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'Gibson Girl' draws on Rox artist to talk race

For the first two decades of the 20th century, they looked out alluringly from the pages of magazines, eyes dark, lips curved and hair luxuriantly piled into chignons. The feminine, slender-waisted women captured in pen-and-ink drawings by Roxbury native Charles Gibson became known as the "Gibson Girls," and their iconic faces soon adorned books, linens and wallpaper sold across the nation. More »

From soaps to superheroes, Patrick is making his mark

Born in Bath, England on June 5, 1974, Marcus Patrick is an international community unto himself. The multitalented hard-body claims Cherokee, Jamaican, Cuban, English, Irish and French descent. He's also got more than enough firepower to provide for his own defense; he holds a second-degree black belt and is a former British tae kwon do national heavyweight champion. And as if good looks, a worldly demeanor and a nasty fight game weren't enough, at the age of 17 Patrick was discovered by pop kingmaker and "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell, who signed the promising talent on as a member of the international boy band Worlds Apart. More »