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...Vietnam-vet father and a hippie-ballerina mother with a bum knee. "My family's lineage is five generations of artists who never made it," LaBeouf says. His first name, which rhymes with hi-ya, was the name of his maternal grandfather, a Catskills comic. His last name, pronounced La-Buff, is a name shared with his paternal grandmother, a Beatnik poet...
...house of Dior a rocking 60th anniversary salute with an over-the-top high drama collection that included 45 supermodels, each decked out as a vision of an artist who had somehow touched Christian Dior's life and spirit. Linda Evangelista in an evocative deep wine taffeta dress a la Caravaggio. Naomi Campbell inspired by Alma-Tadema. There was a pink confection that looked right out of a Fragonard, Amber Valetta in pale blue, a portrait of Renoir. Each dress more elaborate and evocative than the first. Galliano called it a Bal des Artistes, in keeping with Dior's great...
...Kirchner, or "Cristina" as she is known in the media and as she is referred to by her fellow Peronists, will formally launch her candidacy at a rally on July 19 in her native city of La Plata. That will end a year of rumor and speculation during which the Kirchners refused to comment on which of the two of them would run for the presidency...
...China - he was 6'3"? by the time he was 12, when he played in his first basketball game - to the brink of stardom quietly delights the powers behind the global sports marketing machine that the NBA has become, because they helped get "The Big Yi"? (pronounced "E", a la the nickname of hall of fame forward Elvin Hayes) where he is today...
...former airline pilot who had publicly berated Kennedy for the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. In 1955 Ferrie headed a New Orleans squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. One of his cadets was Oswald. Some witnesses thought they saw the two together in Clinton, La., in September...