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Audrey Hepburn: New York
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Synopsis: In an idealized New York City during the early '60s, Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) is a charming socialite with a youthful zest for life who lives alone in a nearly bare apartment. She has such a flippant lifestyle that she won't even give her cat a name, because that would be too much of aRead More
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Two other ghosts haunt the picture -- Hepburn and Grant. Demme's casting of Newton, whom he directed in "Beloved," is brilliant. With her long neck, lithe body, buckets of charm and strong/fragile beauty, Newton is a new-generation Hepburn. Demme even lets her deliver Hepburn's immortal line to the impossibly handsome, silver-haired Grant: "You know what's wrong with you? Absolutely nothing." Only she says this to Wahlberg, whom Demme calls the "anti-Cary Grant." Wahlberg does take the character in a different direction -- rugged, street-smart, resilient -- but like Grant, he grows quite fond of his role as knight in shining armor, especially when Newton is the lovely lady in distress.
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The Barbara Walters Specials are continuously the top-rated specials of the year and have included such entertainment legends as Sir Laurence Olivier, Bing Crosby, John Wayne, Bette Davis and Audrey Hepburn. More recent interviews of superstars have included George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Mariah Carey, Julianne Moore, and Renee Zellweger. Walters' The 10 Most Fascinating People special broadcast, launched in 1993, offers a year-end review of the most prominent newsmakers of the year.
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Hepburn had the reputation of being a humble, kind and charming person, who lived the philosophy of putting others before herself. She showed this side particularly towards the end of her life in her work for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). She has often been called the most beautiful woman of all time, most recently in a 2006 poll for New Woman magazine. 100 Stars.)
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After filming Roman Holiday for four months, Hepburn went back to New York and did eight months of Gigi. The play was performed in Los Angeles and San Francisco in its last month. She was given a seven-picture contract with Paramount with twelve months in between films to allow her time for stage work.[24].
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"Audrey was a lady with an elegance and charm that was unsurpassed, except by her love for underprivileged children all over the world. God has a most beautiful new angel now that will know just what to do in heaven" - Elizabeth Taylor
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