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...Female Perversions. Lynn Hershman-Leeson cast her as Lord Byron's daughter Ada King, who devised an early computer, in Conceiving Ada, and, in Teknolust, as a geneticist who makes three copies of herself (you must see the trio dance together in kimonos). But it was Sally Potter's Orlando, which Swinton helped raise the money for, that won the actress her sturdiest pre-Hollywood acclaim...
...this 1993 rethinking of the Virginia Woolf novel, Swinton plays Lord Orlando, a gallant 16th century nobleman whom Queen Elizabeth awards a stately manor, on one condition: "Do not fade, do not wither, do not grow old." Over his 400-year life, Orlando is a man, then a woman, then a bit of both - the two sexes evolved into one. Swinton had played men before: she was Mozart in a production of Pushkin's Mozart and Salieri, and in the play and film Man to Man she was a woman in Nazi Germany who assumes her dead husband's identity...
Time-shares allow buyers to lock in the cost of future vacations, which makes them appealing to budget-minded travelers, and they're a less expensive alternative to buying a second home. Las Vegas, Hawaii and Orlando, Fla., have seen the biggest buildup in inventory and are therefore the places most susceptible to discounting...
Darden Restaurants Inc., a firm based in Orlando, Fla., that runs nearly 1,800 Olive Gardens, Red Lobsters and other outlets, continues to dish out $100,000 in annual cash support to the local ballet, a 35-year-old outfit whose budget is under pressure. "Darden has been gold to us, absolute gold," gushes Sibille Pritchard, the Orlando Ballet's loquacious president, "when the climate for the arts is tough, very tough." Notes Darden spokesman Bob McAdam: "You can't give up on the arts. They're essential to the general welfare of the community...
...Saints last year before the start of the season to join Lawrie floating in the free agent pool.Penn’s Ben Noll is on the practice squad for the Detroit Lions, while Brown alum Chas Gessner, after getting released by the Seahawks, signed with the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League, where he scored three touchdowns in their playoff loss to the Cleveland Gladiators.Princeton’s Ross Tucker is, in my opinion, the consummate Ivy Leaguer. After getting cut by the Redskins, Tucker took up journalism and writes occasionally for SI.com. He also sometimes hosts...