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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...speakers aren't really Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Diana Rigg and Tony Britton just sound like them in an upcoming BBC comedy skit wickedly titled "Public Lives." The Liz-Dick nuptial parody is part of a six-week series starring the British-born Rigg, 38, who also plays English Actress Celia Johnson in the 1946 movie Brief Encounter. Rigg is especially proud of her transformation into Taylor. Says she: "I did the major makeup work myself. The black wig, the beauty spot-and showing off the cleavage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 21, 1977 | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

...love being rich. I love playing tennis and not being cold in the winter. I am the original Horatio Alger story." The "I" is Diana Ross, who will tell some of that story in a March 6 NBC special featuring songs, dances and other acts. Paying tribute to black entertainers who paved the way for her, she dresses up as Josephine Baker, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith. Ross, 32, identifies especially with Holiday, whose life she portrayed in her first movie, Lady Sings the Blues. Says Diana: "Billie needed a lot of love. She had so much luxury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 14, 1977 | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

Currier House Music Society--The Currier House Opera, directed by Laura Johnson, performs Mozart's "The Abduction from the Seraglio," first produced in 1782. With principal singers Diana Praino, Ann Jeffers, Tom Olsen, and Paul John. Admission $3.00, $2.00 with student I.D. Agassiz Theatre, Radcliffe Yard...

Author: By Richard Kreindler, | Title: CLASSICAL | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

...think I'm going to take a few weeks off. Before my tour of New Zealand, you know. Diana Ross is at the Music Hall until the 14th of this month. At night. Nights work if you can get it. (See display...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROCK | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

...hill in Jackson, Miss., Diana Berg flagged down a milk truck and warned the driver against going so fast. "Oh, don't you worry about me," he said. "I'm from Illinois. I can handle this stuff. Want a joyride?" Berg declined, then watched the truck slam downhill into a Volkswagen and another truck. Amazingly, no one was hurt. Says she: "My jaws were frozen into a laugh for about an hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: The Big Freeze | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

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