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...By the time of the Hollywood era of Bette Davis and Mary Pickford — who in 1919 was the only woman among the founders of the United Artists production company — a new narrative was being presented....
...It’s a refreshing and modern ethos built for Millennials and Gen Z’s that weren’t around to witness prima donna rainmakers....
...In 1974, Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon reflected this quality in their composition “Bette Davis Eyes”. Recorded by Kim Carnes, it became an international hit single in 1981....
...In Manhattan, perfectly blown-out hair, polished nails and a sleek Armani or Donna Karan suit were standard professional armour....
...The opener, “Donna Lee”, was recorded for Savoy in 1947, when Davis was Charlie Parker’s sideman....
...It featured a hard-working cast and an authoritative conductor, Andrew Davis. It served as a twilight vehicle for a glam veteran, Renée Fleming, en route to Broadway fame and, perhaps, fortune....
...gary.silverman@ft.com ——————————————- Letter in response to this article: Lessons from an icy tale based on reality not fiction / From Richard Davis, Elk Grove, CA, US, (Colonel, US Air Force, Retired...
...The curators, led by Donna De Salvo, try to offset these concentrations of prestige by clustering token specimens of obscurity together and withholding wall labels....
...Still, it is one more example of how the state often responds to a serious drought, says Jay Lund, a water expert at the University of California, Davis....
...The rebellion receives masterly treatment from Walker, a history professor at the University of California, Davis....
...… Lucy Kellaway FT columnist Literary people can be snooty about Donna Tartt’s third novel, The Goldfinch (Abacus), yet this is a book written for the reader’s sheer pleasure....
...Donna Anna likes kinky sex. Masetto beats up his fiancée. Don Ottavio prefers the computer screen to a private life. Another cheap operatic update?...
...Tony Barber ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Lord Browne Former chief executive of BP and author of ‘Seven Elements that Have Changed the World’ (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) Donna Leon’s The Jewels...
...Susan Gritton’s Donna Anna was the most complete performance – a large voice with personality – and Maximilian Schmitt’s Don Ottavio the sweetest....
...Donna Anderson, vice-president and global corporate governance analyst at T Rowe Price, says her funds cast proxy votes whenever they are eligible to do so....
...In a profession with more than its share of prima donnas, Van Allan might best be described as a company man, always putting the needs of the art form and the ensemble before his own ego....
...There could be no better tribute to the incomparable French soprano who died this year, Régine Crespin (right), than Prima Donna in Paris (Decca, 2CDs)....
...Steve Davis, his peer at Numis, added: “Whether this removes the needs for a rights issue altogether we will have to wait and see …What we can say with some certainty is the announcement enhances MFI’s financial...
...transactions make excellent strategic sense and will put TalkTalk (Carphone’s existing fixed line business) in a much stronger position to push into line rental and particularly broadband in 2006,” said Steve Davis...
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