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...AWARDED. CLAIRE TOMALIN, 69, British biographer, the 2002 Whitbread book-of-the-year award and its purse of $48,000, for Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, a portrait of the 17th-century patrician playboy and diarist; in London. Tomalin beat her husband, novelist and playwright Michael Frayn, who won the best-novel prize for his thriller Spies...
...Tiffany topped the charts with hits like I Think We're Alone Now, but Simon Fuller imagines her back onstage singing her heart out to a whole new audience--one he has created. At the advanced age of 31, Tiffany has been trying to create buzz (even undressing for Playboy) without much success. But would she take part in a TV talent contest for faded stars--one like American Idol, last summer's smash hit, but with the added pathos of careers in decline? The grand prize would be a recording contract and perhaps the start of a comeback. Tiffany...
...alone company competing on a global level," says Gareth Williams, an auto analyst at Actinvest. "It needs a very strong alliance and a very strong partner." Making Fiat into a worldwide brand ensured Agnelli a prominent spot in 20th century entrepreneurial history, a status that goes beyond tales of playboy jaunts and ambassadorial confidences. In 1966, the then 45-year-old Agnelli, often called l'Avvocato (the lawyer, for his legal training) took over Fiat after two decades of backstage service at the company his grandfather and namesake founded in 1899. But now, handpicked by grandpa, the lanky World...
...know who she is," says housemate and former teen idol Corey Feldman in the debut episode. "She's not part of our society." "I felt like she didn't belong here--maybe because she was from a reality show," says roomie Brande Roderick (Baywatch Hawaii star and Playboy Playmate), disappointed that Manthey wasn't Robin Givens, whom Manthey replaced at the last minute...
...world's leaders, Kim, 60, may be the most strange, despite his effort in recent years to appear less so. Before he ascended to power, when his predecessor and father Kim Il Sung died in 1994, he was regarded outside North Korea as something of a joke--a pampered playboy who, with his Mao-era leisure suits, puffed-up coiffure and shoe lifts, would likely falter in his father's footsteps. Though he's maintained his singular sense of style, Kim has lessened his reputation for kookiness. The first time the outside world got a good look...