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Revisited) turns Henry into a matinee idol, and will doubtless do the same for himself. Karel Reisz, Irons' director on the film The French Lieutenant's Woman, remarked that "Jeremy does have his Heathcliff side." Already, matrons from Manasquan to Massapequa are aswoon over Broadway's newest star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Stoppard in the Name of Love | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...owns Christine-and is possessed by her. In a trice this four-eyed Faust is transformed into a cool dude with clear skin, wrap-around shades, slick black hair and the sexy swagger of a Vegas lounge star. No wonder Leigh (Alexandra Paul), the prettiest girl on campus, is aswoon over Arnie. But she has tough competition in Christine. Such jealousy: when Leigh suggests that Arnie is too attached to his car, Christine forces the girl to choke, nearly to death, on some fast food. Such vindictiveness: three punk classmates of Arnie's push him around and Christine seeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Season's Bleedings in Tinseltown | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

...liked Louie," said Ted, his cracked-cello voice aswoon. "The man had style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: R.I.P. the Honest Laugh | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

Patrice Munsel, 20-year-old Metropolitan Opera soprano, was the principal tea leaf in a teapot tempest of publicity just before she made her West Coast debut at Hollywood Bowl. The United Press reported the Met aswoon with shame because pictures had been published of her in a bra-suit. Manager Edward Johnson denied it, peered at the picture, purred, "She looks nice." Clucked Singer Munsel: "I thought it made me look a little bulky in spots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jul. 30, 1945 | 7/30/1945 | See Source »

...London, the iguanas (giant lizards) in the zoo last week refused all nutriment. Lonely and cold, their hearts aswoon for the drowsy sweetness of the jungles of Brazil, they pined in languor, gazing with lacklustre eyes at troughs filled with such tasty morsels as corn, ants, dead flies, bread and mice. Keepers conferred. One day huge electric lights were strung along the lizard house. The iguanas awoke out of their nostalgia. They wriggled joyfully in the light of the strange and sterile suns above them; crept to the troughs, ate greedily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Dec. 21, 1925 | 12/21/1925 | See Source »

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