Word: yves
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...large portion of the 96 minutes is taken up with complete or spliced performances (Yves Montand sings two full songs). Unexpectedly, most of the music is very upbeat, consisting of everything from fast-paced Russian folk songs to French croonings to Elvis numbers. The almost cheerful nature of these theatrical and dance productions keeps attention high and makes the sequences involving the more mundane daily scenes all the more poignant...
Washington -- BARBARA BUSH has got herself into a tangle with hairdressers Yves and Nancy Graux. During the Bush Administration they agreed to do hair and occasional makeup for the First Lady in exchange for a nominal fee--and the promise of free publicity. Not wanting the image of cosmetic fussiness connected to the nation's Yankee grandmother, however, the White House skipped the publicity. The Grauxes, who can't get the Bushes to pay up, are expected to file suit...
...WRITERS: YVES ULLMANN, JACQUES FIESCHI, JEROME TONNERRE...
...obsessed with bowel movements as nature's prophylactic -- "Push, my love," she whispers urgently to the infant Leo, a captive princeling enthroned on a potty. His near mute sisters Nanette and Rita shuttle dully from fantasy to insanity, from home to the local asylum. His brother, musclebound Fernand (Yves Montmarquette), is so frail of spirit that he is prey for the scrawniest bully. His gross grandfather (Julien Guiomar) has tried to drown Leo, who can't wait to return the favor...
...FIRST BLUSH, IT SEEMS AN ODD MARRIAGE: YVES Saint Laurent, the high priest of Parisian chic, selling his financially burdened empire to France's pharmaceuticals and beauty-products company Elf Sanofi, itself a division of the state-owned petrochemical giant Elf Aquitaine. Look again. Elf Sanofi already owns such perfume brands as Oscar de la Renta, Van Cleef & Arpels and a share in Nina Ricci. The addition of YSL will create the world's third largest beauty-products group -- behind France's L'Oreal and Estee Lauder...