Word: yves
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...unrivaled hero of the oceans. Former naval officer, explorer, filmmaker, environmentalist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a.k.a. "Captain Planet," almost single-handedly unlocked the door to the world beneath the waves. The Frenchman's co-invention of the Aqua-Lung freed humanity to wander underwater, and his more than 150 books, films and TV shows enabled millions of people to accompany him on voyages of discovery. But since he died last year at 87, the task of carrying on Cousteau's mission has fallen to rival successors whose infighting threatens to cloud his vision...
...Beginning of the World is a fable about old age reconciling itself to memory and destiny. Two histories intertwine: a veteran director, also named Manoel (Mastroianni), goes back to the places of his childhood; and an ancient Portuguese woman (Isabel de Castro) meets the French-born son (Jean-Yves Gautier) of her long-lost brother. The old woman is wary of her Francophone nephew--she keeps asking, "Why doesn't he speak our speech?"--until the nephew convinces her, in a heartbreaking scene, that blood is thicker than language...
STEPPING ASIDE. YVES SAINT LAURENT, 61, neurasthenic and increasingly reclusive French fashion legend whose creations have modernized and adorned society figures for close to 40 years; from his ready-to-wear line; in Paris. Duties for the Rive Gauche line will fall to Alber Elbaz, though Saint Laurent will continue designing the haute couture...
DIED. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU, 87, prophet of the depths; in Paris. Cousteau co-invented the Aqua-Lung, the first scuba-diving device, in 1943. Weightless and wide-eyed, he recorded the watery wilderness he encountered in The Silent World, a 1953 best seller and Oscar-winning documentary. He aspired higher than the earthly titles he collected over the years (author, filmmaker, environmentalist), writing "Under water, man becomes an archangel." (See Eulogy below...
...best way to observe fish is to become a fish," wrote Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1952. "And the best way to become a fish...is to don an underwater breathing device called the Aqua-Lung." Like many thousands of other humans-who-would-be-fish, I took his advice...