Word: glitterati
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...that so many film folk came to the ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Then there's the open bar and free eats (though the dinner portion is over by 5 p.m. P.T., when the TV broadcast begins). But the true compact between the HFPA mavens and the movie glitterati is this: We're going to lure all you Hollywood swells to our party - where you'll be seen by millions of TV viewers and you'll promote our lodge of foreign journalists - by nominating you for awards we'll then give to people in little films that few people...
...Sapor Rendall, modeling-agency director Start with the historic ambiance of the Elephant Bar in Raffles Hotel Le Royal, tel: (855-23) 981 888. Happy hour there is a staple for the city's glitterati. The hotel's Café Monivong has a great a la carte menu and fine buffet spread. For an after-dinner or a preclub drink, try the chic Metro Bar, tel: (855-23) 222 275, on Sisowath Quay. Just around the corner, off the riverfront, is the Memphis Pub, tel: (855-12) 871 263, which has live rock and blues until the early hours...
Natascha, a French yoga teacher, is a type that could be found in any organic-vegetarian restaurant in any of the cosmopolitan cultural capitals of Europe and the Americas. She has studied with the glitterati of yoga masters, and is in town for a refresher course. "It's a dream life," she says, while munching an organic vegetable hotpot at a café catering exclusively to yoga enthusiasts. "You can practice yoga with the masters, eat organic food, and rent a bicycle to take you around this beautiful city...
Claire Messud’s latest novel, “The Emperor’s Children,” accomplishes precisely this; it is an enchanting comedy of manners about the New York glitterati and three aimless, prodigiously talented Ivy League graduates on the precipice of turning 30 but lacking manifest achievements to match their self-vaunted promise...
...nightlife in recent years. But how will Beijing's new, sophisticated hostelries perform in a frugal city where it's still possible to knock back a stiff gin-and-tonic for a buck? Though Drake concedes that Face is "certainly a high-risk project," the initial response from the glitterati has been positive, and plans are afoot to add a Middle Eastern restaurant, as well as to convert the building's upper floors into a spa and boutique hotel. The new venues are also eyeing the tantalizing possibility of recouping their substantial investment from just a handful of well-heeled...