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...resented it, because when all my friends were out playing, I felt like I had all these adult responsibilities. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that. I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. You know, I have this stepmother and I have all this work to do and it's awful and I never go out and I don't have pretty dresses. The thing I hated about my sisters most was my stepmother insisted on buying us the same dresses. I would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Now: Madonna on Madonna | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

Judging from the confidence and poise the Crimson demonstrated over this clean sweep weekend, this is one Cinderella story that just might come true...

Author: By John Zilcosky, | Title: Netwomen Smash Cornell, 9-0 | 4/29/1985 | See Source »

...Georgetown's dominance was a matter of record as well as opinion. Declaring Memphis State the secular national champion, country Coach Dana Kirk quickly left the tournament to these city Catholics. The untidiness of Kirk's 52-45 semifinal loss to Villanova obscured his prophecy: "If they're a Cinderella team, Cinderella wears boots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Dream That Couldn't Miss | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...director whose five awards in 1976 for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest were followed by two commercial disappointments, Hair and Ragtime. "The Academy members are fans of people like Milos who take chances and succeed," says Director Ivan Passer, one of Forman's best friends. "They like Cinderella stories, and they like to make them come true. That was in their power this year, and they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Eight Cheers for the Music Man | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...lavish Amadeus is not exactly Cinderella, it is an odd choice for so much Hollywood glory. It is long (2 hr. 38 min.), without the epic quality that often marks lengthy pictures. Its theme, moreover, is rarefied: God's inexplicable gift of genius to a lout (Mozart, as Shaffer conceives his character), and his assignment of mediocrity to someone who is eminently deserving (the devout Salieri). But the biggest obstacle is Mozart, whose very name intimidates many moviegoers. The picture has prospered anyway, grossing $34 million in the U.S. and Canada even before the awards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Eight Cheers for the Music Man | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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