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...fitting, then, that America's new poet laureate is Rita Dove, a black woman who calls herself a spiritual heir of Wheatley's, and whose verses appeal not only to the senses but also to the imagination and the intellect. Moreover, Dove does her work on Jefferson's own turf. She lives with her husband, German novelist Fred Viebahn, and their 10-year-old daughter Aviva on a wooded hillside near Charlottesville, Virginia, a 15-minute drive from Monticello. She teaches creative writing at the University of Virginia, which Jefferson founded. And last week she made her public debut...
Actually, The Chevy Chase Show might have found a niche. A tall, rubber- faced, middle-aged entertainer who likes to schmooze with Hollywood celebrities -- he just might have been the real heir to Johnny Carson's disfranchised audience, the people confused by Dave and disappointed by Jay. Trouble is, Chevy still wants to be hip, outrageous, the choice of a new generation. Somewhere, Pat Sajak is smiling...
...Chin), a pretty artist who's behind in her rent. Wei-wei doesn't mind: "It's my fate. I always fall for handsome gay men." Then -- oops! -- the parents arrive in New York, expecting a bedroom in Wai-tung's home, a big banquet and an immediate heir...
Prince Charles came better briefed. Without help from Hytner, the heir apparent explained to his entourage the disease's cause and effects, then added, "I understand there are six people in Dartmoor ((prison for the criminally insane)) who say that they are the real Prince Charles. I often wonder if perhaps one of them is the real Prince Charles and I am the insane one." Queen Elizabeth did not see the play, but she has met its star, Nigel Hawthorne, at a couple of receptions. "From her remarks," Hawthorne says, "clearly the Queen is under the impression that...
...worth crooning to sleep. Joel also has his share of bitter lawsuits, including one against his former father-in-law. So maybe he's got a right to sing some blues. He surely had the itch to write a song cycle; he is, after all, the last, finest heir to the songwriter tradition of soulful...