Word: successful
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...about Bill Clinton's sex life. But leadership is a complicated business, and leaders are complicated people. Often they've been overendowed with all kinds of emotional qualities--not only libidinous ones but also violent ones. And historically, having an interesting sex life is a leading indicator of success in the presidency...
...that is the team's problem. Having achieved one success, the two face the oldest and most dreaded question in show business: What can you do for an encore? Their answer comes on March 11 at 9 p.m. E.T., when Significant Others debuts on Fox. Like Party of Five, it is an ensemble drama about young people. This time they are a group of friends in their 20s. The show's tone is much lighter and more romantic than Party of Five's, but it still has its share of anguish. Expectations are high, and if the show...
Other soul-rockers are poised for success. Alana Davis (whose mother is white and father is black) released one of the best albums of last year, Blame It on Me (Elektra), and played a few third-stage dates for Lilith Fair. She recently got a big break and appeared on the Tonight Show. For every success story, however, there's a performer still waiting for a shot. Last year, London-based soul-rocker Pauline Taylor circulated a powerful demo tape to a number of U.S. record companies. She has still not been signed by an American label. Peter Albertelli...
...comes to the U.S. after much success in Europe and London, where it won an Olivier Award for Best Comedy of 1996 and provided a vehicle for such fine actors as Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay. It has been eagerly awaited by Broadway: finally, in a season when big musicals are getting all the buzz, a straight play with a chance of becoming a hot ticket. The U.S. cast boasts at least one marquee name--Alan Alda, who plays Marc with a few too many sitcom inflections--along with two solid co-stars, Victor Garber and Alfred Molina. Director Matthew...
DIED. ALBERT LIPPERT, 72, diet-business fat cat who, as a founder of Weight Watchers, turned a flair for business and an expanding girth into a menu for success; in South Africa. While dieting in 1963, Lippert decided to market his regimen, ultimately spawning national franchises, a frozen-food line, and a new obsession with the scale...