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THE WORLD OF MOVIES AND PERFORMING ARTS

MOVIES ANALYSIS, REVIEWS, CRITIQUES AND RATINGS

REVIEWS AND CRITIQUES OF THE MAJOR RELEASES OF THE YEAR.

USA AND WORLD'S MAJOR FILM FESTIVALS. THE OSCARS. THE EMMYS. GOLDEN GLOBES. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD'S AWARDS. BRITAIN'S SOAP OPERA AWARDS. DRAMA DESK AWARD. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL. VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL.

MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE

The Monthly Herald's Film Critic & Performing Arts Historian.

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WORLD ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE

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PRESIDENT REAGAN'S MOST POWERFUL MEN AND WOMEN IN AMERICA

By Maximillien de Lafayette

Excerpts from his bestselling book: "The Best of Washington: Its People, Society and Establishments-The Hall of Fame" Library of Congress Catalogue Number # 86-081136, Published in 1986.

THE MOST POWERFUL MEN AND WOMEN OF RONALD REAGAN, NANCY REAGAN AND THEIR TIMES". THEY WERE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE US

tREAGAN'S MOST POWERFUL MEN AND WOMEN IN AMERICA. tPEOPLE WHO TALKED GENTLY AND CARRIED A BIG STICK DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tTHE MOST POWERFUL INSIDERS DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tTHE MOST POWERFUL OUTSIDERS DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tPOWERFUL POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tMOST TRUSTED POLITICIANS DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tMOST CONTROVERSIAL POLITICIANS DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tWORST REGIMES/COUNTRIES TO LIVE IN DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tBEST REGIMES/COUNTRIES TO LIVE IN DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tWORST EVENTS DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tBEST EVENTS DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tLOBBYISTS WHO MADE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND STRONGLY INFLUENCED AMERICAN DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS. tINFLUENTIAL LOBBYISTS DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION WHO MADE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MADE THEIR IMPACT ON AMERICAN DOMESTIC AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS. tWOMEN WHO MADE NEWS DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tMOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tPEOPLE WHO WERE HIGHLY ADMIRED IN WASHINGTON DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tWASHINGTON'S SOCIETY DISTINGUISHED PERSONALITIES DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tTHE MOST POWERFUL WERE. tTHE MOST INFLUENTIAL WERE. tTHE MOST TALKATIVE AND ACTIVE WERE. tTHE LESS TALKATIVE WERE. tTHE MOST INTERESTING ONES WERE. tTHE MOST MYSTERIOUS ONES WERE. tTHE MOST HIGHLY PAID WERE. tTHE OVERPAID ONES WERE. tTHE UNDERPAID WERE. tTHE MOST FRUSTRATED ONES WERE. tTHE MOST CONFUSING ONES WERE. tTHE MOST PROVOCATIVE ONES WERE. tTHE SNOBS WERE. tTHE MOST VISIBLE FIGURES OF WASHINGTON'S HIGH SOCIETY DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tTHE "PEOPLE TO WATCH" DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION WERE tPEOPLE WHO SUFFERED AND BENEFITED FROM THE MEDIA DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION. tTHOSE WHOM THE MEDIA MADE AND OR BROUGHT TO LIFE. tTHOSE WHOM THE MEDIA MALIGNED. tTHOSE WHOM THE MEDIA PICKED UP ON. tTHOSE WHOM THE MEDIA FLIRTED WITH. tBEST FIGURES IN THE MEDIA WERE. tWORST FIGURES IN THE MEDIA WERE. tAMERICA’S MOST ELEGANT WOMEN DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION WERE. tAMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL LADIES DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION WERE. tAMERICA’S CLASSIEST LADIES DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION WERE. tWOMEN WHO STIRRED THE MEDIA DURING THE REAGAN'S ADMINISTRATION.

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A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE "MONTHLY HERALD" AND "WORLD ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE"

MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE'S

2004 WORLD ARTS, CULTURE, LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT

1.THEATER REVIEW. 1A.THEATER: COMEDY-SATIRE. 2.WORLD ART PERSONALITIES. 3.THE ART AND POWER OF "MOVING IMAGES". 4.WORLD CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION. 5.THE BIZARRE, THE DECADENT AND EXPENSIVE ART. 6.MUSIC. 7. MUSIC CONTEMPORARY GENIUS 8. DANCE AND BALLET REVIEW. 9. MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS REVIEWS. 10.PHOTOGRAPHY: STUDY AND ANALYSIS. 11. ART, CULTURE AND RELIGION. 12. CIVILIZATIONS AND ARCHEOLOGY: AMAZING DISCOVERIES. 13. BOOKS. 14. ART: PAINTING CRITIQUES. 15. ART: GALLERIES EXHIBITIONS. 16. WORLD ENTERTAINMENT: EUROVISION. 17. WORLD ART NEWS. 18. WORLD CULTURE NEWS. 19. LIFESTYLE OF THE STARS. 20. FASHION AND LIFESTYLE NEWS AND TRENDS. 21. WORLD PERFORMING ARTS CONTROVERSIES. 22. WORLD ENTERTAINMENT AND CINEMA NEWS. 23. SOCIETY AND LIFESTYLE. 24. LIFESTYLE, POWER AND FORTUNE. 25. LIFESTYLE, TALENT AND FAME. 26. LIFESTYLE, ETIQUETTE AND CULTURE. 27. INTERVIEWS. 28 DIVAS. 29 SUPERSTARS......

