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...What They're Listening to in Britain: At 92, Dame Vera Lynn became the oldest living artist to notch a best-selling record when her collection of World War II--era songs, We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn, shot to No. 1 on the U.K. album charts. Lynn's 24-song compilation coincided with the 70th anniversary of the start...
...generation of Britons who lived through World War II, Dame Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" will forever conjure up the pangs of wartime separation. "We'll meet again," she sang to soldiers on the front lines and to their families across the Channel. "We'll meet again/ Don't know where/ Don't know when/ But I know we'll meet again/ Some sunny...
...songstress appears to have kept her promise. Last week, at age 92, Lynn became the oldest artist to top the British charts with We'll Meet Again - The Very Best of Vera Lynn, an album featuring 24 songs that evoke wartime Britain. Lynn, an East London plumber's daughter who went on to be known as the "Forces' Sweetheart," spoke with TIME about her music's resurgence 70 years later. (See the top-selling albums and singles...
Some have signed deals with even cheaper retailers, such as Jimmy Choo designer Tamara Mellon's deal with H&M, Anna Sui's clothing line for Target, and Vera Wang's partnership with Kohl's. This week, Narciso Rodriguez announced plans to sell a line of his clothing exclusively...
...work, is utterly nervy. And wonderful. Up in the Air is not primarily an issue movie, banging home its thesis with reductive characters and heavy melodrama. It's a romantic comedy, as Ryan finds a soul mate - if either of them has a soul - in the sultry Alex (Vera Farmiga), another high-flying executive with an itch for sex in Marriott hotels and airplane commodes. As she tells him, "Think of me as yourself, only with a vagina." It's the perfect relationship - affectionate, lusty, unfettered by commitment - for two people forever...