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...mixture of Madison Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue types on her first major international engagement since the royal divorce, an eating, dancing and shopping spree that raised money for breast-cancer research in Washington. Diana, who called the disease "a great dark enemy stalking women," charmed everyone from diva designer Isaac Mizrahi, who said,"Charles really blew it when he dumped her," to solid soldier Colin Powell, who, after scoring the first dance, opined, "She's a lot of fun." Earlier in the day, Diana shared an egg, tomato and crab Napoleon breakfast with HILLARY CLINTON, Washington Post doyenne KATHARINE GRAHAM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 7, 1996 | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...KELLY KLEIN remained true to their design ideals even when dissolving their nine-year marriage: simple, stylish, nothing vulgar. The most puzzled-over and envied couple of their industry didn't even curtail their social schedule. They co-hosted a party and afterward broke the news to gossip diva Liz Smith. Nobody is saying whether the rift was caused by the pressure of being married to a man so famous his name is synonymous with underpants, or whether the oft-repeated suggestion that the marriage was a sham is true. "They intend to make every effort to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 26, 1996 | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

Meet James Moreland, the only cross-dressing punk-rocker presidential candidate once married to trash diva Courtney Love (or "the punk-rock Rush Limbaugh," as he calls her). He's campaigning under his stage name, Falling James, and his platform is pretty simple. He wants to give the U.S. to the American Indians and move everyone else to Greenland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 10, 1996 | 6/10/1996 | See Source »

When the huge Evita production company blew into Budapest last month to rent its ancient architecture, Madonna, the film's star, was much too busy staying in character to meet with the local press. Finally, on the eve of her departure, good manners prevailed, and the pop diva submitted to an interview with the Budapest newspaper Blikk. The questions were posed in Hungarian, then translated into English for Madonna, whose replies were then translated back into Hungarian for the paper's exclusive. Shortly thereafter, at the request of USA Today, Madonna's comments were then retranslated from Hungarian back into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MADONNA: I AM A TIP-TOP STARLET | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

...Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk generated most of the excitement. The few straight plays that succeeded at the box office typically boasted either a big star name--Carol Burnett in the lame farce Moon over Buffalo--or a flamboyant star turn--Zoe Caldwell as rampaging diva Maria Callas in Terrence McNally's Master Class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: TWIN TERRORS | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

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