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Kathryn A. Long ’05 has been immortalized. To commemorate her debut into society, Long’s mother commissioned a painting of her decked out in full debutante regalia. With blonde hair and an easy smile, Long looks as if she’d be at right at home on a camelia-covered veranda in a classic film. “It’s a seven-foot by four-foot portrait of me standing in my debutante dress, wearing my gloves, and holding my purse. There’s a French-blue background and our antique...
...debutante tradition nods respectfully to the societal conventions of an earlier age—to the days when women were courted, men ruled supreme and good breeding was the ultimate asset. Girls who debut today find themselves in a virtual time warp...
...notion of a debut dates back to 16th-century England and is credited to Queen Elizabeth, who formally introduced eligible young women to the court. Wealthy Americans adopted the custom in the 19th century as a means of letting interested men know their daughters were available...
...less deep-fried album is served up by Cee-lo (Thomas Callaway), a member of the pioneering Atlanta rap quartet Goodie MOb. Cee-lo doesn't bother with Southern totems on his superb solo debut, Cee-lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections. He lets his individuality, not his geography, do the talking. On Big Ole Words (Damn) Cee-lo rhymes, "I have millenniums of material and rivers of rhythm/An entire ocean of emotion that's enlightened to swim in." Cee-lo sounds a lot like Al Green, and so do his songs, full of complicated themes, big grooves and deep...
...heavily armed bounty hunter Jango Fett makes his debut in Attack of the Clones...