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Meet them she does, as do we, in William Ritman's stunningly designed Malibu beach house. Ellen has invited her four friends to lunch, praying that her book will not cause a scene. In common, each is a New Yorker and a supporting cast of one to somebody famous...
...like New York or Chicago or San Francisco, whereupon Vincent Canby reviews it, throwing in a lot of references to Chekov and the Russian dramatic tradition. Then it either slinks back to Novsibirsk or else Pauline Kael then takes a look at it from the loftiness of The New Yorker and proceeds to chat about Eisenstein and the "true" cinematic revolutionaries like Godard. If it's lucky, Stanley Kauffman will give it three stars in the New Republic and slip in a little treatise on censorship. The film is craftily analyzed for corniness; (Hollywood has invariably done it before; these...
...dissident Taiwanese magazine. Friends say he was not especially active in politics, though he believed Taiwan was overdue for democratization. It was apparently too much for his government. "The problem is you just don't know what it takes to get on the blacklist," says New Yorker Wang. "They're so paranoid it doesn't take much." Says a businessman who demanded anonymity: "I still consider Taiwan my home, but I wouldn't go back. I don't want to become the next Dr. Chen...
Though I am a fool for swirls and toasted nutlings in 16% butterfat, and fresh peach or berry can make me weep with joy, unreformable junk food cravings still linger. As a wantonly spoiled New Yorker, I could enjoy a sublime birthday cake prepared by any of a dozen master patissiers. But for the last three birthdays I have insisted on a Baskin-Robbins Mickey Mouse with blue eyes and an orange necktie cloaking layers of English Toffee, Pralines 'N Cream and Jamoca Almond Fudge. And they have to tear me away at midnight to keep me from devouring...
...pair of shorts on the leggy lady. Amidst the furor, three models who had posed for the poster went out on their limbs claiming fame. Photographer Morgan Kane ended all speculation with the announcement that the legwork was the product of Joyce Bartle, 22, a native New Yorker. "I was embarrassed that I had to prove that the legs were mine," says Bartle. "You know your own legs when you see them." After all, the Wilhelmina model has filled stockings for Hanes, L'Eggs and Givenchy. Bartle scarcely minds all the controversy. Says she: "This will give...