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...However, Poehler claims she didn’t use any figure skating greats as inspiration for her character, Fairchild van Waldenberg.“I based my character more on, like, a great Bond villain,” she says, explaining that Waldenberg is not your typical teen skating queen.“What I did think about was prima ballerinas and ice queens, like really rich mothers. And also, like, super villains, where from the outside they look very together and inside, they’re kind of like maniacal crazy people,” she says.BEAN TOWN...
...melodies now seem stale, and serve as deterrents to new listeners he hasn’t yet won over. Songs like “Colleen” are inescapable on the new album. Boringly poppy, they are plagued by lyrics like, “Colleen / Never to be crowned queen / Never an evergreen / Floating above the scene / Still as a figurine / Expression is so serene / But I know it makes you scream.” In times past, Leo’s lyrics revealed their subtleties slowly, offering the greatest of musical rewards—that is, for those...
Other Tudor-era folk are getting their moment in the sun too. In this fall's The Golden Age, Cate Blanchett reprises her role as the steely Queen from 1998's Elizabeth. The very busy Johansson is scheduled to start filming a biopic of Mary Queen of Scots this summer. Even Sting is getting in on the Tudor buzz, popping up on chat shows with a lute to promote Songs from the Labyrinth, a CD of tunes by 16th century composer John Dowland. And fat Henry hasn't been left out. A just-closed exhibit of work by the King...
...being a female in a boys' club, Elizabeth was way ahead of her time. "She's the model of female rule in a male-dominated society," Beem says. "Elizabeth was the master of taking female traits and turning them into successful strategies for leading. She was King and Queen at the same time. She became one of the best diplomats of the 16th century by flirting with ambassadors. She saw it as great...
...destroyed the World Trade Center. New York City's worst catastrophe was Giuliani's finest hour, and the worldwide acclaim he received gave his start-up company instant momentum. Firms lined up to buy the advice, credibility and connections of a man who had been knighted (honorary) by the Queen of England, hailed as "Rudy the Rock" by the President of France and chosen as TIME's Person of the Year...