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Violence, debauchery, popes, emperors, gods, martyrs, a cardinal's mistress - Titian's work encompassed them all. He had talent to burn and his sensuous paintings were a must-have for the élite of Renaissance Europe. Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) became Venice's official painter in 1516, and was top in Europe until his death in 1576 aged (he claimed) ninetysomething. "Titian," a banquet of his major works harvested from leading European and American galleries, can be savored at London's National Gallery from Feb. 19 through May 18, and - in slightly different form - at the Prado, Madrid, from June...
...career for his role as a hardened journalist in this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel. The film, set in 1950s Vietnam, pits Caine against Brendan Fraser’s undercover American spy as Fraser vies for the affections of Caine’s Vietnamese mistress (Do Thi Hai Yen). Fraser’s intervention in the romance is intended to parallel the film’s other plot—a commentary on the early American efforts to eradicate communism in Vietnam. Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons) and Robert Schenkkan adapt Greene’s book, while Phillip...
...career for his role as a hardened journalist in this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel. The film, set in 1950s Vietnam, pits Caine against Brendan Fraser’s undercover American spy as Fraser vies for the affections of Caine’s Vietnamese mistress (Do Thi Hai Yen). Fraser’s intervention in the romance is intended to parallel the film’s other plot—a commentary on the early American efforts to eradicate communism in Vietnam. Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons) and Robert Schenkkan adapt Greene’s book, while Phillip...
...ACQUITTED. ROLAND DUMAS, 80, former French Foreign Minister convicted in 2001 for accepting lavish gifts from oil company Elf Aquitaine through his mistress; in Paris. Dumas, who received such presents as a $1,500 pair of boots, was sentenced to six months in jail. But the appeals court ruled there was no proof he knew the gifts were bribes. His mistress, Christine Deviers-Joncour, and Elf-Aquitaine's then-president are in jail...
...writer is current ballet mistress and former director of the Harvard Ballet Company...