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...actresses. "From very early on," he says, "I wanted to do movies without any guys." Films like Peking Opera Blues, Green Snake and The Lovers are romantic but oddly reticent--like Tsui. "He's sensitive to women but frightened of expressing emotion," says his wife and producing partner, Shi Nan-sun. "In his films, it seems he's going all the way, and then he doesn't press the button. In real life, he never tells anyone he loves them, never cuddles or kisses them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Makes Movies Move | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...well." Strong Man Bao: "Fights recurring back aches, depression, degeneration and impotency." Chinese Dragon Tonic: "Battles impotence, lassitude, amnesia and cold pain of the waist and knees." And, finally, Sinphar Supra Softgels: "Make yourself powerful during active sex!" After a few moments I opted for the "fast-acting" Nan Shi Xin Bao spray, a local anaesthetic to prolong coitus, and the high, focused promise of the Sinphar Supra Softgels. I started to explain to the attractive woman at the counter that I was a journalist writing a story, but I broke off in mid-sentence. She looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up All Night Long | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...starring Helen Gallagher) and dozens of female impersonators, the deep-voiced diva is back in no fewer than three plays. Tovah Feldshuh is the star and co-author of Tallulah Hallelujah!, an off-Broadway play in the form of a fictional USO show with Bankhead as host. Nan Schmid, formerly of the Second City improv troupe, wrote and stars in Dahling, in which eight actors portray more than 40 characters in Bankhead's life. And Kathleen Turner, last seen as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate in London, is touring the country in a Broadway-bound, one-woman show called (three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Tallulah Times Three | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...Nan Ellis, my 75-year-old sister, left Boston and flew out to Columbus, Ohio, and got a $50-a-day room and worked to get out the vote. I called the other day and was told, 'She's in the middle of something.' I said just tell her that her brother called. It's these kinds of little things that finally mean so much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: A Dad Reflects On His Family | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...Nan Ellis, my 75-year-old sister, left Boston and flew out to Columbus, Ohio, and got a $50-a-day room and worked to get out the vote. I called the other day and was told, ?She's in the middle of something.' I said just tell her that her brother called. It's these kinds of little things that finally mean so much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dad Reflects on His Family | 11/11/2000 | See Source »

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