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...film “The Queen,” which depicted the royal family in the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death, director Stephen Frears proved that a movie could successfully depict current political leaders in an intimate way. Whereas “The Queen” boasted a fresh take on the dynamics of the royal family, “W.” is an uninspired and muddled one-man show. It’s neither terrible nor particularly good. Stone may want the audience to wonder why and how this man is President...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...once referred to the members of Nazi Germany's Waffen SS as deserving of as much honor as any German soldier, and who praised Hitler's employment policies. But the emotion and media frenzy around his death, which Hofer compares to England's trauma over the passing of Princess Diana, has distracted people from Haider's far-right legacy. Haider's party will contest elections in the province of Carinthia next spring. Few observers doubt that the party will use Haider's face on campaign posters. And few doubt that, reports of the circumstances around his death notwithstanding, the party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Austrian Far-Right Leader Haider Outed in Death? | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...There was no fraud involved. This person is a dead fish.' BETH NUDELMAN, a Chicago resident, after her deceased goldfish Princess received voter-registration forms in the mail; the family once jokingly filled in the pet's name when it got a second phone line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...infamous worst-dressed list, made a name for himself not with his own creations but by skewering those sported by celebs on the red carpet. In addition to Madonna, Blackwell famously knocked Camilla Parker Bowles as "the Duchess of Dowdy" and even put the newly married Diana, Princess of Wales, at the top of his list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Blackwell | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...Japan all told versions of the tale, long before it was published by France’s Charles Perrault in 1697. Many years later, the Brothers Grimm’s Aschenputtel was transformed by Walt Disney, wicked fairy godfather that he was, into the blonde and beautiful cerulean gowned princess that we all know today. Not one to stay behind the times, ballet jumped on the bandwagon in 1893 with a debut of a version by that legendary deity of traditional 19th century ballet, Marius Petipa, choreographed for St. Petersburg’s Maryinsky Ballet. Premieres...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cinderella Puts On Her Ballet Slippers | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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