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...grown up with in the Peoria, Ill., ghetto, where his grandmother ran whorehouses. And he dragged the culture along with him. His comedy albums--starting with his 1974 masterpiece That Nigger's Crazy--were best sellers and won five Grammys. He pioneered a new genre, the feature-length comedy concert, with his 1979 film Richard Pryor: Live in Concert. He was a hit in more traditional films too, winning an Oscar nomination for his nervy performance as Piano Man in the Billie Holiday biography Lady Sings the Blues, pairing with Gene Wilder in buddy comedies like Silver Streak and Stir...
...herself with bespoke heels and ballerina shoes fashioned from colorful organic hides. Also new (in fact, the paint is barely dry at her tiny atelier) is Evangeline Van Niekerk, the proprietor of Krefeld, tel: (49-40) 3483 0859. Van Niekerk's first collection comprises stenciled knit shirts and knee-length corduroy skirts...
...Most of the professors who signed the open letter in September were hesitant to discuss the King appointment at length this week, saying they were unfamiliar with King and had not had a chance to reflect on the decision. But several of the signatories sounded a positive tone...
...laptop balanced on the dashboard. He acknowledges that he could get a car with a built-in system, “but then it wouldn’t be a ’91 Volvo.” This summer, before med school, he wants to drive the entire length of Interstate...
...Killing them, he says, has unintended consequences. "It's bound to try a man's soul, so it was very important to me to show Avner struggling to keep his soul intact." (The moviemakers would not reveal the identity of the real Avner, whom they talked to at length during their research. In Spielberg's opinion, though, his soul was tried too much. "I don't think he will ever find peace...