At the time, things looked bright, says his younger stepsister Elizabeth in written testimony.

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Since 1997, Mr. McDermott has been mining the family vault on behalf of Experience Hendrix LLC the company founded by the guitarist's late father and now managed by Janie Hendrix, the guitarist's stepsister.

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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was his stepsister.

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In 1929, a country girl, Chiyo, is sold into bondage at a Kyoto training house for geishas, a house ruled by the foul-tempered Mother (Kaori Momoi) and a nasty top geisha, Hatsumomo (Gong Li) the equivalents of a wicked step-mother and stepsister.

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