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Most Exotic Accent: A tie, between the obscure one used by Robin Williams as an obstetrician in Nine Months and the Italianate vocalizing of Meryl Streep as the lonely wife romanced by Clint Eastwood in The Bridges of Madison County...
...fame hierarchy because they possess an ethereal allure missing since the '40s and '50s. "I couldn't ever picture Joan Crawford going to the supermarket to buy soap," notes Pauline Bernatchez, who runs the 24-year-old Parisian modeling agency Pauline's, "but I could easily envision Meryl Streep doing it with her children. Models seem more untouchable. People need glamour; they need to dream." Says designer Isaac Mizrahi: "When my mother was a little girl, she wanted to grow up and be Rita Hayworth or a ballerina. Now all the little girls want to be Linda Evangelista or Naomi...
...return calls from the President's study next to the Oval Office. But it's hard to take someone seriously when she can belt out Memory from Cats. Someone has to answer for all that liberal silliness--Jessica Lange testifying on farm policy after starring in Country or Meryl Streep testifying that traces of the pesticide Alar could be harmful to apple juice-swilling children. Her wealth, high visibility and long fingernails make her a much more attractive target than gray leaders of industries who hold forth on things they know nothing about. But that's not enough to explain...
...MICHELLE PFEIFFER to the list of actresses who will never belt the words Don't Cry for Me, Argentina. Pfeiffer rejected the role of Eva Peron in the much delayed screen version of Evita because she wanted to spend time with her new family. Madonna and Meryl Streep had also been considered to play the wife of Argentine dictator Juan Peron. New possibilities include Patricia Arquette, star of A Nightmare on Elm Street...
...follows in the illustrious footsteps ofprevious Woman of the Year recipients LucilleBall, Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Taylor and KatharineHepburn since the award's creation in 1951. MegRyan received the honor last year...