Word: glare
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Already, the chances at success for these four women look better than those of their predecessor. Three of them have Citadel family ties, and all four hope to avoid the extraordinary glare of the spotlight that contributed to Faulkner's demise. As Robert Black, who served as a lawyer for Faulkner, puts it, "Shannon always, always wanted to please the Citadel. But in order to get into the school, she had to go to court. It was a cruel situation." Seventeen-year-old Kim Messer's father is an Army veteran, and her elder brother attended the Citadel before leaving...
They and other glitterati are flocking to Fisher Island, the former Vanderbilt estate and the latest haven for stars and millionaires seeking refuge from the glare of publicity...
...midweek Jewell, 33, was in a different media glare as the man whom FBI officials had identified as a suspect in the bombing. He sat on the steps outside the modest Atlanta apartment he shares with his mother and his dog while FBI agents searched the premises for evidence. Nearby, the guardians of the press kept vigil on the Rush Limbaugh weigh-alike with the forlorn white mustache. Technically Jewell has not been charged and is only a suspect. But tabloid journalism's hope for heroes had given way to its need for villains. SAINT OR SAVAGE?, the New York...
Could any young actress not wilt in this adoring, predatory glare? All right, Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday--but that film had an old-Hollywood glow, and Hepburn was unique. The two Tyler movies are anemic, anomic art-house fodder. One comes from the director of The Conformist and The Last Emperor; the other from the guy who is about to make CopLand, the film Sly Stallone hopes will turn him into a certified Actor...
When Diana Krall strode from the wings at a recent tribute concert to saxophone great Benny Carter, the Carnegie Hall audience might have briefly wondered whether Sharon Stone had wandered onstage. Smashingly glamorous, with lavish golden hair and a smoldering glare, Krall could easily have been mistaken for a big-screen starlet. But appearances aside, the moment she launched into the opening notes of Carter's classic heartbreaker, Fresh Out of Love, it was clear that this compelling new singer has more in common with Ella Fitzgerald than with any Hollywood actress...