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...center of a circle of bright, successful friends -- a post- Beatles hipster Algonquin Table that cellularly convenes to muse and amuse. She survives the mottled curse of fame by fostering deep, intimate friendships. Her coterie ranges from her ex's 18-year-old son to a 71-year-old psychiatrist and includes director Penny Marshall, comic philosopher Albert Brooks, actor Richard Dreyfuss, musicians Don Henley and J.D. Souther, and many more...
...former dancers at New York City Ballet. One, Gelsey Kirkland's angry, vengeful Dancing on My Grave (1986), made the best-seller lists. This year brings a slight but more genial coda from Kirkland and the memoir the dance world has been waiting for, from Mr. B.'s last muse, Suzanne Farrell...
Robert Taylor, who ran Minnetonka, knew she had what he desperately needed. The Calvin Klein line had no marketing strategy, wretched relations with stores and a disgusted muse, Klein himself. In fact the designer refused to meet Burns for several months, but she went about her job anyway. To her the Obsession launch remains the high point of her professional life. She had, as usual, put together a team that was superenergized and fanatically devoted. Kim Delsing, Burns' successor as Calvin Klein president, says, "It was like the kids running the zoo. Robin had the ability to let her mind...
...will his new duds look like thrift-shop entries? Of course not. Henderson's facility lies in translation, turning mid-century nostalgia into '90s gear. And he will be prowling Manhattan in search of his next muse. Or maybe exploring his personal Shangri-La, which he pinpoints as "somewhere between Carmel and Big Sur. I'd fly in. There'd be a little sports car, a couple of horses. I could see that." As he well may -- sooner than later...
...stop him. When not singing or acting, Blades unwinds by painting watercolors ("mostly faces") or reading (George Orwell and Hunter S. Thompson). His goals include writing and directing a film set in Panama, making a documentary feature and recording an all-instrumental album. Meanwhile Blades' fearless muse is once again pointing him toward uncharted musical waters. "I already know something is brewing," he says. "Some people will be surprised." And a few more walls will come tumbling down...