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EMMYS
t42.THE
EMMYS: ALBUM OF THE STARS AND THE WINNERS.
Full coverage.
ENTERTAINMENT/SHOWBIZ
153.
ENTERTAINMENT: It was nearly
a lifetime ago that Brooke Shields shocked the world as a knowing child
prostitute in the film Pretty Baby and told us that nothing came between her
and her Calvins. As that rare creature who navigated her way from child
stardom to a successful adult career, Shields looks back on it all as a fun
time, a great opportunity...Red carpets and banners festooned a soggy
Leicester Square on Wednesday for the opening night of the 48th annual London
Film Festival, which has a slate as diverse as the teeming capital city that
hosts it. Between Mike Leigh's working-class tragedy Vera Drake, which opens
the festival, and the closing film, David O. Russell's existential comedy I
(Heart) Huckabees on Nov. 4, 180 features and 103 shorts from 60 countries
will be screened.
1.
It
seems
everybody wants to be a jazz singer nowadays. People of all ages turn up at
'open mic' sessions to perform their party piece. But why this sudden eruption
of would-be vocalists? Maybe because singing looks easier than playing an
instrument, although it isn't. Or maybe it's because there are so many good
jazz singers in Britain to inspire them. There's Stacey Kent, Tina May, Claire
Martin, Clare Teal, Barb Jungr, Anita Wardell, Sheena Davis...
t7.NEW
YORK THEATER: THE NEW BOHEMIA: A TRIUMPH!
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. The show
revives the delights extravaganza of 1920s and 1930s Berlin, Munich, Paris and
intellectual-erotic cabaret noir of the Mata Hari era. You can call it the art
deco or art nouveau of the New York new theater direction...
t9.WOMEN
GENIUSES OF DANCE AND BALLET.BY
MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. The Magical and Surreal World of Theatrical
Dance and Ballet...The religions of ancient Greece and Rome are extinct now,
but the gods and goddesses of Olympus are still vibrant in our dreams and
fragile hopes. The sublime deities came to life through poetry, music and
dance. They belonged to literature, fantasy, art and dance. In the firmament
of human imagination, they defined their divine circle, and continued to hold
it within the winds...
t11.UNDISCOVERED
GREAT TALENTS: DIVAS IN THE MAKING.
It is not an easy task to write about
Sophia Dalle, nor to engage into a dialogue with this macabre and translucent
Diva in the making. She lives in a world we are familiar with, and in a cosmos
where only most daring thoughts, phantasmagoric visions and idealism blend and
fade in. She is idealistic, a spiritual chic and abundant with
multidimensional musical talent. She interrupts you all the time, she rushes
to freeze and free words of wisdom, you wish you could totally understand, and
she challenges your intellect, even though, she disdains ivy league cum laude
graduates who analyze everything in life.
t13.THE
HOLLYWOOD FILE.
THE MEGA DOLLAR WOMEN. THE MOST EXPENSIVE STARS IN HOLLYWOOD.
What so special about these women? Are
they the most intelligent and captivating human beings in the world? NO! Have
they contributed the most essential and the most needed help, knowledge and
wisdom to the society and world of excellence, humanities and human science?
t16.DIVAS.
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
The
New Wave of Divas and Femmes Fatales: Barb Jungr, Alison England, Jennifer
Terran, Sophia Dalle, Cheryl Bliss...
t1.Lyne
Tremblay BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. She is de facto, Canada's most
sophisticated, elegant and captivating cabaret Diva and "Femme Fatale".
Her voice is an explosion and implosion
of warmth, vocal virtuosity, seduction, truthful inner feelings and a magical
"Un Je Ne Sais Quoi?". You look at Lyne and the scent of a Parisian Diva of La
Belle Epoque or "Les Annees Folles" breath over you. You look at Lyne
Tremblay, and Montmartre, Les Grands Boulevards, the dialogues of Jean...
t2.CABARET:
STARS AND LEGENDS. BY MAXIMILLIEN
DE LAFAYETTE. Wesla Whitfield made her own
rules and enlarged the perimeter of performance excellence by sculpting an
almost perfect sense of phrasing
which magically and very tenderly reached
the hearts and souls of multi-varied and demanding audiences. She brought to
the traditional world of cabaret music, a very intimate, warm, pensive and
personal musical and vocal interpretation which defied conventionalism. This
delightful defying and charmingly innovative creativity is...
t25.ENTERTAINMENT/NIGHTLIFE:
NEW YORK 12
BEST SPOTS.
