Word: carpets
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...largest amount realized thus far was the €35,905,000 ($45,264,579) for French Impressionist Henri Matisse's painting Les coucous, tapis bleu et rose (Cuckoos on a blue and pink carpet), which went for twice Christie's estimate. Similarly, a Constantin Brancusi sculpture valued at up to €20 million ($25,877,114) sold for €29,185,000 ($36,792,835). In all, more than 700 items are up for sale at the three-day auction, which Christie's believes could bring in as much as €300 million ($384 million). (See pictures from the auction...
...movie's treatment of the Holocaust is too manicured. Thus, Elie Wiesel has been drafted to host the meal, which would have been a masterly counterstroke of damage control for distributor Harvey Weinstein had Wiesel not bailed at the last minute to attend - oh, bitter irony of the red-carpet campaign trail! - a bris. (See pictures of Winslet in her 10 best roles...
...Where will you be on Oscar night? I'd like to say I'll be at the Oscars, but I've never gotten an invitation. Instead, my wife and I will invite people over to our house for a party. We'll have a red carpet for our guests when they walk through the front door. Inside, we do food and drinks in the family room, where we all gather to watch the show...
...When you walk your own red carpet, what will you be wearing? Not a famous designer, that's for sure. I dress up every single day for work in a suit, and when I'm not here I try to dress as comfortable as possible. I'll probably wear sneakers and jeans. I may even have a T-shirt on that night. Ed Hardy is about as fancy...
...team also found time to acknowledge its past. During the first intermission in Saturday’s game, Harvard honored the 1999 AWHCA national championship team that finished 31-1-0 on its way to the title. Alumni from that team came out to center ice in a red carpet ceremony, and then watched a video montage celebrating the 30th anniversary of Harvard women’s hockey. “It’s awesome to see everybody,” Stone said. “We had 42 people out for our alumni game earlier today, which...