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...never before been explored in a Hollywood film. “Get Rich,” on the other hand, is another story about hustling out of the hood through the coke game. It’s “Belly” without the alluring music-video gloss and “Paid In Full” without the realness. The problem with 50’s character Marcus is the same problem I’m starting to see in 50 himself: he doesn’t add up. His grimy, nihilistic gangsta posturing does not match...

Author: By Chris Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Get Rich or Die Tryin’ | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

...city gloss, Seoul has been oddly lacking in design-conscious hotels?at least until recently. The opening of the W Seoul Walker Hill in 2004 gave visitors to the Korean capital their first trendy alternative to the traditional (and near-identical) business hotels. Now, there's the slick new Park Hyatt Seoul. Granted, it's part of a large chain, but its striking d?cor and Modernist touches give it a fashionably individual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Check In | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

Like icons Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff, some 13-year-olds like shiny lip gloss and splashy highlights, while others go natural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Being 13: Gotta Have It | 7/31/2005 | See Source »

...hours before my first day of work at The New York Sun, I accidentally smeared pink lip gloss on my white collared shirt. I wore what I hoped were professional-looking pointy shoes, but three blisters formed on each heel after just one subway stop. Three stops later, after a painful ascent, I sat down on a bench in City Hall Park to put bright pink UHS-brand Band-Aids on my heels. I rose, tentatively putting weight on each foot to see if the Band-Aids would ease my transition from flip-flops. As I stood and walked...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, | Title: Beyond First Impressions | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...does, of course, his piano. The $40,000 concert grand, plucked by crane from the living room of his Manhattan townhouse, had its 12,000 parts cleaned and examined with a degree of care worthy of Air Force One. Its mahogany case was given coat after coat of high-gloss finish and hand-rubbed with fine steel wool, a laborious task that took 18 hours. It was then packed in space-age material resistant to heat and weather, loaded aboard a 747 early in April and shipped as a diplomatic pouch to Moscow. In the week before the concert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vladimir Horowitz: The Prodigal Returns | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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