Word: idolator
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...look like they're straight out of some 1930s romantic epic film. Disconcertingly, they're both conscious of this. Michel sports a fedora and a permanent grimace and smokes cigarettes like they're going out of style; he also gazes admiringly at pictures of Bogart and emulates the screen idol's swagger. Belmondo perfectly conveys the desperation of this character who looks and thinks like a big-time gangster nut is really just a two-bit crook...
With her second album, Fat City, Shawn Colvin earns entry into this august group. For a start, she has a gorgeous voice that ranges from the jazz phrasing of Anita O'Day to the girlish soprano of primal folkie Carolyn Hester. Like her idol Joni Mitchell, whose husband Larry Klein produced the album, Colvin paints delicate word landscapes of analysand wonderlands. Like Carpenter, who sings backup on the anthemic Climb On (A Back That's Strong), Colvin, 32, has paid beaucoup dues, working the Manhattan folk scene for more than a decade, in between gigs singing jingles and touring...
...Obviously I see many dancers, but I don't have any idol in particular. I just want to do what they do--strictly classical ballet, although a lot of companies are requiring a more rounded dancing experience, more modern dance and stuff...
Harvard's Buildings and Grounds workers washed and rewaxed the statue yesterday morning, restoring it to its original pristine condition--but not before the newly painted idol had elicited a few puzzled looks from passersby...
When can I say? I've been your most loyal fan. I have all your albums, all your biographies and videotapes of all your world tours. You were my idol. But, also, no longer. It hurts me to say it--more than it hurts you, I'm sure--but I'm bailing out. After all these years, you've disappointed me. So I thought I'd write to tell...