Word: charming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like Kane, Welles exerted all his charm, bluster and infinite energy to win love. He was indeed a genius at getting theater people to do what he wanted. Callow admiringly calls Welles "a creative opportunist without peer," fashioning art from the sweat of many and daring to call it all his. A lifelong credit hog, Welles could indeed do it all. His sin was that he wanted people to think he did it all alone...
...that's what Loli desperately needs. A good-night kiss from Marijo, some romantic music, and eureka! Loli discovers she has a genius for sexuality. She insists on splitting her week between Marijo and Laurent--who realizes, with the grimace of surrender, that he must now pour on the charm to become his own wife's lover...
...Hollywood belle du jour Julia Ormond and nearly matches Harrison Ford for easy radiance. In his first major film role, Kinnear seems comfy-cozy on the big screen, humanizing a character--Ford's playboy brother--who could easily be a thin, tennis-anyone anachronism. "He has a lot of charm," says Sydney Pollack, who first sought Tom Cruise for the role. "You like him immediately." No wonder: the play of emotions in Kinnear's eyes is subtle, suggestive; he makes contact enough to break a girlish heart. Sabrina may be sinking at the box office, but it could launch...
...always nice to spend vacation with friends from other campuses in order to get a fresh perspective on being at college. There is a certain charm in discussing school with people who have never heard of Phillips Brooks House or the house system, and being able to talk about the basics that everyone has in common--grades, term papers and final exams...
...years after being stabbed by a lunatic Steffi Graf fan. But she won her first tournament test, then took Graf to three sets in the final of the U.S. Open before losing. At 21, her game was still intact, and so was her Valley-Girl-out-of-Yugoslavia charm...