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Being on trial for murder is a hair-raising experience, no doubt about it. So let's all forgive PHIL SPECTOR for the 'fro he sported in court last week, where the storied pop-music producer stands accused of having shot actress Lana Clarkson at his home in 2003. (The high heels he wore to court are less explicable.) The judge decided to allow testimony from four women claiming that Spector--who in better days worked with the likes of the Beatles--threatened them with guns. The defense called the accusations completely untrue and said the women were just seeking...
Like Nixon, Morrow sometimes lets his own internal monologue loose. He spends five puzzling pages comparing Nixon to the actress and sex-symbol Lana Turner, of all people, arguing that they both “were isolated, manipulative, calculating, detached.” Even Morrow acknowledges that the overlong exercise is “on the face of it, a preposterous and frivolous comparison,” and the narrative flow, which is interrupted by a mini-biography of Turner, would have benefited from its absence. At times, the book feels more like a biographical pastiche of famous figures rather...
...little chance of winning. But the referendum could succeed even though most Topekans, including those who signed the referendum petition, say they oppose the Phelpses' tactics. "A lot of people don't outwardly agree with what Phelps is doing, but behind the scenes they do," says Republican state representative Lana Gordon. --By Eric Roston
...Lakeville, Connecticut. In between frequent retirements, the "King of Swing" recorded such hits as Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive, Moonglow and Dancing in the Dark with his eponymous big band and the Grammercy Five. A brainy and sometimes irascible perfectionist who was married eight times (including to Lana Turner and Ava Gardner), Shaw had little patience for the music business, which he quit for good...
...Goodman, Shaw was more adventurous, rejecting formulas to experiment with instrumentation and arrangements. Between frequent retirements, he recorded with his eponymous Big Band, the Gramercy Five and other groups, producing such hits as Frenesi, Star Dust and Summit Ridge Drive. A sometimes irascible perfectionist who had eight wives (including Lana Turner and Ava Gardner), he had little patience for the music business, which he quit for good...