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Like the play it helped spawn, the '60s snapshot is remarkable for its ordinariness. Against a sand dune the young family sit: mother in straw hat and Dame Edna glasses; a bronzed, bare-chested father holding his knee; their son dressed in a tropical shirt squinting at the sun. The latter is Michael Gow aged 6, holidaying near Ulladulla on the New South Wales south coast, though that's about all the Australian playwright can remember. "In my memory, Christmas holidays went from about 1959 to 1970," recalls Gow, 51. "There's just this kind of weird dream...
...ways over Christmas?to camp, caravan park and Gold Coast resort, respectively?only to meet up on the same stretch of beach after a New Year storm, Gow miraculously captures the full weave of Australian baby-boomer society. Here the cultural reference points are Kim Novak, Chips Rafferty and Dame Pattie Menzies, and Roger Kemp's production design rings true right down to the box of Bex on the lino floor. But Away is more than just a nostalgic escape into the past. Beneath the Day-Glo costumes and suburban chit-chat lurks an inconsolable pain. As it transpires...
...whose every whim (coffee at a certain temperature, bouquets with no freesias) is attended to as if it were Shari'a law--might fare better. The book was written by a former assistant to Anna Wintour, the longtime editor of Vogue. There's a certain irresistibility to the grande dame of film portraying the grande dame of fashion. Streep sees it. "Whenever I said, 'I'm thinking about doing this thing,' everyone's reaction was, Oh, yesss! Sort of gleeful and venomous," she says. "That interested me very much, the reaction...
...post wins over South Alabama and Sacramento State, advancing to No. 9 in the national poll. That ranking, however, would prove to be the season’s high-water mark. Harvard was cursed by inconsistency in the rest of the non-league slate, losing to No. 15 Notre Dame, TCU and No. 28 William and Mary, defeats that prevented Harvard from earning a top-16 seed in the NCAA tournament. Harvard entered the tournament 18-6, ranked No. 17. The Crimson’s first-round opponent was No. 43 Purdue. The Boilermakers had never made it past...
...part of the Cent Ans de la Dame tour, Baker's eldest son, Akio Bouillon, is scheduled to greet guests at the Ch?teau des Milandes?Baker's Dordogne mansion and a highlight of the eight-day itinerary. Tour participants will also attend all-day celebrations at the Village des Milandes on June 3, and spend several days exploring the diva's favorite Parisian haunts. In a city where racial tensions have recently flared again, Baker's life and example of tolerance are as relevant as ever...