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...started singing together 35 years ago at a Belfast boarding school, and later performed at their seminary in Rome. After hearing a demo tape, Nick Raphael, the managing director of Epic in the U.K., raced to sign them. "Is any one of them a potential Elvis Presley or Frank Sinatra? Probably not," he says. "Do they have the potential to be one of the world's biggest musical acts because what they do is compelling and has historical relevance? Absolutely." And they sing like angels: their powerful voices blend effortlessly to create harmonies rich with emotion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Singing Priests of Belfast | 7/30/2008 | See Source »

...this case Director Sidney Lumet, the ex-husband of Gloria Vanderbilt. Buckley admits that black history took place for her like news from another planet. The Supreme Court decision desegregating schools had less significance than a scene in Las Vegas featuring an infatuated Marlene Dietrich pursuing Frank Sinatra. The year Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, the teenage Gail was dancing at the Waldorf with Harry Belafonte. All along, Buckley chooses a policy of never apologize, never explain. She refuses to elaborate on a mysterious religious conversion that took place % before her divorce from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANCING PARTNERS OF CHIC THE HORNES: AN AMERICAN FAMILY by Gail Lumet Buckley; Knopf; 262 pages; $18.95 | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

Though he pioneered product placement in Hollywood, Warren Cowan's considerable influence was felt mainly behind the silver screen. As a publicist to the stars during a career spanning more than 60 years, he represented such Tinseltown titans as Judy Garland, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor. When asked to pick his favorite client from among the list of luminaries, Cowan famously replied, "The next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

...most romantic days of the United States are in the past. “The 1940s were definitely the most romantic decade because of many things,” Fredell said, “soldiers returning home from war, greater egalitarianism between men and women, and Frank Sinatra...

Author: By Wyatt P. Gleichauf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Amid the Hot and Heavy, A Look at History | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...film My Geisha wasn't available and Uemura had to step in and do Shirley MacLaine's face for the movie, transforming her Caucasian features into those of a Japanese courtesan. He soon became a favorite makeup artist among Hollywood stars, including such male celebrities as Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shu Uemura, Makeup Pioneer, Dies | 1/8/2008 | See Source »

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