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Something in a young chanteuse from South Carolina saw the genius in changing her name ever so slightly. Eartha Mae Keith became Eartha Kitt - discarding an ordinary surname for one of inspired felinity. It heralded the sex kitten who purred the lyrics to her lightly naughty hit singles of the early '50s; whose sophisticated persona in films and on Broadway barely concealed her claws; and who would achieve camp renown as the prowling, growling Catwoman on the '60s Batman TV series...
...didn't take a genius to see a bumpy road ahead," he explained. He wanted his salesmen to be confident and unburdened. "That's the first person customers see when they walk in the door," he said. "I wanted to take the unknown out of it. This relieved the stress, which gave me productivity...
...Rumble Fish (Mickey was Motorcycle Boy), The Pope of Greenwich Village, Michael Cimino's Year of the Dragon, the S&M erotic drama 9 1/2 Weeks, the satanic thriller Angel Heart (De Niro was the Devil), as a gangster in Elephant Man makeup in Johnny Handsome and a lowlife genius in a film of Charles Bukowski's Barfly. The guy was sexy, dangerous, adventurous in his choice of roles. The actor's cliché "totally committed to the process" could have been coined for Rourke...
Last Chance. TIME art critic Richard Lacayo urges you not to miss the retrospective of sculptor Tara Donovan - recipient of a 2008 MacArthur "genius" grant - at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art. She does unexpectedly beautiful things with common objects like plastic soda straws, Styrofoam cups and Scotch tape. Through Jan. 4, 2009. (See TIME's top 10 museum exhibits.) 100 Northern Ave., Boston...
...genius of “Weird Al” Yankovic cannot be overstated, and those who don’t appreciate him are clearly bad people. Here are the five song parodies that actually outshine the originals. 5. “Pretty Fly For a Rabbi”—Parody of “Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)” by The Offspring As a Jewish kid from New Jersey, I was hurt by The Offspring’s assault on the wannabes of white suburbia. But change the subject matter to Bar Mitzvahs...