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DIED. TROY DONAHUE, 65, hunky, fleetingly adored studio star of the late '50s and early '60s; of a heart attack; in Santa Monica, Calif. The blond, blue-eyed onetime Columbia University journalism student catapulted to matinee-idol status with a lead role in the 1959 teen love story A Summer Place, opposite Sandra Dee. Donahue abused drugs and drink as his career declined in the 1970s, but sobered up before appearing in such low-budget films as Bad Blood (1989) and John Waters' Cry-Baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 17, 2001 | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...solo album has also weathered a few delays; it finally hit music stores last week. He downplays any major problems or obstacles, continuing to speak optimistically about Jubilee, Jane's Addiction and, yes, sexy party jah. "I've set myself up nicely," he says. "I didn't buy into idol worship. Or worshipping myself and becoming idle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Anything But Peripheral | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...That stubborness doesn't stop Arroyo from making new allies. Since taking office in January, Arroyo has taken time to get to know her generals and regional brigade commanders. She is mindful of the seven failed coup attempts against her idol, Cory Aquino. Her schmoozing paid off, she claims, after pro-Estrada supporters tried to turn a May 2 protest against the arrest of the ex-President into an uprising against Arroyo. "Everything was in place for this coup," she says about the spring plot, "except the military component." These threats have subsided, Arroyo claims, "but we have to remain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power and Gloria | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...year-old Taiwanese seductress has made no less than 45 movies. One of her first, Sex and Zen II, is a soft-porn classic, the Emmanuel of Asia. Two of her films just debuted amid the incomparable glare of Cannes: Millennium Mambo and Beijing Rocks. Hong Kong singer-cine idol Leslie Cheung calls Shu Qi a "sex goddess." (And Cheung knows something about being adored by the crowd.) Chinese director Yonfan is even more gushing: "I think of Catherine Deneuve," he says. "A lady daring enough to do different roles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shu Perstar! | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...scene is a posh hotel room. The mission? To destroy at least 12 things in your suite before collapsing in a drunken stupor. That's what rock stars do, right? And now, thanks to MTV's first broadband interactive channel, idol emulation is moving way beyond strumming an air guitar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Soon: Me TV | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

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