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PAINTING. PHOTOGRAPHY. DANCE. CHOREOGRAPHY. THEATER. CINEMA. BALLET. OPERA. PERFORMING ARTS. BOOKS. SCULPTURE. MUSIC. CABARET. FASHION. WORLD'S EVENTS. MUSEUMS, EXHIBITIONS. ENTERTAINMENT. SHOWBIZ. WORLD'S FESTIVALS. PERSONALITIES. ARTISTS. SUPERSTARS. CIVILIZATIONS. CULTURE. ARTS. WOMEN AND MEN OF TALENT AND POWER. SOCIETY. LIFESTYLE. PROTOCOL. ETIQUETTE.

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2004-2005 WORLD'S FASHION, GLAMOUR AND STARS' ELEGANCE

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SOCIAL ANALYSIS AND COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF ARTS, CULTURE AND CIVILIZATIONS FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO PRESENT

VOLUME I: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS, NEAR EAST, MIDDLE EAST, ANATOLIA, ASIA MINOR AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ARTS

MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE

INTRODUCTION BY DR. JOHN CHEN, UNITED NATIONS/UNESCO LAUREATE & FORMER MEMBER OF THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE OF LIBRARY SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICE. WASHINGTON, DC, USA.

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WORLD EXCLUSIVE: SPECIAL REPORT ON TERRORISM AND INTERVIEW WITH THREE MIDDLE EASTERN FUNDAMENTALIST FIGHTERS

WHERE AND WHEN AL QAEDA WILL HIT US AGAIN?

MONTHLY HERALD'S RUTH SIELBERG AND PEGGY NORTH REPORTING FROM LEBANON AND IRAQ

ABOU HUSSEIN: "CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ IS INEVITABLE."

SAUDI ARABIA WILL BE SERIOUSLY HIT AND HIT AGAIN

MAHMOOD: "THE AMERICANS WILL ORCHESTRATE THE ASSASSINATION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN."

WHERE AND WHEN AL QAEDA WILL HIT US AGAIN?...MUSLIM FANATICS WOULD NOT HESITATE TO DROP ATOMIC BOMBS ON WASHINGTON, NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA. THEY ALREADY HAVE THEM IN THE UNITED STATES, CLAIM FUNDAMENTALISTS...WHAT THE ARABS REALLY WANT FROM THE UNITED STATES AND PRESIDENT BUSH...AL QAEDA OPERATES IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES. MORE ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATE INEVITABLE...THE ORIGINAL CHOSEN TARGETS DID NOT INCLUDE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER...THE NEXT POSSIBLE ATTACK TARGETS IN THE UNITED STATES. Fundamentalist Muslims Organizations...

The second interview included Q&A about Henry Kissinger, President George Bush, possible forthcoming attacks on selected targets in the United States, Arab-Russian intelligence collaboration, Al Chalabi's affair, the CIA, important information about Bin Laden, briberies at the United Nations, alleged falsified and fake statements by Vice President Cheney, training camps in the United States, close relationship between Pakistan's Mousharraf and Bin Laden, possible Arab and Muslim spies and informers who infiltrated various intelligence agencies in the United States!!! New coalition of Sunnis and Shi'a militia forces in Basra, Mousol, Karkouk, Al Fallujah, Baghdad and Al Najaf to kill Americans and kidnap American leading figures involved in the Iraqi occupation, bank accounts opened under the name of members of Tallas family, (Syria's Tallas minister of defense" to facilitate transfer of astronomical amount of money to finance terrorism operations worldwide, as well as alarming news and threats by terrorists!

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THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC, FOLK AND GOSPEL SPIRITUALS FROM THE 17th CENTURY TO PRESENT

By MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE

History and Early Origin of American Music, American Song, American Composers and American Singers from the Colonial Era to the 21st century

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EARLY AMERICAN SCHOOLS “CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND VOICE”

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THE BEST AMERICAN FEMALE SINGERS-ENTERTAINERS FROM THE COTTON FIELDS ERA TO PRESENT

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THE BEST OF THE HERALD

tTHE 25 MOST LIKED, TRUSTED & CAPTIVATING CABLE TV FEMALE PERSONALITIES IN THE US.

tSynopsis of our Iraq/USA war serious mistakes and poor judgment vis-à-vis Iraq. By Maximillien de Lafayette, Esquire .

tWhy so many foreigners hate the United States? What foreigners like and dislike most about Americans?

tPEOPLE OF GREATNESS: THE 25 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CENTURY

MONTHLY HERALD'S SPECIAL REPORT: THE BEST AND THE WORST IN THE MEDIA

THE BEST AND THE WORST AMERICAN MEDIA, NEWS AND TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, HOSTS AND ANCHORS

The Big mouth...The Arrogant...The Pretentious...The Obnoxious...The Most Trusted...The Most Admired...The Most Liked...The Most Disliked...The Refined...The Vulgar...The Classiest...The Meanest...The Most Informed and The Ignorant!

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THE 50 BEST ANCHORS. MONTHLY HERALD'S INTERNATIONAL SURVEY/POLLS IN 85 COUNTRIES ON THE MOST TRUSTED AND LIKED AMERICAN TV PERSONALITIES.

MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE, RUTH SIELBERG, ERICA SODERHOLM, PEGGY NORTH, SOSHANNA ROSENSTEIN