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
The most fun places in New York
City. The best shows in town. The first class service. The fabulous decor,
etc...We have visited New York's fancy and underground entertainment world,
and this is what we found for your entertainment and pleasure...
t32.THE
MOST ELEGANT, THE BEST AND THE WORST DRESSED STARS IN AMERICA.
"You have one minute to impress, 30 seconds to catch the moment and just 3
seconds to make a lasting impression." Once, wrote Maximillien de Lafayette in
his book on world protocol and etiquette. And how you can you impress by
catching the moment in less than 3 seconds without saying a word? Simple:
Dress to kill. Dress for Success! Be Elegant and Refined. Elegance is the
key. Remember, nowadays stars don't create fashion anymore as did the femmes
fatales of the golden era of Hollywood, thanks to Valentino..
t34..SUPERSTARS
AND LEGENDS: MAXIMILLIEN INTERVIEWS THE DIVAS.
tGLORIA
LORING. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE
LAFAYETTE. Interview with Diva Gloria Loring. She did it all with class,
beauty, intelligence, style, talent, unique creativity, guts and warmth. And
she excelled in everything she accomplished. Grande Dame Loring is a published
author, a national speaker, a world-class actress, an international celebrity,
a star of the American cinema and television, a leading figure of the American
theater and concert halls, a singer, a composer, a lyricist, a songwriter, a
producer, a certified yoga teacher, a member of Who's Who in America and The
World Who's Who of Women...
t2.RAQUEL
BITTON. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE
LAFAYETTE.
She is Edith Piaf’s soul, tears
and joy, but she remains herself “The Grande Dame Raquel Bitton” with pure
individuality, distinctive style and her own Jewish persona. Raquel Bitton is
the foremost and single most important international singer responsible for
reviving the repertoire of the legendary Edith Piaf worldwide. Raquel Bitton
made her mark on the French world of music. Her previous engagements,
appearances and credits include music documentaries and singing for PBS,
National Public Radio, recitals at “Carnegie Hall” in New York...
t36.ENTERTAINMENT:
DRAMA. COMEDY. SOAP. REALITY TV. TELEVISION SHOWS AND NEWS.
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: This
critically acclaimed comedy stars Jason Bateman as a widower wants to quit the
family business and move to Arizona with his 13-year-old son, but gets pulled
back when an accounting scandal freezes...
15.NEW
YORK'S ENTERTAINMENT.
16.NEW
YORK'S ART NEWS & EVENTS.
17.HOSPITALITY
AND ENTERTAINMENT/EUROPE: THE BEST IN LONDON: VENUES, DISCO AND PERFORMERS.
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE
LAFAYETTE.
18.FABULOUS
TIMES, PLACES AND PEOPLE.
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
GAY PARIS IN THE 20s and 30s: Background,
People, Places, Personalities, Hospitality, Restaurants, Food, Wine, Pleasure,
Style, Fashion, Arts, Poetry, Music and Adventure. According to Maximillien de
Lafayette. Mon Dieu! To be and live in Paris during "Les annees folles",
between the end of 1917 and 1934, especially if you were an eccentric artist,
an intellectual adventurer, a frou-frou femme fatale, a genius or an
independently wealthy American, willing to spend a lot of money on arts,
dating and women. Ask Madonna, Paulette Attie, Penelope de Vassy
and Louise de Chambertin. Really "real" America's la crème de la crème
was there. The "real" American high society, the privileged class, the snobs
(Although it was too early for the Americans to know how to be a snob), les
bourgeois, wealth filthy characters, the hustlers with a style, the
scandalous adventurous women, the schmoozer and the cruisers, the handsome
gigolos, the champagne, the caviar, the kisses and the misses, sex, the drama
and all the "chic" pleasures of the era. Hemingway was here. Paramour Stein
too. Why Paris - what made everybody want to come here and create, and drink,
and dance, and paint, and write stories or invent them? Women? obnoxious,
over-cultured and over-sophisticated Frenchmen? Bubbly champagne? Sinfully
good wine? Nice plat de fromage? A nostalgia? A fantasy? A new social,
political and artistic era? A modern Parisian revolution? Yes! Yes! All of the
above!
