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...wake of his almost insolent success--first-time author at 38 and icon of literary chic by 41--it has proved as easy to demystify him as it was to crown him. "Only the bizarre or trifling really appeals to him," a school report had complained, and Chatwin habitually acted as if there was nothing wrong with the truth that a little storytelling couldn't fix. When he lost his notes in Africa, he reported that a family of monkeys had stolen them while he'd looked on, transfixed. When he contracted AIDS, he told even his closest friends that...
...world championships. In Landry's 29 years at the helm, Dallas won 13 division championships and had 20 consecutive winning seasons. His team became America's team. On Saturday night, after having undergone treatment for leukemia over the past nine months, he passed away in Dallas. He remains an icon of control and loyalty...
...Felicia's Journey also differed from Egoyan's other endeavors in that it was handled by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions, and thus was the first Atom Egoyan film to have a firm Hollywood connection. The director is quick to point out, however, that the difference in funding did nothing to change his style or approach to storytelling. "Mel was very great about it," Egoyan says. "I had the freedom to tell the story exactly how I wanted to tell it and never felt the slightest pressure to make the film more marketable or viewer-friendly. Although Felicia's Journey...
After endorsing cologne, cereal and sneakers over the course of his NBA career, basketball icon Michael Jordan finally plunged into the political field last week by endorsing a candidate for President of the United States...
...technology recently led to the introduction of slogans like "Page Me," "Fax Me," "E-mail Me" and "Be My Icon...