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...city's progress, from the medieval and Renaissance Vieux Lyons on the banks of the Saône to the narrow 17th and 18th century Presqu'île, or peninsula, between the Saône and the Rhône. On the left is the smaller hill of Croix-Rousse, the 19th century silk worker's center, and beyond the Rhône the 20th century business district of Part-Dieu...
...proposing, though. On the day before Thanksgiving, he took Jasmine to the spot of their first date, a bridge in the middle of the woods over the St. Croix River. "There I explained that the 'surprise date' I'd been talking about was going to extend far past dinner that evening, and asked her to marry me. As I was proposing, and building up to the big finish, I was fumbling around in my pocket looking for the ring, and almost dropped it into the icy depths of the St. Croix...
DIED. JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT, 90, debonair French actor whose career spanned six decades and several continents; in Saint Tropez. His reel-life leading-man status translated to real-life heroism when he earned the Croix de Guerre for service in the French armed forces in 1944. An actor who performed on both the stage and silver screen--most notably as a randy swimming instructor in Lac aux Dames--Aumont was also a megastar with women. Although he married twice, he was more celebrated for his engagements to, among others, screen luminaries Hedy Lamarr and Grace Kelly...
Some of the questions last night hit close to home. One student in the audience asked if Lee was making a statement about the University by making Pierre de la Croix, the creator of the minstrel show in Bamboozled, a Harvard alum...
...Bamboozled's fictional TV network, Harvard-educated Pierre Dela-croix (Damon Wayans) is the token black executive. His abrasive boss (Michael Rappaport) charges him to devise a hot, edgy new series. Angry and desperate, Pierre proposes a minstrel show--a format "so negative, so offensive and racist" that it will prove his point about the lack of ethical or aesthetic standards on TV. Aided by his skeptical, ambitious assistant (Jada Pinkett Smith), he hires as his stars a homeless tap dancer (Savion Glover) and his pal (Tommy Davidson). Renamed Mantan and Sleep 'n Eat, they are given a supporting cast...