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Then the Kennedy clan arrived for what Senator Teddy called a "traditional Easter weekend" at the white stucco oceanfront mansion his father bought from Rodman Wanamaker in 1933. This year the weekend included a Good Friday night outing for the Senator, his son Patrick and nephew William Kennedy Smith at Au Bar, the club of the moment, where a mixture of old money, European quasi- royalty, young model-waitresses and the occasional male in a leather miniskirt boogie to loud music. Ted Kennedy sipped his usual, Chivas Scotch, until closing time at 3:30 a.m., when the three men returned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kennedy Boys' Night Out | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

...life. His father Christopher has appeared in off-Broadway plays; his aunt is Bonnie Bedelia, who played Harrison Ford's wife in Presumed Innocent; and three of his five siblings are actors (the other two are too young). Culkin's biggest previous role was as John Candy's nephew in 1989's Uncle Buck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Home Alone Breaks Away | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

TUNE IN TOMORROW. Like the soap operas it parodies, this broad comedy teases more than it delivers in its tale of a blowsy woman (Barbara Hershey), her avid nephew (Keanu Reeves) and a radio writer (Peter Falk) who loves mischief and hates Albanians. A savory score by Wynton Marsalis, though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics Voices: Nov. 12, 1990 | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

Professional educators blanch at the movement's expansion, and as the trend increases, their concerns rise about the quality of such instruction. Bruce Wheeler, an industrial-arts teacher in Wilton, N.H., frets about his nephew Solon Sadoway's progress. "This is a hit-or-miss effort," he says. "If he doesn't learn something, nobody notices." "If you need a license to cut hair," argues Donald Bemis, state supervisor of public instruction in Michigan, "you should have one to mold a kid's mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Schooling Kids at Home | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

Unfortunately, moments of annoyance abound in Rameau's Nephew, and most of them arise because of the American Repertory Theatre's obsessive need to demonstrate its technical prowess. But such moments cannot detract from the skillfull direction, inspired acting, and sharp dialogue which characterize Rameau's Nephew. It's an engaging bit of satire, one which decisively proves the wisdom of Bob Dylan's old adage that "Money doesn't talk, it swears...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Rameau's Nephew: Brilliant Invective | 9/28/1990 | See Source »

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