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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kid Gets the Picture | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dreamy Couture in Paris | 7/3/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina's New Evita? | 7/2/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Yao the NBA Cheers Yi | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Assassination: Did the Mob Kill J.F.K.? | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

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