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...Little T&A - Rolling Stones 2. Here, There and Everywhere - Beatles 3. Big Ten Inch Record - Aerosmith 4. Love Child - Supremes 5. Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley 6. Wild Horses - Rolling Stones 7. Song for America - Kansas 8. If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman 9. I Will - Beatles 10. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-Time Top Ten: The Readers Give Us an Earful | 7/13/2000 | See Source »

...Billy Wilder (The Fortune Cookie). But he didn't need good writing to be funny. Born Walter Matuchanskayasky, he had a posture designed by Rube Goldberg and a lovely snarl of a voice that cut like a foreclosure notice. That got him small, dark roles (he beat up Elvis Presley in King Creole, took a shot at Audrey Hepburn in Charade) until Wilder and Simon put him above the title. Then he suavely juggled two genres: romantic comedy (A New Leaf, House Calls) and 32 years of grumpy-buddy movies with Jack Lemmon. He had a few weaknesses, but optimism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: WALTER MATTHAU | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...called the name of Lisa Marie Presley's fiance, John Oszajca, "unpronounceable" [PEOPLE, Feb. 14]. But if 40 million people can pronounce the name Oszajca correctly, why can't you? Please don't let your Anglo-Saxon bias impair your ability to pronounce Slavic names, especially Polish ones. Not being able to pronounce a name correctly denigrates and debases not only its bearer but also the country of its origin. Ethnocentricity isn't funny in our rapidly shrinking global village. We all need to make the effort to pronounce names correctly and not make fun of them. Because, frankly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 6, 2000 | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...runs a high risk of being known as Mr. Presley, since he is virtually unknown and his name is unpronounceable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 14, 2000 | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

Last week LISA MARIE PRESLEY, 32, got engaged to JOHN OSZAJCA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 14, 2000 | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

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