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...vowed he and his three attendants shall lead a virtuous life (sans dames). But love will find a way, this time from a visit of state by the beauteous Princess of France (Cherry Jones) and her ladies-in-waiting. Quicker than you can say "voulez-vous coucher avec moi" the king and his nobleman have discarded their celibacy like last year's underwear, although each tries to maintain the appearance of manly indifference...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Love's Labor Pains | 5/24/1985 | See Source »

...them with. Be that as it may, one also suspects that in a theatrical climate where the domestication of homoexoticism for the middle-class market is a prime order of business, this play may well find its place as a sort of La Cage aux Folles sans score, but avec an up-market literary-historical twist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Queen and Hippy | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

There is also a tape cassette of Lourdes hits, including such saccharine hymns as Avec Toi, Bernadette and Ave Maria de Lourdes. The Pope's visit only added to the lively commercial buzz: I LIKE JOHN PAUL II buttons and T shirts appeared on the shelves overnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Shrine to Faith and Healing | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

SOLIDARITE AVEC LES PRISONNIERS D'OPINION...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Repression in Romania | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

Talk about double-entendre. For the big-production opening and closing numbers of Cinemactress Shirley Mac-Laine's television special, the Bluebells from Paris' famed Lido nightclub were called upon to dance two almost identical versions. Avec bras for U.S. television, a CBS special to be aired May 20. But then, performing before a sophisticated audience at the Lido that included Monaco's Princess Caroline and le Tout-Paris, the chorus danced the same routines sans bras for a later broadcast on European television. Vive les différences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 7, 1979 | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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