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Dame Edna's not about to play possum
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Wake up, Possums. The time has come to turn up your little
snouts and bathe in the light of Dame Edna.
Dame who?
Dame Edna Everage, the magnificent yet humble British megastar
who affectionately refers to her fans as "Possums." Dame Edna, who
blends the rugged good looks of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf with the
delicate personal style of Joan Rivers. Dame Edna, the housewife,
swami, anthropologist, chanteuse and polymath who will host "Dame
Edna's Hollywood," an unprecedented NBC special filmed at Dame Edna's
"deceptively spacious" Bel Air mansion.
If you've never heard of Dame Edna, you've ...
 "The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)")
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The dame's key player.(Mark Nadler)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
; ...his own cabaret comedy by keeping one eye on Broadway's Dame Edna From his perch at a white baby grand piano, the tuxedoed...seat on Broadway this season--as the accompanist for Dame Edna: The Royal Tour. When not pounding out ditties for the...watching the audience's response to Australian actor ...
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Making Contact.(Mitzi Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, New York)(Review)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine
; ...Speaking of over-the-top, Australian comedian Barry Humphries, otherwise known as Dame Edna Everidge, has brought his/her hilarious show, Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, to the Booth Theatre. Dame Edna combines satiric and music-hall styles (many...
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MAC Cosmetics is teaming up with two "gals"--Miss Kitty and Dame Edna--showcasing its ability to align cosmetics with pop culture like no other brand.(Marketing News)
Magazine article from: Household & Personal Products Industry
; ...Cosmetics is teaming up with two gals --Miss Kitty and Dame Edna--showcasing its ability to align cosmetics with pop culture...has also created a limited edition color collection with Dame Edna Everage--the cross-dressing alter-ego of British comedian Barry Humphries. Housed in ...
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 "Bury Free Press (Bury St. Edmunds, England)")
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Famous faces prove a winner for Aimee.
Newspaper article from: Bury Free Press (Bury St. Edmunds, England)
; ...Norwich School of Art. The portrait included Sir Elton John, Dame Edna Everage, Alf and a My Little Pony. Out of the 350 exhibitiors...and has also been in touch with ITV, which is working with Dame Edna Everage. Aimee, who is due to graduate with a 2:1 this week...
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The Capitals.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Quadrant
; ...pearls, land rights and box jellyfish. Real Canberra clangs flagpoles on windy nights and never builds on its own heights. Dame Edna traps Melbourne in derision about social tides that have long gone out. Hobart's a sweet climax up a cool passage while Brisbane...
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Enough with the kangaroos already. (Wise & Otherwise).(wine labels)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Wines & Vines
; ...Maybe that's the intention, eh mates?) If you're considering an alternative animal image, here's a tip: koala bears may say Australia to U.S. consumers, but they also say lame and unoriginal. How about a picture of Dame Edna or Steve Irwin instead?
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(book review)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
; ...someone or something must be held accountable for the land that brought us The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Dame Edna, and now, novelist Neal Drinnan. The author of Glove Puppet--just another comic tale about the son of a drug-addicted prostitute...
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sharp focus.(South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys uses satire to teach safe sex)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: New Internationalist
; ...happen to the career of apartheid's foremost satirist, Pieter-Dirk Uys. This was an actor who, often likened to Barry Humphries' Dame Edna Everage, never shied away from putting on a dress to make a point. And Uys's point was quite simple: apartheid...
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Yule flip your wig.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
; Who needs the Rockettes? Dragsters Justin Bond and Jackie Beat kick up their own New York holigay spirit Move over, Dame Edna, and watch out, Santa--two of downtown's hottest drag stars are redefining New York City's famous holiday traditions. At...
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Once an Australian: Journeys with Barry Humphries, Clive James, Germaine Greer and Robert Hughes.
Magazine article from: Quadrant
; ...Certainly this is the case with his essay The Strangeness of Barry Humphries , though Britain permits himself some literary extravagance by comparing Humphries' creation Dame Edna Everage with Chaucer's Wife of Bath, offering for good measure...
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