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...production virtually unchanged. That includes, most crucially, Campion and Hill in the leading--and only--roles. They play two locals working on the film as extras, as well as (a gimmick born of economic necessity when the play was first staged in Belfast) every other character, from the diva-like Hollywood star and harried assistant director to an assortment of townspeople, like the boozy old codger who's the last surviving extra from John Wayne's The Quiet...
Legendary Iranian singer Googoosh this week capped her first tour in 22 years with a concert in Dubai. Thousands of Iranians crossed the Persian Gulf to hear the diva (who is banned from performing at home) ring in the Persian New Year last Wednesday. Although silenced by the Islamic revolution before many of them were born, even Iran's youth proclaim Googoosh as the preeminent icon of Iran's prerevolutionary social freedom. Her music has served as a unifying force amongst Iranians of all classes, both at home and in exile. TIME's Tehran correspondent Azadeh Moaveni met with Googoosh...
...Winners RONALD REAGAN Office building, then airport, now aircraft carrier named for Gipper. What next, Illinois? JUDY GARLAND Over the Rainbow named No. 1 song of the century. Drag queens everywhere rejoice WHITNEY HOUSTON Pop diva's pot record in Hawaii gets wiped clean. Run for Governor in the works...
...Much of that success has come through his work with pop diva Spears. When they first met in 1997, he says, "she told me she thought I was an old man." "I was scared of him!" says Spears, who was then 15. "I thought he was someone from, like, [rock band] Mötley Crüe or something." Martin's long hair and leather outfits were remnants of his days as a wannabe rock star. Spears got used to them and to Martin - and they both got down to the business of making hits...
...mission: To pursue and interview hip-hop mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs after his not-guilty verdict on gun-possession and bribery charges. My lead: I'm told that he might be checking out neo-soul diva Jill Scott at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday night...