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...made the sauciest farce (Some Like It Hot), the darkest film noir (Double Indemnity), the dearest romantic comedy (Sabrina) in Hollywood history--as well as the tartest evocation of Hollywood history (Sunset Blvd.). His films were utterly contemporary (One Two Three, his 1961 cold war satire, was shot in Berlin just before the Wall went up), yet have stayed as fresh and winning as an Audrey Hepburn smile...
DIED. THEODORE SHACKLEY, 75, the mysterious CIA operative known as the Blond Ghost; of cancer; in Bethesda, Md. In a 28-year career he saw undercover duty in many cold war hot spots (West Berlin, Laos, Vietnam) and was the subject of the 1994 book Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley and the CIA's Crusades...
Anyone who doubts that MICHAEL JACKSON can still influence popular culture should consider this: before last month, the world had never heard the term baby dangling, but since Jackson appeared on a Berlin balcony with his infant son, it has become part of the vernacular. So one wonders how long it will be before impressionable youth start hobbling around on crutches. That is how Jackson arrived last week at a courthouse in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he is being sued for $21 million by a concert promoter who contends that the singer broke his contract by canceling two shows. Jackson...
...from Chicago to Shanghai. His early work is examined in "Mies van der Rohe 1905-1938," which runs until March 2 at London's Whitechapel Art Gallery. The show features models, photographs, plans and original drawings. Mies, as he's widely known, had the misfortune to be working in Berlin when the Nazis came to power. In 1938 he moved to the U.S. in search of more open-minded patrons. He found a niche at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, heading the architecture department for 20 years. Mies was the first to conceive of a steel-and-glass...
...over 20 years), and his experiences with sub-par productions of his first two left him "very disillusioned with the world of opera." But this time, he had the best midwives in the business: conductor Simon Rattle, temporarily back in London from his post as director of the Berlin Philharmonic, and renowned director Trevor Nunn. With top tickets selling at a third of the normal Covent Garden top price of $240, the six performances of Sophie's Choice sold out immediately. Maw's first exposure to Sophie's Choice was the film, but his libretto is almost completely faithful...