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...limited furniture, but mostly by an elaborate system of lights that descend from the ceiling—globe lights in two sizes, chandeliers, and normal overhead lighting—in various configurations and heights. This system, designed by D. M. Wood, immediately sets the place, from a grand ballroom to a garden to a monk’s cell. Apart from the retractable lights, intense strobes frequently frame the walkways or backlight characters, to great visual effect. In contrast to the other technical aspects, the sound design by David Remedios tends to detract from the play. From sudden bursts...
...OLYMPICS IT AIN'T--although it does have former decathlete Bruce Jenner. But Fox's rip-off of Dancing with the Stars far outdoes its ballroom model. The irresistible cornpone of a celebrity skate-off, it turns out, is not that different from the irresistible cornpone of a legitimate skating match. But there are also earnest moments, as when NFL on Fox weather babe Jillian Barberie, pictured--the competition's ringer--revealed that she has dreamed of spangle-costumed skating glory since she was a girl. Plus, we got to see Full House's Dave Coulier skate in a dress...
Heeding to the informal nature of the classes, Charm School attendees ambled through ballroom dancing and flirting classes while clutching bundles of handouts and washing down mini-cheesecakes with lemonade...
...makeshift ballroom at Ford Field, the Detroit Lions' stadium, a Beatles tribute band is playing I Want to Hold Your Hand, which has got the élite of Motor City moving and shaking, but not the hosts of the black-tie charity ball, William Clay Ford Jr. and his wife Lisa. In fact, the 48-year-old CEO of Ford Motor Co. is getting teased by his brother-in-law about his ineptitude on the dance floor. Turning to a reporter, Bill owns up to it. "You don't want to see that," the Ford scion says with a laugh...
...could still cull a comely quintet of nominees from the current gang of 15--including Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Mad Hot Ballroom, Murderball, Rize and, of course, March of the Penguins. Perhaps Herzog can take solace in the fact that, as those penguins proved, persistence is everything...