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Neck bare, I stood stage right watching the shiny medallion glint against her gown. I’m a has-been, last year’s queen, all washed up. But thinking about all the preparation and all the appearances Theresa has ahead of her, life post-title doesn’t seem...
Acres of flowers, cards and teddy bears quickly began piling up outside Diana's home at Kensington Palace. But the outpouring of grief seemed to catch the royal family off guard, and it took almost a week before the Queen declared admiration for her erstwhile daughter-in-law. Yet Diana had left an indelible mark on the Windsor clan. In the days, weeks and years since, the once staid monarchy has continued to strive for that common touch that made Diana the people's princess. --By Anita Hamilton
...year-old gymnast became queen of the Montreal Games by making history as the first to rate a perfect score in the Olympics--on the uneven bars, punctuated by a backwards half-twist dismount. She followed with a perfect score on the balance beam. The Forum, normally filled with raucous French Canadian hockey fans, was instead roaring with appreciation for a 4-ft. 11-in., 86-lb. Romanian who would finish the Games with seven perfect 10s, three gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Comaneci launched a thousand gymnastics clubs that night...
...which made about $75 million at the box office--has already spawned several spin-offs. And since women's haircuts cost much more than men's, it makes a sort of sense that three of the spin-offs feature women. The producers behind the original are in talks with QUEEN LATIFAH, left, to star in Beauty Shop. In May comedian MO'NIQUE, upper right, will begin work on another movie with the same title. And filming for Nora's Hair Salon, with JENIFER LEWIS, lower right, started last week in Los Angeles. Make room, Meg Ryan; a new chick flick...
...Tanks with nicknames such as Carnivore and Prom Queen roll into the first hamlet, and the Marines fan out, searching houses. A loudspeaker blasts a message in Arabic: Stay in your houses. We are here to help. "This is a place taken out of thousands of years ago when Jesus was walking the earth still," says Corporal Omar Monge, 20, driver for the battalion commander, Lieut. Colonel Bryan P. McCoy. A village elder approaches the battalion translator. Tell everyone not to be scared, he is told. But tell them if they shoot one bullet they will be very scared...