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Troy's other obsession involves death: Even from the opening scene he tries to deny its inevitability. Ultimately, death pervades his whole life, first through his mistress's death and eventually...

Author: By Mary-beth A. Muchmore, | Title: Excellent 'Fences' Production Knows No Boundaries | 3/6/1997 | See Source »

...example, at one point Troy nearly blames his wife Rose for driving him to seek a mistress, but at the same time feels bad about the situation and apologizes. Even as he alienates his friends and family--his wife, his two sons, his best friend Bono (Ian Christopher Hunt '99)--he is insecure. Covering a challenging range of emotions, Bryant successfully portrays all his character's complexities and nuances...

Author: By Mary-beth A. Muchmore, | Title: Excellent 'Fences' Production Knows No Boundaries | 3/6/1997 | See Source »

GENNIFER FLOWERS An affair to regret. She's the First Mistress of a new pay-as-you-go cybersex Website...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 17, 1997 | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...slyly humorous. As with Bernini or Titian, one stands in awe of his sheer fecundity. And he could be very witty--in a discreet way. His early Apelles Painting Campaspe, c. 1726-27, shows a familiar story from Pliny: the Greek artist Apelles made a portrait of Campaspe, the mistress of Alexander the Great, which so pleased Alexander that when it was finished, he kept the painting and gave Campaspe herself to the artist. In the painting Tiepolo is Apelles, at the easel; the woman posing as Campaspe is Tiepolo's wife, Cecilia Guardi; Alexander is just an extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: VENETIAN VIRTUOSO: GIAMBATTISTA TIEPOLO | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

...whole ordeal of making the film seems to have produced--dare we say it?--yet another Madonna, softer, more chastened. Or maybe just more calculated. The former shock mistress brought tears to Oprah Winfrey's studio audience when she described feeling her baby kicking on Mother's Day. Department stores may be pushing the dolled-up "Evita look," but Madonna has switched to pastel colors, soft makeup and a demure, Catholic-schoolgirl hairstyle. (She donned the Evita look for the film's Hollywood premiere, but otherwise, she says, "it's something for special occasions. You're not going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAD FOR EVITA | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

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