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...classical, crystal, timeless perfection. Placido - more baroque, a little bit twisted, crazy and sexy. For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style. New York city-based chef Daniel Boulud CREATED a confection called "DIVA renee AU CHOCOLAT." What's it like having a dessert named after you? It is too many calories! And with my face lasered on the front of the dessert, it is hard for me to look at that and then eat it anyway...
...YORK--BASED CHEF DANIEL BOULUD CREATED A CONFECTION CALLED "DIVA RENEE AU CHOCOLAT." WHAT'S IT LIKE HAVING A DESSERT NAMED AFTER YOU? It is too many calories! And with my face lasered on the front of the dessert, it is hard for me to look at that and then eat it anyway...
...track betting on the Cup meet in Victoria alone was up 13% on last year, and people came from everywhere to cheer for the mare as if she were their own. Craig and Michelle Hill looked like locals with their Diva caps, but they drove the 5,000 km from their home in Port Hedland, Western Australia, to urge her on. It wouldn't detract from her greatness if she lost, they agreed before the race, but wouldn't it be something if she won? "She's just special - and she's a mare, having a crack at history against...
...days before the great annual horse race that crowds marquees, backyards and pubs around Australia, the form and fortunes of one bay mare fueled a national conversation. Makybe Diva, the two-time Melbourne Cup winner who'd been passed over when she was offered for sale as a foal, was on the cusp of history and almost everyone wanted a front-row seat. Could the mare do it? Would it matter if she didn't? Would she even run? What might the television crews, peeping through the bushes surrounding her trainer Lee Freedman's coastal property, reveal about her training...
Even in early films like Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern, Gong Li had a smoldering star quality. So a diva like Hatsumomo fits her like a cheongsam. She thinks she knows why her character is so mean to Sayuri. "In those days, a geisha could not have her own love," she says, speaking through an interpreter, "so she had a lover secretly. She's been deprived of her own love, her own feelings. She has great love and great hate. I thought she might have had the same kind of upbringing as Sayuri. She might have been beaten...