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...typical 91-year-old grandmother--just over 5 ft. tall, dressed in a simple pantsuit and comfortable shoes. But once a month she gets up on the bandstand of the Gardenia restaurant in Hollywood and sings a very ungrandmotherly set of songs. The effect is equal parts surprise, delight and blushes. At a recent gig, she segued from Just a Little Lovin' to Ain't Misbehavin'. Then, before launching into I Want a Two-Fisted, Double-Jointed, Rough and Ready Man, she confided to the audience, "The man being sought here is only needed in one room in the house...
...sound rule of travel, and of intellectual delight, to go where the others are not. Therefore, plunge back into books--not texts read in pixels off the screen, but read, rather, with their sweet weight of thought held in the hand. Go where others are not--to wonderful unread writers like Seneca or Plutarch, for example, whom I read during our blackout. They understood certain essentials that we have misplaced...
...powerful performance Sco and Co. gave. While some of Scofield’s own material tends to be rather oblique, Charles was a natural songwriter, and his tunes stand up well to reinterpretation. Statham was able to channel the blues and gospel traditions in his singing and seemed to delight in pleasing the crowd, as did the entire group. Of course, with a house full of music lovers, a collection of incredible musicians and a repertoire of undeniably soulful tunes, it can’t be that hard to keep people happy. Now if we could only get Scofield...
After the ceremony’s traditional “Goodbye, Goodbye” speech, the audience expressed delight in the evening’s festivities...
...Bachchan owes his comeback to two decisions. In debt and with his film projects stagnating, Bachchan agreed to host Kaun Banega Crorepati beginning in 2000. It was a masterstroke. On television Bachchan appeared older and wiser, with a natty beard and banker's suit. And to its delight, India found that the brooding action man of the 1970s was now sophisticated, self-deprecating and witty, exuding comfortable prosperity rather than rebellion?just what was needed at a time when India was dreaming about getting rich. Industrialist Ambani calls Bachchan's new incarnation "the avuncular older citizen who embodies the materialist...