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...London.) It's not because Eton lacks famous alumni. Its graduates include 19 British Prime Ministers, the founder of modern chemistry Robert Boyle, the Duke of Wellington (the one who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo), economist John Maynard Keynes, writers Percy Bysshe Shelley and George Orwell, Soviet spy Guy Burgess, actor Hugh Laurie, Princes William and Harry, the fictional James Bond, even a Roman Catholic saint - as well as generations of less illustrious worthies. The problem is that in a more meritocratic age, Eton became synonymous with "English aristocrat." Its well-worn image is as a finishing school for not-necessarily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Kind of Elite | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

...envelope and you don't win, and the camera's right in your face,'" recalls Frankel. "And he said, 'I can do that.' And Meryl said, 'I can do that! I've done it 11 times!!' She's very playful about being Meryl Streep." Streep is the most nominated actor in the history of the Academy, but has won only twice. Which makes it more notable that during shooting she essentially worked as an extra for three days, sitting in the background as the action focused on the assistants outside her office. She was probably on her BlackBerry, e-mailing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 7 Myths About Meryl | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...striking things about working with Meryl," says Nichols, "is that every day, more than any other actor I've worked with or seen, she comes on the set clearly feeling, 'Oh boy I get to do this one more time!' There's this sort of pretend-being-put-upon that we all start: 'Oh God, it's so early, and another scene, ugh, it's so hot ...' She has none of that. She's just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 7 Myths About Meryl | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...CABLE GUYS Entourage, the male Sex and the City, is back for its third season. The HBO series--about a Hollywood actor, his buds and his agent--purports to show how real men talk when women aren't around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Menaissance | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

GUYS' GUIDES No ode to Achilles in actor Jim Belushi's tome. Instead, it's Ditka and dating tips. The Sopranos' Frank Vincent is also practical in his Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man. Sinatra music, yes. SpongeBob neckties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Menaissance | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

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