Word: biz
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ensure that he brings in the buzz that drives the biz, Arnault hires edgy, critically acclaimed young designers who never made a centime of profit when they ran their own houses but who excel at engaging, exciting and infuriating the fashion press. Arnault points to John Galliano's spring collections for Dior this year as typical of what he wants from his designers. "His ideas are not meant to be worn," Arnault says of the avant-gardish collection of bag-lady-style ball gowns, "but the ideas descend down to pret-a-porter and to everything in the line...
When comedian Bob Newhart and his fiance, Virginia Quinn, asked a priest to marry them, the clergyman balked. Show-biz marriages never last, he told them. The priest was wrong. Thirty-seven years later, Bob and Ginnie are still together...
...England Music Showcase's - what does the "O" stand for? I don't know) main event Friday night. There were also plenty of music execs snacking, drinking and chatting away on cell phones above the din of the club. This was to be expected: it's standard for the biz. More disturbing, though, was the surprisingly high number of high school-age looking couples making out and groping each other in the middle of the Axis for no apparent reason...
...World Class Vacations has been in the spring break biz for the past 24 years and their youthful negligence mimics that of their college-age clientele. They will rearrange plans and then hope that the strawberry margaritas will leave their customers with a sweeter aftertaste. They have become experts of the scam - a scam tainted by blaring techno, unbelievable clubs, beautiful beaches and the stench of Corona. Advice: leave the beer in the red cooler. World Class Vacations needs to pop some breath mints...
...guys from Orlando, Fla. Ages: 16 to 20 Sounds Like: 'N Sync meets Dru Hill Fun Fact: All five members are more than 6 ft. tall and wear size 12 shoes. Yowza! Sample Lyric: "Don't make me wait 'cause I'm ready now/Let's get biz-zay, one time!" Sales Outlook: Platinum...