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...four, Christina and I were kindred spirits. There were physical similarities: We were both tall, with long hair, impossibly large cheeks and irrepressible energy. We both liked overalls, pink shirts, The Little Mermaid and Tim Nugent. We excelled at dodgeball, drawing and singing...
...Christina that I met my creative match, a friend with whom I could fearlessly explore my inspiration for art and music or try out theatrical endeavors. For the near decade that our friendship spanned, Christina and I were a pair—we explored the corners of the Museum of Modern Art (her mother, an artist, brought us every year to see Monet’s “Waterlilies”); and we pushed her guinea pigs through the street in a haphazard parade. When we were bored, we stood on my stoop pretending to be statues or attempted...
...many ways, Christina was a step ahead of me. She, not I, was the true creative force behind our fantastical endeavors. I wanted to dress up as Greek gods, but she wanted to wage the Trojan War with our dolls, still wet with Tempera paint. I wanted to do watercolor, she wanted to recreate a Julian Schnabel painting with her mother’s good plates. Christina’s boundless imagination led us both forward...
...offers a more personalized--and often more affordable--alternative to what's coming off the runway or stocking the shelves at Banana Republic. Its popularity has also been boosted by celebrity endorsements: legions of stars regularly don vintage to walk the red carpet. Jennifer Aniston, Gwen Stefani, Kim Cattrall, Christina Ricci were among the luminaries who showed up at the Golden Globes in January in vintage gowns. Others wore clothes that loudly sampled the past (Nicole Kidman's dress from Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche's spring 2004 line was utterly, though many said unsightly, Art Deco...
...alterations to reward Theron’s breakthrough work, which painstakingly recreates the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself at any given moment. At the film’s core is Wuornos’ tumultuous relationship with flippant lover Selby Wall (Christina Ricci). Though Jenkins fails to offer a believable relationship between these two individuals and Ricci sits through an unnaturally amateurish performance, Monster is ultimately redeemed by Theron’s resonant performance...