks Rugova if he wants to remove his jacket. "No," Rugova responds. "I'm an Albanian snake...
...error, next week's cover picture in place of mine? I consider this figure you have attached to my name monstrous in appearance, bearing no resemblance to my likeness, which appears on the inside in the body of my story--the one in which I am attired in my Ascot suit, the one I wore when I played the lead in My Fair Lady. Therefore, this is to notify you that I am suing you for $1,000,000 for defamation of caricature. DAVID MERRICK New York City...