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...such impulses as jealousy and vengefulness. So Pinker draws fire from those who ascribe all ills to the corruption of pristine souls. But evolutionary psychology has a brighter side: love and compassion are also in our genes. Besides, Pinker notes, biology isn't destiny. "Nature," he quotes Katharine Hepburn's character in The African Queen as saying, "is what we were put in this world to rise above...
Sondheim, 74, was padding around his ritzy Manhattan town house (Katharine Hepburn used to live next door) on a recent weekday afternoon, looking a bit scruffy in an oversize T shirt but talking animatedly about the show that he was always surprised got such a "virulent" negative reaction. The most celebrated Broadway composer of the past 30 years hasn't had a new show on Broadway in 10--since Passion, which ran for eight months in 1994. The days when Sondheim shows like Company and Follies seemed to be opening doors for musical theater are long gone. After years...
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...While most of the talk centered on Tom Ford's departure from Gucci, there were other transitions, including Michael Kors, who is moving on after seven years at Céline. His farewell show included an homage to - no surprise - fashion icons of the '50s and '60s, especially Audrey Hepburn. At Givenchy, Welsh designer Julien Macdonald ended what is expected to be his last season after three years with a Hepburn homage of his own. Alexander McQueen, who had been rumored to be taking the creative director's job at Yves Saint Laurent - he turned it down - dazzled with...