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<title>
Mar. 14, 1994: People
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
Mar. 14, 1994 How Man Began
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
PEOPLE, Page 109
By Ginia Bellafante
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<body>
<p>In Search of the Simple Life
</p>
<p> Embracing the less-is-better ethos of the '90s, BARBRA STREISAND
says she doesn't "want so many things anymore"; two houses will
do, "rather than seven." So the diva put her Art Deco collection
on the block at Christie's and had her biggest hit in years.
A Tamara de Lempicka painting went for a record $2 million.
A Tiffany lamp brought in 100 times what Streisand paid for
it--a cool $717,500. Enough for Babs to buy out Ikea.
</p>
<p>SEEN & HEARD
</p>
<p> Despite embarrassing leaks from her phone conversations, Princess
Diana has yet to swear off her cellphone. A fortunate thing
for her countrymen: driving solo through London, Di spotted
a couple whose car had stalled. The royal Samaritan assisted
by using her car phone to dial up help.
</p>
<p> After spending just over one month in a psychiatric hospital,
overly emotional knife wielder Lorena Bobbitt has been released.
With her free time she is--like so many famously disturbed
people--poring over movie offers. She would like Marisa Tomei
to portray her. Perhaps Joe Pesci would be available to play
John Bobbitt.
</p>
<p> Yoko Ono has never been noted for her extensive fan base. Yet
the screechy erstwhile performance artist is setting records
at Manhattan's WPA theater with her upcoming musical, New York
Rock--music and lyrics by Ono. WPA, which has launched such
plays as Steel Magnolias, is recording its biggest advance ticket
sales ever for the show.
</p>
<p>Gripes of a Golden Girl
</p>
<p> NANCY KERRIGAN, you've won the ad dollars of some of America's
best known corporations. What are you going to do next? I'm
going to be uppity and ungracious! The Olympic silver medalist
and Disney endorser was apparently less than delighted about
riding a MICKEY MOUSE float during a Disney World parade. "This
is so corny. This is so dumb. I hate it," TV footage caught
her muttering. "This is the corniest thing I've ever done."
But Kerrigan's snippiness will hardly cut into her bonanza.
Recently bestowed with a Revlon contract, she now has endorsement
deals totaling close to $10 million. Meanwhile, more ill fate
has befallen her rival. Tonya Harding--for whom there are
no cartoon-character parades--suffered bumps and bruises after
an assault in an Oregon park.
Next Year Call Emily Post
</p>
<p> Despite big winner Whitney Houston's repeated thank-yous to
God and her handlers, the 36th annual Grammy Awards proved to
be an homage to bad manners. First BONO, who smoked a cigarette
while gracing the Radio City Music Hall stage (a privilege one
suspects is unavailable to the Rockettes), accepted an award
for U2's Zooropa by declaring that "we shall continue to abuse
our position and f---up the mainstream." Bono reappeared later
to deliver a rambling tribute to FRANK SINATRA and present him
with a Grammy Legend award. Ol' Blue Eyes, seeming somewhat
shaky, indicated that he was upset he hadn't been asked to sing.
"That's not what they wanted tonight," he said. "I'm angry.
I'm hurt." But the ceremony's rudest gesture came when CBS cut
away from Sinatra's acceptance speech to announce a list of
pretelecast winners. The show's producers denied culpability,
claiming the decision had been made by "Frank's own people."
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