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...American icon--it means to value and preserve," says Manoj Patel, who was born in the U.S., adding that travelers should care about not who owns a property but how well it is run. Route 66 enthusiast Emily Priddy agrees. She refuses to list on her popular website any motel proclaiming itself American owned. But there's always a new bend in the American road trip. Shilo Inns Suites Hotels, a large chain that has long supported veterans' causes, advertises itself as American owned but considers the phrase an expression of appreciation, not exclusion. When Shilo granted the hotels' first...
...artery, Las Ramblas. The director returned the ardor, promising the movie he has since started filming there would be "a love letter to Barcelona." Alas, the romance may not survive the summer. Weeks of roadblocks and a dispute over subsidies have made some Barcelonans regret letting the American cinematic icon use their city as a movie...
...pretty much time. Gaiman has been an icon in the world of comics and fantasy fandom for almost 20 years. He's notorious for having sold more ideas to Hollywood, without any of them actually getting made, than almost any other living person. Now, all at once, the year of Gaiman is finally upon us. Stardust opens Aug. 10, starring Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. Beowulf, written by Gaiman and directed by Robert Zemeckis, is coming in November. Next year Dakota Fanning will star in Coraline, based on Gaiman's children's book. Is he about...
...These projects don't quite measure up for Sang, a skyscraper enthusiast whose last job was at Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong's tallest building. "When a skyscraper gets to a certain height, it becomes an icon and the city becomes very proud of it," he says. "The Burj Dubai is a sign of the level of activity, imagination and efficiency, and of the can-do attitude here in Dubai...
...course, the trick of a broad-brush blockbuster such as this is to make all difficulties invisible to the audiences careering from icon to icon. But since the ideals of the late industrialist Solomon R. Guggenheim's foundation include "the promotion and encouragement of art and education in art and the enlightenment of the public," it's also rewarding to note the nuances in the show: how a handful of works can carry the quirky spirit of their original collector; how personal taste can determine the path of art history. Seen in this light, Standing Woman is not only...