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...strange cocktail party whose guests bear tongue-twister names. He adapted it as a sketch for Anne Bancroft's 1970 television special, Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man, which not only won him an Emmy but also introduced him to both its director and producer, Martin Charnin, who later offered him his first Broadway show, and his future writing partner, Bancroft's husband, Mel Brooks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Hit Man's Life | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...That's the ghetto right there." Inspired, Jay-Z sampled the song on his new album's title track, Hard Knock Life. Needless to say, the tune's original author was somewhat surprised by its new incarnation. "I thought musical theater was a million miles from rap," says Martin Charnin, "but I'm glad it's gone to a place I never imagined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 19, 1998 | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...eminence grise and the publisher of a fur newsletter, Sandy Parker Reports, "younger people weren't anti-fur; they were just ignoring fur." It couldn't be more different now. "The way designers were cutting it and using it got the attention of the fashion industry," says Sasha Charnin Morrison, a marketing director for Harper's Bazaar. "The eye was being re-trained to look at fur again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Warming Up To Fur | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

AUTHORS: MUSIC BY CHARLES STROUSE; LYRICS BY MARTIN CHARNIN; BOOK BY THOMAS MEEHAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Redhead Is Back | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

Backed by Murdoch's dollars, Mirabella hired two former Vogue colleagues -- her creative director, Jade Hobson Charnin, and features editor, Amy Gross -- to develop a voice that would speak to mature, contemporary women. Hypersensitive to comparisons with Lear's, she feels her feature offerings can compete with Vanity Fair's and the New Yorker's. The latter is still a stretch, although recent contributors -- including Francine du Plessix Gray and Roy Blount -- have toughened Mirabella's edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fresh Take on Fashion | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

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