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When 2002 began, there were only two players in women's tennis who mattered: Venus and Serena Williams. Now there's only one. Serena took the last three Grand Slam events of the year, besting her older sister in all three, and crowned herself undisputed queen of the courts. She's the Tiger of tennis--and she has the cat suits to prove...
...student at Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyo., he was a solid football player, senior-class president and an above-average student. But he wasn't the star. That distinction belonged to Lynne Vincent, Cheney's girlfriend and future wife. A straight-A scholar, Lynne was elected Mustang Queen, the equivalent of most popular girl. She was also a state-champion baton twirler, a big deal in 1950s Wyoming. To begin her routine, Lynne would set both ends of a baton on fire and throw it in the air while her boyfriend stood inconspicuously off to the side holding...
...take place as elaborate vaudeville routines in the dreamy imagination of Roxie. "The hardest part about musicals is that scary moment when characters start to sing," says Marshall, who recruited screenwriter Bill Condon (Oscar winner for 1998's Gods and Monsters) to write the script. As the prison matron (Queen Latifah) speaks, Roxie's eyes begin to dance; suddenly, Latifah metamorphoses into a full-bodied chanteuse whose rendition of When You're Good to Mama brings down the house. When Roxie's husband (John C. Reilly) takes the blame for her crime, Roxie's warm thoughts become a love song...
...film has lots of terrific turns to support its leading ladies: from Richard Gere, as the sexy weasel lawyer; from Queen Latifah, exuding the wry sizzle of a star who doesn't mind that Hollywood has yet to figure out how to use her; and, we almost forgot, from John C. Reilly--another in his sad gallery of losers not even daring to hope for sympathy...
...dining at its finest. And the sumptuousness doesn't stop at the kitchen door. For those who want to eat like royalty, the Maharajah menu?one of three set meals?offers a generous selection of delectable northern Indian dishes, including saffron-flavored fish and crispy fried Punjabi samosas. Thai Queen Sirikit has dined there "not once, not twice, but no less than three times," whispers the manager. A three-course set menu costs $20 per person. Call (662) 261 7100 for reservations...