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DIED. INDRA DEVI, 102, early "yoga ambassador" to the West whose students included China's Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Gloria Swanson and Greta Garbo; in Buenos Aires. After persuading globally renowned guru Sri Krishnamacharya to teach her (his first woman student), she traveled the world teaching her gentle brand of yoga, even prompting Russia to legalize the practice after she met with leaders...
...henchman is a minor character in a fleeting scene in Some Like It Hot, but Billy Wilder couldn't resist giving him a line with a nifty reverse spin on it. That was Wilder all over. He gave Hollywood's top stars their finest, fullest roles: Greta Garbo (Ninotchka), Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity), Gloria Swanson (Sunset Blvd.), Audrey Hepburn (Sabrina and Love in the Afternoon), Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot), Jack Lemmon (The Apartment and six others). And what was in it for the viewer? Roiling dramatic dilemmas, complex adult characters and, memorably, some of the tastiest slices...
...News faceliftee Greta Van Susteren will be writing a book for Crown. Her co-writer is former TIME correspondent Elaine Lafferty, now a reporter for the Irish Times...
...MILLION Number of homes that tuned in to watch Greta Van Susteren, cosmetically remade ex-CNN host, for the debut of her new Fox show...
...topic is the senior thesis. I teach two thesis seminars in the gov department and last week I met with a familiar sight. Gone were the relaxed, insouciant faces that had greeted me during the first semester. In their place were worried mugs, furrowed brows and the eyes of Greta Van Susteren (pre-surgery). One student couldn’t believe her project was falling so far short of her initial goals. Another said that the further he gets behind, the harder it is to concentrate. He’ll play video games, hang out with friends, watch TV?...