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Well, maybe they were what two famous women desired. Maria Eva Ibarguren Duarte de Peron kept her eye on the spotlight, her hand tightening around the cojones of power. And Madonna fought like hell for the right to incarnate, in one of the era's most vivid musical dramas, a woman whose career and notoriety mirror her own: model for steamy photos, singer on the radio, movie actress of disputed pedigree, sexual adventurer. In both these stars one can see the great goad of ambition, the ability to enthrall and outrage. So there's tabloid poetry in the fact that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MADONNA AND EVA PERON: YOU MUST LOVE HER | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...honest. twenty-four percent of eligible voters actually pulled the lever in favor of Bill Clinton. America hasn't seen such limp support since Madonna's Wonderbra was stolen. PAT HESTER Olathe, Kansas Via E-mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 9, 1996 | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

...fashion retailer what he wants Santa to bring, and the wish may well be runaway success for Evita, to be released Christmas Day and starring Madonna. The film captures the glamorous, polished look of the '40s: huge shoulders, nipped-in waist, plenty of accessories. It all adds up to plenty of perchandise. Bloomingdale's will open Evita boutiques in nine stores, and Estee Lauder has whipped up a line of makeup: ruby lipstick and white powder in a frankly made-up look. !Viva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BOUNTY OF HOLIDAY TREATS | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

This is the season of superdivas: Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand and Madonna. Each is starring in a major holiday film (Houston in The Preacher's Wife, Streisand in The Mirror Has Two Faces and Madonna in Evita), and each is featured on the sound track of her film. Houston's Preacher (in stores Nov. 12) represents a change of pace for the mainstream megastar. Half the CD is pop, and half is gospel, a genre that should provide Houston with a vocal challenge worthy of her abilities. Streisand's Mirror (Nov. 12) also offers a mix; it's mostly music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BOUNTY OF HOLIDAY TREATS | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

...beginning of the year, ROSIE O'DONNELL was a stand-up comic best known as a Madonna pal who had been in a few movies and K Mart commercials. Now she has a nice talk show, a nice book deal worth a reputed $3 million, a nice son Parker, and most of the readers of Seventeen thinking she'd be a nice President. Who better for Annie Leibovitz and the folks at Vanity Fair to turn into Glinda the good witch? It's not even her first time in the role. "When I was in the first grade I wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 11, 1996 | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

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