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DIED. WENDY WASSERSTEIN, 55, witty, bittersweet playwright; of lymphoma; in New York City. As one of five siblings in a brainy, high-achieving family, she looked at pop culture and asked, "Where are the girls?" In plays like Uncommon Women and Others and the Pulitzer-prizewinning The Heidi Chronicles, she provided the answer with textured portraits of smart, sometimes self-doubting feminists struggling in the wake of the 1960s with competing urges for independence and intimacy. It was familiar ground for the Tony winner who, resisting pleas from her parents, remained steadfastly single. She gave birth at 48 and chronicled...
...that he had been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for Hustle & Flow and that another film in which he co-starred, Crash, was up for Best Picture. He spoke to TIME's Desa Philadelphia about portraying a pimp so convincingly and why his success in Hollywood has been bittersweet...
...GETTING DIVORCED, AND YOU'VE BEEN UP FRONT ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU'VE BEEN SO BUSY THIS YEAR THAT IT HAS AFFECTED YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. DOES THAT MAKE YOUR SUCCESS BITTERSWEET? It stands as a warning sign to anyone who really wants to be successful in this business. There are many sacrifices you have to make. You have to have your family circle well balanced. You have to keep your family with you because there are so many changes that take place on a day-to-day basis that when you get back home after being gone for three...
...Paul Martin was simple, sad and bittersweet. By 10 p.m. E.T. on election night--just as West Coast polls closed--TV pundits were already declaring that Canada's 21st Prime Minister was about to be pushed aside by the 22nd. Soon afterward, looking more relaxed than he ever had during the campaign, Martin stepped up to a podium emblazoned with party slogans to recall that on one of his appearances, he had met a little girl who inadvertently called him Paul--and then apologized for the lapse in protocol. "'Oh, I'm sorry, Prime Minister,'" he recalled her saying. Then...
...Biondi-Santi Rosso di Montalcino, $60 Intense perfume of crushed dried roses and sunbaked plum ? 2000 Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino, $100 Very pretty, marked by bittersweet chocolate, black olive and roses ? 1999 Mastrojanni Brunello di Montalcino, $50 Delicious. Touches of cherry and Earl Grey tea and tangy acidity. Look for the same maker's Schiena d'Asino, a single-vineyard version, gorgeous at $80 ? 1999 Castello Banfi, $60 While this is a more modern style than the other three, it's a sure crowd pleaser with its smoky cherry and little-red-berry flavors