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...Earthsea has won the Newbery Silver Medal and four separate Children's Book of the Year awards. More than three million copies of her books are in print, and they include children's stories, poetry collections, and even a guide to writing that analyzes authors like Mark Twain, Jane Austen, J. R. R. Tolkien, and her favorite, Virginia Woolf...
ALANIS MORISSETTE may be rich, but a kind act is still a kind act. Last Tuesday Morissette's friend Paul Gorman called to tell her that the Broadway play he scored, Jane Eyre, was closing despite its five recent Tony nominations. The next day Morissette, who attended Jane Eyre's opening night as Gorman's date, called back. Says Gorman: "Alanis says, 'Listen, I have this idea. What if I gave you guys a chunk of money and we took a bunch of underprivileged kids who have never seen a Broadway musical before to come see the show...
...happen." In hindsight, is it so surprising that the couple didn't last? She was only 23 when they married. Since then, she has tried to define herself?and has succeeded in charming the critics?by working with fiercely independent directors like Gus Van Sant (To Die For) and Jane Campion (The Portrait of a Lady) and appearing onstage in David Hare's The Blue Room...
HOSPITALIZED. JANE SWIFT, 36, acting Republican Governor of Massachusetts, eight months into her pregnancy with twins; with early contractions; in Boston. Though Swift plans to continue running the state from bed, the Governor's Council voted 5 to 3 to ask the state supreme court about the constitutionality of her attending official meetings by speaker phone...
...this supremely satisfying CD, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, with the help of four jazz divas, pays tribute to the music of songwriting great Jimmy McHugh. Diana Krall whisks in like winter, offering a chilly, elegant take on the title song; newcomer Jane Monheit is spring, with a dewy rendition of Too Young to Go Steady; Dianne Reeves' summery I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me offers gentle warmth; and Cassandra Wilson's autumnal Sunny Side of the Street is laden with loss but colored with beautiful hues. Blanchard blows his way through these songs with charming, restrained...