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...pursuing a line of romantic rhetoric or analyzing the erotic attraction of a teenager's knee. Applying a wry, professorial tone to the book of love, Rohmer beguiled two generations of art-house denizens. His purchase on their finer fancies began with My Night at Maud's, the 1969 chatfest that swept him into the global spotlight, and ended Jan. 11, with his death in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Movie Master Eric Rohmer Dies at 89 | 1/12/2010 | See Source »

...congratulate our friend Jay Leno for being selected as the host of The Tonight Show. And the good news for us is, we get Stump the Band." This hoariest of Carson time fillers is no silver medal for Letterman, in his 10th year as star of his own NBC chatfest. The world had long known that the anvil-jawed Leno, Tonight's exclusive guest host since 1987, was bound to succeed Carson. But press tattle hinted that Letterman, who gave Leno his first sustained TV exposure, was furious at not being offered the job. One source told the Washington Post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passing The Late-Night Crown | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

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