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...Sepulce scene from Manon, a passionate encounter between lovers in a monastery, brings on the prima donna "Vera Galupe-Borszkh," a.k.a. "La Dementia." Wearing a colossal red fright wig and more lipstick than Lucille Ball, she commands the stage like Bette Midler on Benzedrine, casting her stratospheric soprano to the bleachers as it veers between ear-splitting fortissimos and never-ending pianissimos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Falsettos and Falsies | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

...right combination of anger and sensuality, but he's no match for the movie's ludicrous plot and bad dialogue. The film never permits him to excercise the wonderful sense of irony that underlies his best performances. The reptilian Oldman is forced to sit around in a bad wig reminiscent of the worst excesses of J.J. Jimmy Walker. Mostly, he purses his lips and sulks...

Author: By Daley C. Haggar, | Title: 'Immortal Beloved' Eternally Tedious | 1/13/1995 | See Source »

...gift," his wife Marge Shaller said. A grand jury indicted Leary on several counts including attempted murder and assault. Leary faces a total of 45 counts of attempted murder and remains in critical but stable condition with severe burns covering half his body. Today his wife, who wore a wig and a wool hat as part of a disguise during the press conference, said: "No, I don't think he did it . . . I think he's a victim." Police say that Leary was holding a mayonnaise jar filled with a flammable liquid rigged with a timer when it went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACCUSED SUBWAY BOMBER'S WIFE INSISTS HE'S INNOCENT | 12/27/1994 | See Source »

Hollywood claimed the story first in 1918 with a silent version and then in 1933 with a triumphant adaptation directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn at her warrior-goddess best. A 1949 remake is remembered chiefly because it featured Elizabeth Taylor as Amy, wearing a blond wig...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Revered in Film and Feminism | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

Slick men with tight pink tank tops glide across campus. A half-naked guy in a wig sings a lively Judy Garland medley in the Union. And two Owl members demonstrate the homoerotic nature of their brotherly bonds by performing a mock "marriage" in front of Widener library...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOWL FINAL CLUBS | 12/10/1994 | See Source »

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