Word: karan
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...lover of irony, of the odd and absurd juxtapositions that life creates. So it may be that he would have savored the fact that Madonna set translations of his 13th century verses praising Allah to music on Deepak Chopra's 1998 CD, A Gift of Love; that Donna Karan has used recitations of his poetry as a background to her fashion shows; that Oliver Stone wants to make a film of his life; and that even though he hailed from Balkh, a town near Mazar-i-Sharif situated in what is today Afghanistan, his verse has only become more popular...
...former corporate creative director for Donna Karan International has launched his own ad agency, Laird + Partners, based in New York City. He will handle advertising for Gap's flagship brand, a coveted contract. And his separation from Donna Karan is no divorce. The company has hired Laird, 37, to handle its advertising...
...Think, Karan Johar says, of "a Hollywood release starring Sean Connery, Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio." And then add Audrey Hepburn, Julia Roberts and Kate Hudson. That's what the 29-year-old director aimed for with Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham (Sometimes There's Joy, Sometimes Sorrow), which features three generations of India's brightest movie stars in one of Bollywood's most expensive productions ever. In an industry that churns out some 500 films a year, few motion pictures have attracted as much positive prerelease buzz. "This is our Harry Potter," says Amit Khanna, president of the All India...
DIED. CARRIE DONOVAN, 73, astute, flamboyant fashionista who won new fans by appearing--with her trademark oversize glasses and a dog, Magic--in recent TV ads for Old Navy; of pulmonary illness; in New York City. An early advocate of Donna Karan and an editor for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and the New York Times, Donovan appreciated highbrow and lowbrow fashion. Her mentor Diana Vreeland once told her, "My dear, you've got the common touch...
...Every time we see something devastating, it brings back the sleepless nights, the nightmares, the whole dang ball of wax," says Paul Howell, who lost his 28-year-old daughter Karan Shepherd in the bombing. Howell, like Doris Jones, 53, knew immediately after the recent attacks that he would go to New York City to help. Both of them made the trip, sponsored by the Red Cross. Three times a day, they escorted grieving family members on tours of ground zero...