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...thank him for letting me be me," Lynne recalls. That was no easy job. Lynne is a native Virginian raised in Alabama who came to Nashville at 18 to sing country standards. Her bright, diamond-hard voice attracted immediate attention. She recorded five albums for four different labels, weaving torch, twang, swing and blues into genre-crossing numbers that were occasionally brilliant but often jarring. None connected with mainstream buyers. So in 1998 Lynne's exile took her to Palm Springs, Calif., where freedom from the industry grinder gave her room to find her voice. The songs that became...
...schtick so the press has no choice but to fawn all over him (it's good ol' reverse psychology). It all started downhill for Matt when the Academy passed him over for The Talented Mr. Ripley and decided to nominate his co-star, Jude Law, instead (the "Golden Boy" torch was officially passed). Realizing that Mr. Damon was about to lose his luster, the rumor mill went into overdrive - any seedy information about Matt would be welcomed and promptly printed. And like clockwork, two weeks later, the stories appear. Here are the two most incriminating...
...architectural restorer; her fiance, an N.Y.P.D. detective; and her former lover, a research neurologist who can repair brain damage and bad attitudes with a computer and molecular smart bombs. An ingenious bio-tech love triangle ensues, as does the hunt for a sadistic killer with an acetylene torch. Then it's back to the top of Lady Liberty for the climax, a breakneck update of the finale to Hitchcock's 1942 tingler, Saboteur...
Warning shots fired, the press release war began to heat up. Al Gore shot off a notice trumpeting the endorsement of Ted Kennedy, and anointing himself the bearer of the passed torch. Said Bush in response: "I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was…oh, never mind." The Gore campaign has repeatedly denied responsibility for the appearance of signs reading "Whitey says vote for Al," a reference to Whitey Bulger, the South Boston fugitive on the FBI's most wanted list...
...Shoe-store spec 15. Ford, Lincoln or Pierce 16. Oscar nominee Collette 17. Torre or Cox: abbr. 18. G.I. address 20. St.-__, France 22. Shark kin 25. It's worth about a dollar 26. Tamil __ (Sri Lankan rebel) 27. Superstar who's reuniting with his dad 31. 1996 Olympic torch lighter 32. Subject of a 1773 protest 33. U.N. working-conditions agency 34. Congressman who introduced a bill to ease sanctions on Iraq 37. Bob __ IV, author of a World article panning McCain 39. Blue-pencil 40. Send to the Hill 41. Spoils __ 44. J.D.'s org. 45. Bush...