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Anthony, the dean of First Lady literature (seven volumes and counting), is coming out with a new book, The Kennedy White House: Family Life and Pictures, 1961-1963 (Simon & Schuster; 304 pages; $32), a collection of photographs that will center on Jackie, who, as the crowds that visited the recent exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum show, has assumed goddess stature. Jackie's White House years are also the subject of Barbara Leaming's new biography, Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years (Free Press; 368 pages; $25), which draws on personal letters, Secret Service records and other recently...
...music and global music aren't mutually exclusive categories. In the '80s Paul Simon, David Byrne and Peter Gabriel blended world beats. More recently, Sting scored a hit with Algerian rai star Cheb Mami, Lauryn Hill covered Bob Marley on MTV Unplugged, and Britney Spears has made a habit of working with Swedish songwriter Max Martin. Madonna, on her latest tour, drew from so many cultures for sonic and sartorial inspiration, it was a surprise Kofi Annan didn't join her for an encore...
Music is only part of Anthony's mainstreaming agenda. He is also an accomplished actor with a proclivity for choosing edgy characters. He has worked for film directors Martin Scorsese (Bringing Out the Dead) and Stanley Tucci (Big Night). He appeared on Broadway in the title role of Paul Simon's short-lived production The Capeman, during which Simon compared Anthony to a young Sinatra...
...propaganda value, hate-group monitors believe Resistance may be bringing in more than $1.5 million in annual revenues, perhaps three times as much as when Pierce bought it. "He's making money hand over fist," says TJ Leyden, a onetime hate-rock promoter who today consults for the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Task Force Against Hate. The Wiesenthal Center believes Resistance is a major funding source for the National Alliance...
...beat music in the '60s; rocker Shakira was born in Colombia, but is launching a run at stardom from Miami in 2001. What follows is a look at Border Crossings--key moments when cultures combined to make fresh new music, from Bob Marley's trekking to London to Paul Simon's going to Graceland. Turn the page, fold out the four-page spread, and see the sounds that have shaped America's world...