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...Floating-world" art was propelled by the rise of Kabuki, a form of theater that began one night in 1603, when a priestess named Okuni performed in Kyoto dressed as a kabukimono, or dissolute samurai. The shogunate soon barred women from the stage, but male actors embodying the expressive new style developed large followings?and eager customers for their portraits. A lively example is Katsukawa Shunsho's The Actors Ichikawa Danzo III and Onoe Tamizo I, in which the two men portray a courtesan and a samurai with an intensity that literally defies gravity. Other ukiyo-e scenes were drawn...
...waiting is over. In the role of Trojan priestess Briseis, who is captured by the Greeks and served as one of "the spoils of war" to Achilles, Byrne acquits herself commendably in the film's only fully fleshed female role (in contrast, Diane Kruger's Helen of Troy parades around like some kind of supermodel, which in fact Kruger was). As for Byrne's love scene with Pitt, nine years of yoga helped with any performance anxiety she might have felt. "It's really important to try and come from a place of relaxation," she explains, "because only...
...attempt to prove that Stewart sold shares in the biotech firm ImClone Systems on the basis of privileged information and then lied to federal investigators about why she sold when she did. Faneuil is the government's key witness and his testimony could ultimately lay low the high priestess of housewares...
...ORLEANS: Sallie Ann Glassman, the city's best-known voodoo high priestess, says she cured herself of breast cancer last month. She promises to heal you of your discomforts?spiritual, physical, psychological and social?starting at $100 a treatment...
...says healer Noelle rose, who claims she can put you in touch with yours. Her clients range from the terminally ill to folks just searching for answers. Sessions in person or over the phone start from $60 New Orleans: Sallie Ann Glassman, the city's best-known voodoo high priestess, says she cured herself of breast cancer last month. She promises to heal you of your discomforts - spiritual, physical, psychological and social - starting at $100 a treatment Hong Kong: A favorite of local celebrities and socialites, ponytailed Peter So Man-fung is a feng shui master who has a propensity...