22.THE
VERY BEST OF NEW YORK:
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
ENTERTAINERS, SINGERS, ARTISTS, ART EVENTS, SHOWS.
32.DOES
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT HURT OR HELP RESTAURANTS?
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
THE BEST AND THE WORST OF THE YEAR:
The Winners, the Losers, the Turkeys!!
57.
ENTERTAINMENT GOSSIPS AND NEWS:
The Italian-American film star Robert De Niro was due to receive Milan's
highest honour, the Golden Ambrosius award, from the city's mayor, but did not
show up. He also failed to appear at a press conference for the New York
Tribeca film festival in Rome...HE
IS famous across Britain for his foul-mouthed outbursts - but award-winning
chef Gordon Ramsay has now revealed his notorious temper to a new audience in
the United States...and much more GOSSIPS!
THE CELEB
CHEF IS IN HOT WATER AGAIN AFTER SCUFFLE ON THE SHOW SET IN THE UNITED
STATES...DEPP AND WINSLETT AT
THE RED CARPET...MICHAEL JACKSON'S LAWYER QUITS...UNPRECEDENTED RECORD OPENING
FOR SHREK SEQUEL...SPEARS GIVEN A DEADLINE...WENDY JAMES FIGHTS BACK...SANDRA
BULLOCK WINS $7 M IN COURT...LIVE SHOW TO START EMINEM...LOVE'S LAWYERS FIGHT
FEES DISPUTE...DIGITAL DEBUT FOR WILLIAMS FILMDIGITAL DEBUT FOR WILLIAMS
FILM...ZETA JONES BACKS LITERARY PRICE...SIR ELTON'S PERSONAL PHOTOS
COLLECTION: $900,000.
1.
DIVAS AND SUPERSTARS: BY
MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. MEET
THE NEWEST WORLD OPERA SUPER SENSATION: DIVA ALISON ENGLAND.
She is larger than life. And her voice is an
explosion and implosion of mesmerizing vocal virtuosity and joyful drama.
A living legend with a big heart and immense talent. Meet the American
princess of world opera who conquered Paris...
66.
GRANDE DAMES AND DIVAS: BY
MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
AMANDA McBROOM: THE ROSE OF ALL ROSES.
Amanda McBroom has been
called “…the greatest cabaret performer of her generation, an urban poet who
writes like an angel and has a voice to match.” And WACJ calls her “The
Immortal Living Legend And The Greatest Songwriter/Singer Of All Time”. Today,
Amanda McBroom is the greatest songwriter/singer/entertainer in America
74.
ARTISTS AND STARS OF THE YEAR:
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE
LAFAYETTE. CINDY BENSON.
America's first lady of the tragi-comic theater.
79-80.
WORLD-CLASS TALENTS: SOFIA LAITI.
Mysterious American chanteuse Sofia Laiti is
making a big buzz with her recently released CD YOU DON'T KNOW ME, her debut
recording of European and American cabaret repertoire. I just said Cabaret
Debut, not a singer career debut, because she has already 3 CDs to her
credit. She has been classically trained, but for some reasons, she decided
to become a jazz singer. A short biography by Alex Henserson in All Music
Guide sheds a light on the background of this singer...
155.
CABARET: MEET THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN'S CABARET. BARB JUNGR.
