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Christopher Queen, dean of students for continuing education, said he could not comment on the specific disciplinary action that will be taken against the student, but said that “the charge of misrepresentation is taken very seriously by the [Extension School’s Administrative] Board. Appropriate sanctions may include indefinite suspension from the Extension School...
TIME critic Christopher John Farley interviewed hip-hop superstar Aaliyah shortly before she died last August in a plane crash. This week, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book, Aaliyah: More Than a Woman, Farley looks at her last movie role, as the vampire Akasha in Queen of the Damned, at time.com/sampler...
Just before Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were deposed by the French Revolution, a woman named Jeanne de la Motte-Valois engaged in a historically murky, slightly incomprehensible plot to peddle an elaborate and hugely expensive necklace to the Queen and keep the profits, even though she did not own the jewelry. When she was placed on trial for this crime, much about the decadence and indifference of the monarchy came out and helped swell revolutionary passions among the populace...
...half of the 18th century, was madder than a host of Hamlets. His minders hired an idealistic young physician to take care of him, but when the doctor used his access to the weak-minded King to take control of the nation--and to romance the hot-blooded young Queen--things went very rotten indeed. Enquist, a celebrated Swedish novelist, turns this actual historical incident into an enthralling fable of the temptations of power--and a surprisingly poignant love story...
...OPRAH WINFREY Like Cher and Tiger, she is one of a handful of people whose first name alone guarantees recognition. Winfrey, 47, has ruled as the queen of daytime talk television since the mid-1980s. Her show now airs in 112 countries. Her seal of approval for a book guarantees skyrocketing sales. And last year she pulled off the most successful magazine launch in history. Winfrey's company, HARPO ENTERTAINMENT, includes Internet ventures, rounding out her TV, film and publishing deals. Reigning as the nation's top tastemaker, she is worth an estimated $800 million, with a fan base whose...