Friday, January 30, 2009

Making a killing from courtroom dramas

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HE isn’t hotter than Harry Potter, but for a man who has 235 million books in print, John Grisham has become platinum standard for fans of l...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Selling on the presidental dream

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YES, you can. So said Harry Winston, the preferred jewellers of celebrities walking the red carpet in La-La Land. With that Obama-inspired t...
Friday, January 9, 2009

Hawaii Hunk, or plain Barry, he’s special

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YOU can run but you can’t hide from Barack Obama. America’s next president smiles from countless magazine covers, peers at you from 2009 cal...
Friday, January 2, 2009

Rush, rush, New York, but still enchanting

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BESIDES singer Billy Joel, 47 million people are also in a “New York State of Mind”. That’s the record number of visitors who came to Gotham...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Prayers run high as cash runs low

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SNOW blanketed the city most of last week but it is the flailing economy that’s giving New Yorkers the shivers. Broadway caught the chills, ...
Friday, December 19, 2008

Figures, in whatever form, spell bad news

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THE economy is bad news, credit is dwindling, and, for New Yorkers, there’s yet another set of numbers they need to fret over. Their calorie...
Friday, December 12, 2008

Not so gay now in California

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THE pairs of champagne flutes sat inside their boxes, unwrapped on the shelves. Each one was marked “bride”. They were meant for same-sex co...