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HONG KONG Peninsula Hotel To help celebrate its 80th anniversary, arrive in style at this ultra-chic hotel, complete with a fleet of 14 Rolls-Royce Phantoms...
...pulsed with emphatic joy and were delivered with conviction by his orchestra. The evening began with a premiere of Carson Cooman’s “Flying Machine,” an HRO commission dedicated to Yannatos in celebration of his commitment to HRO as well as his 80th birthday, which is next March. The piece, depicting the construction and flight of a machine, immediately conjured the mystery of creation, with unpredictable harmonies and a rumbling tension foreshadowing the takeoff to come. The percussion creaked, supporting the piece from underneath and generating a sense of the machine that...
Andy Warhol infamously said, “Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” By now Warhol has contradicted his own statement: his celebrity—and more importantly his artistic influence—has lasted for over 50 years.To commemorate what would have been his 80th year, and to help dismantle common simplifications of Warhol’s work, Harvard art professor Benjamin Buchloh has organized the conference “Andy, 80? Considering the Warhol Legacies on His 80th Birthday” to take place today and tomorrow in the Sackler Auditorium. The conference will...
...just a nice guy, which is why I think I did pretty well. I mean, I'd meet an actress and have to say, 'Sit down, take your clothes off - I'm going to ask you to do some nasty things.' You have to be pretty nice." On his 80th birthday, adult-film stars flew in from around the country to surprise their old friend...
...being an investor's mecca. The kingdom ranks a woeful 137th on the World Bank's list when measured by ability to enforce contracts. For many investors, that will be a red flag. Saudi Arabia has also fared poorly on other lists that investors parse: it has slipped to 80th place on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index for 2008, from 70th in 2005. By that reckoning, Saudi Arabia is one of the most corrupt places in the Middle East...