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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...would surely pashaw at Wolfe's own practice of manliness. Wolfe is not Truman Capote, however. He was once an athlete, pitching semi-pro baseball. Despite his age, he shows off his virility in his young children. His manliness is of a particularly southern variety, the flamboyance of an aristocrat, albeit affected in Wolfe's case...

Author: By James Y. Stern, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Wolfe in Chic Clothing: FM Examines Tom Wolfe's Dubious Masculinity | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...billion worldwide in ticket sales, to say nothing of CDs and sweatshirts. From his pen have also flowed Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar and Starlight Express. And Evita, with a little help from Madonna, grossed $146 million as a movie after racking up millions as a play. Like many an aristocrat before him, Lord Lloyd Webber (he was made a baron for life in 1997) has decided to add to his impressive digs in London. He and a partner paid slightly more than $150 million for the Stoll Moss group, adding its 10 topflight London theaters to his existing portfolio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All of London's His Stage | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

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