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Siren song; You can't keep a good actress down.

Vogue

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Byline: Sally Singer

Ellen Barkin is sitting in the dining room of Soho House in New York and living up to her reputation as one of the world's great sprawlers. (Her friend the decorator DD Allen says, "Her favorite pose is a sexy slouch on a comfortable sofa. I've never seen her sit upright in a chair.") Reclining on a straight-backed chair with a loose-limbed languidness of uncanny power-it's the kind of laid-back, subliminally seductive posture one might associate with a male heartthrob-the 52-year-old Hollywood star and ex-Mrs. Perelman takes a bite of a steak and sets out her rules for sailing stylishly into the teeth of time: "I'm very good on dressing ...

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