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The lady's Yves The lady's Yves
Yves Saint Laurent's love for women was never so loudly professed as in the lines of his garments.
By Stephanie Zacharek Jan 22, 2002
Rick Bragg Rick Bragg
He's gone from Calhoun County, Ala., to Islamabad and back, but the author of "Ava's Man" never leaves his family far behind.
By Lynda Cardwell Dec 13, 2001
Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau
When you visit the woman Orson Welles called "the greatest actress in the world," don't try to light her cigarette -- you might get burned.
By Jeff Galipeaux Dec 6, 2001
Meg Whitman Meg Whitman
The CEO of eBay presides over a company worth more than four times as much as Kmart. Maybe there's something to this e-commerce thing after all.
By Loren Fox Nov 27, 2001
Wilma Mankiller Wilma Mankiller
The first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, she took tragedy and illness and made strength. And don't even ask where she got her name.
By Andrew Nelson Nov 20, 2001
Tom Stoppard Tom Stoppard
For the last four decades, the playwright has filled the theater world with clever wordplay, big ideas and palpable passion.
By Amy Reiter Nov 13, 2001
David Lynch David Lynch
The pleasant, bizarre filmmaker who gave us the Lynchian world insists that now, more than ever, we must face the darkness.
By Brian Libby Nov 6, 2001
Roger Payne Roger Payne
After fighting to protect whales for 30 years, the biologist who discovered that humpbacks sing still feels nothing but awe for the huge "impossible animals."
By Amy Standen Oct 30, 2001
Don DeLillo Don DeLillo
America's premier novelist of ideas has long anticipated a world in which spectacle and terror would achieve totemic significance in our everyday lives.
By Jeffrey MacIntyre Oct 23, 2001
Art Howe Art Howe
The laid-back manager of the hard-charging Oakland A's does it his way, laconically and happily. And that drives his critics crazy.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 16, 2001
Rickey Henderson Rickey Henderson
Say what you will about his attitude, he walks the walk. And in the last few days he's walked right into the record books -- twice.
By Allen St. John Oct 9, 2001
Bono Bono
Over two decades, U2's leader has evolved from heart-on-his-sleeve idealist to irony-drenched rock 'n' roll Liberace to hopeful pragmatist.
By Brian Libby Oct 2, 2001
Paul Harvey Paul Harvey
He's been a radio icon since Limbaugh and Stern were in grade school. More than that, he is the finest huckster ever to roam the airwaves.
By Mike Thomas Sep 25, 2001
Anne Bancroft Anne Bancroft
Thirty-four years after creating the indelible Mrs. Robinson, she's an actress who still shines in every role.
By Elizabeth Kuball Sep 18, 2001
David Mamet David Mamet
He mows down b.s. with his satire, yet still sells popcorn.
By Paul A. Toth Sep 11, 2001
Jonathan Richman Jonathan Richman
The rough and charming godfather of punk sings quietly now and makes us nostalgic for a time that never existed.
By Chris Colin Sep 4, 2001
Dion Dion
His voice belongs not solely to the chart-making pop star but also to another, secret singer, who sang in the margins when practically no one was listening.
By Stephanie Zacharek Aug 28, 2001
Janet Jackson Janet Jackson
Her best singles represent the kind of quality craftsmanship that made us listen to the radio in the first place.
By Steve Burgess Aug 21, 2001
Marvin Miller Marvin Miller
As the head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, he challenged the assumptions that players are chattel and that labor unions have no place within sports.
By David Davis Aug 8, 2001
Shane MacGowan Shane MacGowan
The life-embracing, death-defying founder of the Pogues is a king hell drinker, a writer and one of the last of a vanishing breed.
By Stephen Lemons Jul 31, 2001
Robert Ballard Robert Ballard
The man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic says he's driven by "a childish desire to poke around."
By Christopher Kemp Jul 24, 2001
John Hughes John Hughes
The films he created in the decade of greed made adolescent angst funny and bearable without romanticizing it.
By Maura Kelly Jul 17, 2001
Priit Pärn Priit Pärn
The Lenny Bruce of animation comes from Estonia, but his influence is felt all the way to "Rugrats" and "Duckman."
By Chris Robinson Jul 3, 2001
Mel Brooks Mel Brooks
The comedy impresario currently steamrolling Broadway owes "Blazing Saddles," fart humor and his dancing Hitler to a red rubber ball.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Jun 19, 2001
Julie Christie Julie Christie
The most honest and revealing of actresses, she speaks a language of her own that we instantly understand.
By Stephanie Zacharek Jun 12, 2001
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