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Caged heat

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Nicolas Cage was awarded the 1996 Academy Award as best actor for his role as a doomed alcoholic in the 1995 film 'Leaving Las Vegas.' The actor's real name is Nicolas Coppola, but he changed it early in his career to avoid being known simply as the nephew of famed director Francis Ford Coppola.

Author: Horyn, Cathy
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1996
Cover Story, Personalities, Motion picture actors and actresses, Movie actors, The Rock (Motion picture), Cage, Nicolas

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The mystery of Madame Gres

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Alix Gres, who died in 1993, designed beautiful gowns for rich and famous women. Greta Garbo and Jacqueline Onassis were among the couturiere's clients. She was nearly 90 years old when she died in poverty, and the news was kept a secret for a year.

Author: Horyn, Cathy
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1996
Fashion designers, Gres, Alix

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