Word: tonis
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Under the title “Books, Politics and the Culture War,” Toni Morrison, Al Franken ’73, Sidney Blumenthal, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Joe Conason spoke to a packed house of over 700 on the ways in which books could turn the political tide...
...Best Actor: Toni Servillo, who plays a secretive man living in a Swiss hotel in the mordant Italian comedy ?Consequences of Love...
Rising star Toni Maticevski's exquisite tea-stained organza gowns are more suited to a salon than a safari, but his collection shares something with Akira's. "I'm really inspired by menswear," he says. Maybe not with his pearl-festooned blouses, but surely with his tailored worsted-wool trousers and jackets. This year Maticevski also launched his first men's capsule collection - as elegantly attenuated as the designer's 1.93-m frame. "Menswear is like my release," he says. "I think it's cool...
...borders. This venture stand as a testament to Ma’s commitment to exploring unchartered creative territory. Ma has collaborated with musicians for the soundtrack of Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and even on the recording of an Andre Previn composition, with lyrics by Toni Morrison, sung by soprano Sylvia McNair and accompanied by Previn as pianist...
This process, notes writer Hanif Kureishi, "is inevitable, because culture moves forward by taking new and original voices from the margin and moving them into the center. You saw it with Elvis. You saw it with Toni Morrison." If Bombay Dreams is a hit, you may see it with Indian composer A.R. Rahman. You can already see it in the critical and commercial success of novelists like Kureishi, Jhumpa Lahiri, Michael Ondaatje and Arundhati Roy. Their success has led the way for a slew of South Asians, including Michelle de Kretser (from Sri Lanka), Monica Ali (from Bangladesh) and Mohsin...