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- <title>
- Apr. 25, 1994: People
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
- Apr. 25, 1994 Hope in the War against Cancer
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 89
- By Ginia Bellafante
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- <body>
- <p>Comeback Kid
- </p>
- <p> Playwright EDWARD ALBEE, author of the 1962 classic Who's Afraid
- of Virginia Woolf?, spent the '70s and '80s as Broadway's pre-eminent
- persona non grata. His last New York production opened to derision
- in 1983. "It's not a play," wrote one critic, "it's a temper
- tantrum in two acts." But last week Albee's fortunes changed
- when he won a Pulitzer prize for Three Tall Women. Albee was
- in a locker room in Houston when he heard about the august honor,
- and he jokes, "I guess you might as well be stark naked when
- you learn you've won the Pulitzer."
- </p>
- <p>The Divine Miss M
- </p>
- <p> MILLA JOVOVICH is a model-actress best known for her starring
- role in Return to the Blue Lagoon. How easy it would be to scoff
- at her foray into singer-songwriterdom. But Milla's debut album,
- The Divine Comedy, isn't getting ridiculed; it is getting praised
- for her stunning vocals and her dark, intelligent lyrics, all
- of which she wrote two years ago at age 16. As mature as her
- reflections on heartache were then, Milla has developed an even
- wiser perspective now: "It's a long time between 16 and 18.
- It's spongy. I've soaked up a lot."
- </p>
- <p>SEEN & HEARD
- </p>
- <p> On a press tour to promote his new autobiography, former Sex
- Pistols front man Johnny Rotten, a founding father of punk rock,
- became increasingly tired of a persistent line of inquiry: How,
- reporters wanted to know, did he feel about the death of second-generation
- punker Kurt Cobain? Fed up, Rotten finally offered this sympathetic
- retort: "I don't give a f------about Kurt Cobain."
- </p>
- <p> Over the years, Mattel's celebrity-doll line has included miniature
- versions of intemperate Beverly Hills 90210 cast member Shannen
- Doherty and rapper Hammer. "We look for a positive role model
- for girls," explained a spokeswoman for the toy company. Now,
- Mattel is immortalizing Nancy Kerrigan in doll form in a deal
- made after Kerrigan's post-Olympic displays of ungraciousness.
- Included with the mini Nancy: success tips for little girls
- and versions of her Vera Wang-designed costumes.
- </p>
- <p> Investigations of Michael Jackson continue. Last week a Santa
- Barbara judge extended for 90 days the term of a grand jury
- probing molestation charges against the singer.
- </p>
- <p>Just the Way They Aren't
- </p>
- <p> The nine-year marriage of BILLY JOEL and CHRISTIE BRINKLEY has
- always seemed much more stable than other rock star-supermodel
- alliances. Last week, though, the couple announced that they
- have been separated since Thanksgiving. They wanted to keep
- the matter private, they said, out of concern for their daughter.
- But following a recent Colorado helicopter crash that almost
- killed her, Brinkley said, she wanted to simplify her life,
- and so no longer wished to keep the separation secret.
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