Word: princess
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...emblematic of this never-never year that the movies were upstaged not by stars like the newly slender Robert De Niro, the long-haired Mel Gibson or the wasp-waisted (and pathologically tardy) Elizabeth Taylor, but by that Ruritanian dazzler Princess Diana (called "Lay-dee Dee" by the French), escorted by her Prince. Yet even the royals could not dodge the toxic waft of melancholy. On the day of their visit, French TV announced the death of Rita Hayworth, whose signature film Gilda had played at Cannes' first postwar festival, in 1946. The news was a poignant reminder that...
...40th Cannes Film Festival, the best show is offscreen, as celebs like Princess Di and Supersvelte Liz steal the limelight...
GRACE: THE SECRET LIVES OF A PRINCESS...
From their "For Non-Blacks" bench, the two white figures ogle after Bridget, whom they call an "African princess." With their spirited readings of such lines as "Oooohwhee!!" and "I hears you," Barr and Chavez consistently overact, and their larger-than-life gestures and exaggerated Southern accents make them offensive caricatures...
Finally there is the Margot Fonteyn problem. She was an incandescent Princess Aurora, and when she appeared in the role during the Sadler's Wells Ballet's American tour in 1949, she stole the nation's heart, sending thousands of youngsters to the barre. There are no Fonteyns available right now, no one with her ineffable mix of youthful poetry, gaiety and ever so ladylike sexiness. Still, audiences and critics alike, including many people who surely cannot have seen Fonteyn in the role, continue to compare all other interpretations with hers. So what is a ballet troupe...