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But the audience needed a rooting interest, and because Clint was so damn cool, he established the new mode: hero by default. The good guy was the one with the fastest gun, the meanest scowl and top billing. And that perpetual three-day beard that Toshiro Mifune had worn in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wild West's Long and Winding Road | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

But audiences didn't care where it came from; they loved it. Produced for a thrifty $200,000, of which Clint got $15,000, Fistful made the careers of Eastwood, Leone and Morricone. It created a legend around the Man With No Name - a publicist's canny invention, since the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wild West's Long and Winding Road | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

But true to character, Hermann stuck with her own vision.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Her Recipe For French Dressing? | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

It's not a moment, I think, but people. If there's a central character in my book, it's my mother. She was determined that there would be no limit on my aspirations. My father made sure that I understood that even if I brought home an A, somehow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Lynne Cheney | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

IN THE 1970S, WHEN GAME shows "starred" guest panelists who appeared for years, smoky-voiced character actress Brett Somers--familiar from spots on such TV sitcoms as The Odd Couple and Love, American Style--became a household name when her then husband Jack Klugman insisted she deserved a spot on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 1, 2007 | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

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