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...First Lady's brief address to the crowd of about 100 invited guests did not touch on political issues. She fielded no questions from members of the news media, focusing instead on her appreciation for noted author, playwright and screenwriter David Mamet's new children's book, Henrietta...

Author: By David C. Newman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Lady Attends Book Signing, Avoids Talk of Senate Race | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

Friedman has entertained the Clintons at his Martha's Vineyard home, where the First Couple first met Friedman's pet pig, Henrietta. The pig provided the inspiration for Mamet's children's story as well as for the hotel restaurant--Henrietta's Table--where the book signing took place...

Author: By David C. Newman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Lady Attends Book Signing, Avoids Talk of Senate Race | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...fundraiser is a launch of David Mamet's new children's book Henrietta, about a pig that applies to Harvard Law School. Mamet, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning and Oscar-nominated author and playwright, will read portions of the book...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Lady Schedules Local Visit | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

Friedman is a friend of Mamet's, and the title character of Mamet's book, Henrietta the pig, is named after a pet pig Friedman kept at his Martha's Vineyard estate for many years...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: First Lady Schedules Local Visit | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

Next year Hoffman will portray his first romantic lead in David Mamet's State and Main, opposite Rebecca Pidgeon, but he scoffs at the notion of Hollywood stardom. He will, he says, continue living in New York City, doing theater (he'll make his Broadway debut in a revival of Sam Shepard's True West in February) and worrying about his love life. "I date," he says. "But it's a nightmare. You're traveling all the time. I gotta figure it out, because I want to get married and have kids someday." Listening, Amy? There's still time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing the Margins | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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