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE
Diva Barb Jungr is a living
legend. She is larger than life on stage. She is witty, captivating, warm and
boiling with musical lava and unsurpassed vocal virtuosity. An English woman
who sings like real, real, real Parisian cabaret singers? Like Piaf, for
instance? Not really. Perhaps much better, because he is happier than those
stuffy melodramatic French singers who complicate your life. French cabaret is
intense because it is drama. Jungr's cabaret is happy, vivacious, filled with
joy and hope. They compared her to Ute Lemper, Juliette Greco and Edith Piaf.
.
2.WHO’S
WHO OF THE BEST AMERICAN FEMALE SINGERS-ENTERTAINERS: T
3.AMERICAN
LEGENDS:
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
GRANDE DAME
PAULETTE ATTIE:
LA CRÈME DE LA CRÈME. SHOWBIZ STAR OF THE YEAR, by MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE.
To call Ms. Attie "Divine" or "Sensational" is a childish approach to
understand, feel, sense, explore and admire the beautifully intelligent and
warmly captivating multidimensional art and multifaceted universe of her
creativity. P.20-
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JAZZ CORNER:
It seems everybody wants to be a jazz singer
nowadays. People of all ages turn up at 'open mic' sessions to perform their
party piece. But why this sudden eruption of would-be vocalists? Maybe because
singing looks easier than playing an instrument, although it isn't. Or maybe
it's because there are so many good jazz singers in Britain to inspire them.
There's Stacey Kent, Tina May, Claire Martin, Clare Teal, Barb Jungr, Anita
Wardell, Sheena Davis, Cathie Rae and plenty more. Until recently, the guys
had fewer role-models, but then along came Jamie Cullum whose career received
a mighty boost when he was signed by Universal.
P.306 -
310
INTERNATIONAL STAR OF THE YEAR:
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
LAUREN FIELD
HAS BEEN HONORED AS INTERNATIONAL STAR OF THE YEAR.
Once a year, World Art Celebrities Journal
elects "The International Woman of the Year" in Humanities/Social Affairs and
The "International Woman of the Year" in Music and Entertainment. The
election is basically and primarily based upon the journal's Editorial Board
nomination and selection, the Committee of Arts and Entertainment Critics
recommendation and the vote of our readers worldwide, via international
survey/poll conducted in 135 countries, where WACJ is read. Grande Dame of the
American media, Dr. Monica Crowley, former international affairs and political
relations to President Nixon and host of the nationally acclaimed New York's
"Monica Crowley Show" has been elected International Woman of the Year. While,
United Kingdom's newest music and entertainment sensation Lauren Field, a
world-class singer-songwriter, a superb performer/entertainer and producer has
been elected as the International Star of the Year. Maximillien de Lafayette
explores the multidimensional world of Diva Field and bring to us an
exclusive interview with this magnificent artist heading toward world stardom.
ETIQUETTE
t19.ETIQUETTE.BY
MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
AMERICAN NOUVELLE SOCIAL ELITE VERSUS THE INTERNATIONAL ELITE. Brief Analogy,
differences and similarities..
9.IDIOT
ULTIMATE GUIDE TO DINING ETIQUETTE.
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE
LAFAYETTE. The dos and the don'ts. The
exemplary. gentlemanship.
23.AMERICANS
VERSUS FOREIGNERS.
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
What foreigners like and dislike most about Americans?!
EXHIBITIONS
22.THE
VERY BEST OF NEW YORK:
BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
ENTERTAINERS, SINGERS, ARTISTS, ART
EVENTS, SHOWS.
MODERN ART IN IRAQ: BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. LEADING FIGURES AND
INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITIES:
No country will ever survive if its art dies. it
the proper time to talk about Iraqi modern art amidst the turbulent Iraq
passage toward new political and social metamorphoses? Absolutely, for
nations were initially born through the original expressions of individual and
shared feelings, ideas, concepts and ideologies transmitted and illustrated
through the medium of art. Equally true is the survival of nations and the
preservation of their heritage, history and national pride through art in all
its forms and styles.
FAMILY
t2.Teens
face multiple mental-health issues, losing sleep due to stress: study.