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...financial sector who could choose to live anywhere. (Granted, nobody yet would argue that Hong Kong was London or New York's cultural equal, but it's a younger place.) That's a reason why Nylonkong needs to be careful not to kill the goose that laid its golden egg. These places are not cheap. According to the consultancy ECA International, Hong Kong's high-end apartments last year had the most expensive rents in the world, with New York third and London sixth...
...drinking bourbon on the rocks. It was great. This huge cheer went up.' GLENN CLOSE, after learning that she'd won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Drama, at a bar in New York City. The traditional ceremony was replaced with a speedy news conference because of the ongoing writers' strike...
...awards show with the vibe of an all-star party; it's a party masquerading as an awards show. That's the Golden Globes when it's in full, fulsome flower. For one night, the TV viewer gets up-front gawking privileges, a chance to see George and Johnny and Julia and Jodie act, not like actors, but like movie stars - looking great, cracking wise, radiating celestial glamour. That's why the Golden Globes is the third-highest-rated of these annual bashes, after the Oscars and the Grammys...
...Some of the HFPA's goofier inspirations have stuck, like the Miss Golden Globe designation, begun in 1963 in homage to the sweet young thing of the moment. The honoree usually comes from Hollywood royalty (Tippi Hedren's daughter Melanie was Miss G.G. in 1975, and 31 years later the slot went to Griffith's daughter Dakota Johnson). It's one more way of guaranteeing that one more proud parent, who just happens to be a movie star, will show...
...Saturday night at the Bright Hockey Center, the Harvard men’s hockey team discovered that it takes more than hard skating and a torrent of shots on goal to defeat No. 11 Clarkson.The Crimson (6-9-3, 5-6-2 ECAC) lost, 4-2, to the Golden Knights (12-7-1, 7-3-0), extending its winless streak to nine games.Despite outshooting Clarkson, 33-28, for the game and generating high-quality scoring opportunities, Harvard never held the lead but displayed fortitude by twice rallying to tie the score.But in the critical third period, Clarkson outshot Harvard...