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This is not a shrewd movie-star-in-training move. Let's forget the fact that Broadway is brutal--the hours, the critics, the repetition. The show itself is an extremely risky venture. It's the life story of Peter Allen, who had maybe five well-known songs to his name, the most popular of which, I Go to Rio, he performed in a top with big flouncy sleeves. Allen's bio has a few points of interest. Despite being weapons-grade gay, he married Liza Minnelli. Despite coming from the Australian outback, he headlined in Vegas, won an Oscar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Is That You, Wolverine? | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

...time. I'm acutely aware I'm putting a lot on the line." Jackman is not unfamiliar with the stage. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his role as Curly in the West End production of Oklahoma! in 1998. But Oz's success relies heavily--as did Peter Allen's--on charm. Luckily, charm is Jackman's long suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Is That You, Wolverine? | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

...going to the creditors. If they are not here now, I'm sure they will be here in a minute." DBC Pierre, a.k.a. Peter Finlay, winner of the 2003 Booker Prize , on the fate of his $83,635 award...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

Making light of the death threats, Fredriksen says, “I felt nervous because I was on Peter Jennings and they had a shot of me walking my golden retriever. I don’t think Mel would kill a golden retriever but I had that thought that I might be endangering his life...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scholars Challenge Gibson's 'Passion' | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

Equally wary of the bloody history of the passion play is Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, who teaches Religion 42, “The Christian Bible and Its Interpretations,” and ministers at Memorial Church...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scholars Challenge Gibson's 'Passion' | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

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