Word: lifes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...change in Serena's life, however, will keep tennis fans glued to the little things that go bump on courtside and off. Venus, 19, was supposed to have been the first in the family to become a Grand Slam singles champ. Two years ago, Venus reached the finals of the U.S. Open only to lose badly to Hingis. She had come so close again this year but lost to Hingis in a ferocious semifinal the night before, perhaps wearing out the No. 1-ranked player enough to help Serena win on Saturday. Said Serena: "Venus was so bummed...and that...
Hamlet's old man may have set the standard for stage parents when he swore his son to a career of revenge, and screwed up the boy's life royally. Until recently, the definition of a stage parent was he or she who attempted to satisfy personal ambitions by directing the course of one's progeny, usually toward hell. Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall was driven mad by his father's desire to play vicarious baseball. For Gypsy Rose Lee's obsessed mother, everything was coming up roses "for you and for me," but mostly...
...were captured by photographer-du-jour David LaChapelle. Rice began writing when Anne was hospitalized last December after being found to have diabetes. "I had to get my mind off Mom," he says. He showed his novel to his father, who told him, "This is going to change your life." It seems the transformation has already begun...
...mysterious disease seems to have gripped ER. The show's cast keeps finding strange reasons to leave the top-rated series. First, Sherry Stringfield (Dr. Susan Lewis) quit acting for a "normal life." Then George Clooney (Dr. Doug Ross) checked out to make movies with Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Lopez. (O.K., that's not so strange.) Now GLORIA REUBEN, who plays ailing physician's assistant Jeanie Boulet, has declared she will be leaving after this season's first few episodes to hit the road as a backup singer and dancer for Tina Turner. Reuben, whose character usually ministers to patients...
...hour before the biggest game of his life, Joe Aleffi lay on his back inside the Swarthmore College field house, staring at the ceiling. Aleffi, a senior running back for Swarthmore's football team, the Garnet Tide, had spent the morning listening to Metallica and trying to calm himself. "This is the most excited I've ever been for a game," he said. "I had trouble sleeping last night." Other Swarthmore players nearby strapped on their pads in silence. The night before, one had gone to the center of the field to meditate alone in the darkness...