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...Office. Investigators have combed through Steele's bank, credit and phone records, called her daughter and other family members before the grand jury, questioned her friends and neighbors and subpoenaed her tax accountant twice. They have even been inquiring about the legality of her 1990 adoption of a Romanian orphan. All these moves are apparently intended to determine whether her version of the Willey story was somehow influenced by Clinton allies. Steele says the adoption is legal in both Romania...
...Struthers is not the only one bouncing around the stage. Some of the show's most amusing moments come when 6-year-old Victoria Pontecorvo, who plays the orphan Molly, mischievously mimics Struthers' outlandish antics. Pontecorvo's tiny size and huge smile will immediately win any audience over, and her imitation of Miss Hannigan's drunken walk and fondness for the flask are priceless. "It's the Hard-Knock Life," the orphan's second song, is an adorable synchronized number filled with metal wash-buckets and rags, and choreographer Peter Gennaro wisely capitalizes on the charm of his youngest orphan...
...second scene, however, that another little orphan really comes into her own. Nine-year old Brittany Kissinger is in her second season as Annie, and has a remarkable command of the stage for her years. Kissinger's knobby knees, shaggy bowl cut and slightly crooked teeth make her a refreshingly sincere Annie, with just enough natural charm to make her lovable but not sticky-sweet. It is with this ease that she launchs into "Tomorrow," beginning the song in a conversational tone that briefly masks her vocal power. After the first bars, Kissinger's voice becomes stronger until her clear...
This year's must-have dolls are those of the American Girls Collection, drawn from evocative periods of U.S. history. They include daring slave girl Addy and plucky Victorian orphan Samantha. Each of the six chubby-cheeked dolls comes with a book that tells her story. Though they cost a pocket-puckering $82 apiece, the dolls have won a cultish following among preadolescent girls. Sales reached $287 million last year, up 12% from...
Such geysers of emotion are out of fashion; today's movie children are action figures. Yes, girls too. Madeline (Hatty Jones), the heroine of Ludwig Bemelmans' children's books, is an orphan, but she spends little time pondering her fate. Instead, she does what contemporary movie kids have to do: get into cute trouble. She incites insurrection at the boarding-school dinner table, pontificates on a bridge railing and falls into the Seine, plots to set off firecrackers under the feet of innocent visitors--it is all meant to be super delicious...