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...Oh—and I was an extra in ‘Fever Pitch...
Even by the high standards of the fashion industry, the buzz about Tom Ford's next move reached a fever pitch early this spring. Rumor was that the celebrity designer--who over the course of a decade helped transform the Gucci Group from a $200 million purveyor of leather goods to a $3 billion luxury conglomerate--was being wooed to be creative director of cosmetics giant Estée Lauder. Would Ford be hired to revive its flagging eponymous brand (which has lately developed a somewhat dowdy aura, putting a damper on sales)? The New York Post claimed that Leonard Lauder...
...anger at all religious extremists reached a fever pitch—from the fundamentalist Jews and Muslims who won’t allow their brethren to achieve peace in the Middle East, to Mel Gibson, to the idea of a new pope who continues to oppose birth control and marriage for priests...
...President heard in a week filled with recriminations, question marks and political maneuvering. Since Marcos announced a snap presidential election on Nov. 3, at least partly in response to U.S. pressure for a restoration of democracy after 13 years of authoritarian rule, the Philippines has been gripped by election fever. There has also been considerable confusion about when, with which candidates, and under what conditions the election will be held...
...king any time he shows up at your local shopping-mall multiplex cinema," raved Chicago Tribune Film Critic Gene Siskel, who gave Prince Charles four stars for his U.S. performance. As for Diana, John Travolta rated the Princess of Wales 10 out of 10 after a smashing Saturday Night Fever pas de deux that stopped other White House dancers in their tracks. "I tried to do my fanciest footwork with her," said the still glowing actor afterward. "We did well together." Of her much discussed clothes, Couturier Geoffrey Beene observed in the New York Times: "Some of the design...