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DIED. Lester Cole, 81, prolific screenwriter (None Shall Escape, 1944; Objective, Burma!, 1945) and one of the "Hollywood Ten," writers and directors convicted of contempt of Congress and blacklisted in the 1940s after they refused to testify about Communist infiltration of the industry; in San Francisco...
...Life, the humor magazine, and later The New Yorker, Robert Benchley was in his essential elements of earth, air and firewater. The boozy, bemused uncle of the theater sees a parade of greats. He applauds Jimmy Durante, discovers Bob Hope and Groucho Marx, and collects parodies of a Cole Porter lyric: "Night and day under the bark of me/ There's an Oh, such a mob of microbes making a park of me." The critic does not always twinkle; even Eugene O'Neill is regarded without awe because "no one without a sense of humor should ever write seriously...
...studio commissary. That afternoon she is lectured by Louis B. Mayer: "My dear child, you are going to be a star . . . I would rather you weren't seen with any of the lower echelon of employees." Harry Cohn, the caliph of Columbia Pictures, learns that Choreographer Jack Cole has pronounced a script for Ann Miller garbage. Cohn agrees, but demands, "What . . . does it matter to her? She's just a dumb broad with large thighs." Introduced to Kim Stanley, who was to be nominated for an Academy Award, Cohn asks her director, "Why are you bringing me this girlie...
...centering the Judds draw not just from music but from the way they live. "We are two generations," says Naomi, "and we play off each other." She listens to and learns from Elvis, Loretta Lynn, Joni Mitchell, and the Ink Spots. Wynonna admires singers as disparate as Nat King Cole and Bonnie Raitt. The Judds will cross any musical boundaries, but as they tell it, their real strength comes from staying close to the roots...
...survive the season. Worn with snug jackets or sweatshirts, flats or heels, shorts are an accessible alternative to the ubiquitous--and sometimes sloppy-looking--peasant skirt. Tommy Hilfiger gives his a decidedly dressed-down feeling, pairing them with striped blazers, flat sandals and silk-ribbon belts, right. Meanwhile, Kenneth Cole goes for a more tailored look, inset. Dressed up or down, shorts can move from the workplace to the weekend without too much hassle...