Not So Entertaining These Days
- June
- 1
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As our daughter rose in the musical ranks, my husband and I attended every performance that we could. We rearranged work schedules to hear her play for two minutes. She would roll her eyes in humiliation as her parents sat beaming in the front row, trying desperately not to shout, “Encore, Encore” after her rousing [...]
Hilton to Select New BFF on Reality Show
- March
- 14
A casting call has kicked off on ParisBFF.com, where visitors can vote for Hilton’s aspiring hangers-on.The 27-year-old hotel heiress continues to command attention despite speculation her star power would diminish following her jail stint last June. Hilton — flanked by her boyfriend, Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden — sat in the front row Tuesday at [...]
Ahmadinejad US Power Crippling in Iraq
- March
- 6
BAGHDAD - Iran’s firebrand president wrapped up his landmark visit to Iraq with a bit of added swagger Monday_ insisting that U.S. power is crippling the region and portraying himself as the enduring partner of Baghdad’s Shiite-led government.The parting words and posturing — like nearly every moment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two-day trip — was powerful [...]
The power that is Paris
- March
- 5
PARIS —
ELEGANT minimalism, sculptural tailoring and stiff fabrications — that’s what is driving fashion forward for fall.
Nicolas Ghesquiere’s collection for Balenciaga has become such a bellwether, it’s impossible to know what’s going on for the season before you see it. And it was a wake-up call all right, breathing life into a four-city show cycle [...]
Let there be lace
- February
- 24
MILAN, ITALY —
WHEN the sultans of sex, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, did a collection that could have been lifted from the Queen’s wardrobe at Balmoral, it was clear Milan fashion was in retrograde.
Coming out of political and economic chaos — namely, the government’s collapse here last month — the fall season was about [...]
Retro or right now
- February
- 8
NEW YORK —
AT some point during Fashion Week, I realized that if I saw one more conservative pencil skirt, wallpaper floral coat or frazzled beehive hairdo, my head was going to explode. So many designers were stuck in the past, reviving old styles and old brands, too nervous to experiment during this time of economic [...]
Hannah Montana in 3-D!
- February
- 1
LOS ANGELES Hannah Montana mania has already conquered TV, the music industry and the touring world. Now it’s set to take over the film industry for one week.
On Friday, theaters nationwide will show “Hannah Montana %26 Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert,” a 3-D film version of the sellout tour [...]
Bostons $14.8B Big Dig Finally Complete
- December
- 28
Civil and criminal cases stemming from the July 2006 tunnel ceiling collapse continue, though on Monday the family of Milena Del Valle announced a $6 million settlement with Powers Fasteners, the company that manufactured the epoxy blamed by investigators for the accident. Lawsuits are pending against other Big Dig contractors, and Powers Fasteners still faces [...]
