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...Theater in St. Petersburg, has developed a group of admirers worldwide for the epic Russian operas he has resurrected. Gergiev was scheduled to take the stage at the Met this past Christmas, but then Beijing called. The Chinese wanted him to conduct the opening opera in their country's highest palace of performance, the $40 million National Center for the Performing Arts, which is often referred to by its former name, the National Grand Theater, but is better known in Beijing by its shape: "the egg." The building, designed by the French architect Paul Andreu, is a gleaming dome surrounded...
...might think the highest-rated Oscar telecasts are in years when there's a close contest in the major categories, as with Crash and Brokeback Mountain in 2006. Uh-uh. It's the runaway years, when billion-dollar blockbusters like Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King get what is essentially People's Choice awards. Moviegoers who are TV viewers don't want horse races; they want coronations--validation that Hollywood is ready to honor the movies they love...
...more chatty racers on the circuit. Do you talk a lot with other racers? Matt Robbie, BURLINGTON, VT. Yeah. It perpetuates a positive energy. I think guys generally race at their highest level when they're feeling positive about themselves rather than trying to bring other guys around them down to a lower level to beat them...
Compensation for managers of Harvard’s $35 billion endowment rose this year, but payments to the highest-paid officials were far lower than the massive pay packages that drew criticism in recent years...
...hard-bitten trader. Yet the former Indonesian shipping agent happens to be the founder and CEO of Borobudur Auction; in October his four-year-old company fetched $6.89 million at a Singapore sale of contemporary and modern Southeast Asian art. The figure was just $200,000 less than the highest figure taken at similar sales by venerable auctioneers Sotheby's. "I do break even and have a profit," says Andreas with a lopsided grin. "Otherwise why should...