Word: lavishness
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...when it finally opens on Broadway next week, the lavish and lovely stage version of Mary Poppins will be flying into a stiffer headwind than it could ever have expected. Here's the medicine with the spoonful of sugar: a lot has changed in the nine years since The Lion King's innovative mix of puppetry, dance and set design transformed Broadway. The era of the giant musical spectacle is in eclipse. The real news on Broadway over the past few seasons has been the success of smaller, edgier musicals: shows like Urinetown, Avenue Q and The 25th Annual Putnam...
...RELEASED. Hutomo Mandala Putra, 44, youngest son of former Indonesian President Suharto, better known as Tommy Suharto; after serving four years of a 10-year sentence for ordering the execution of a judge; in Jakarta. Tommy, a multimillionaire playboy who enjoyed a lavish lifestyle under the patronage of his powerful father, was convicted in 2002 of hiring two hit men to kill judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita, who had ruled against him in a 2000 graft trial. His early release for good behavior, while the men who carried out the hit are still serving life terms, has prompted criticism that Indonesia...
...suites were conceived by Santa Monica-based architect and designer Beatrice Girelli to a contemporary brief - furnishings are deliberately understated, and the color palette kept to a soothing selection of cream, chocolate and olive. The range of amenities is appropriately lavish, and includes a dining room seating eight to 10, a fully equipped study, a Jacuzzi, a sauna and plasma TVs scattered throughout. Use of the hotel's secret entrance will pander to your inner celebrity, as will the private lounge in which your visitors are vetted by security before admission to the sanctum of the suite itself. A night...
...range of amenities is appropriately lavish, and includes a dining room seating eight to 10, a fully equipped study, a Jacuzzi, a sauna and plasma TVs scattered throughout. Use of the hotel's secret entrance will pander to your inner celebrity, as will the private lounge in which your visitors are vetted by security before admission to the sanctum of the suite itself. A night here will set you back $4,500 - not cheap, but for this level of cosseting it's well-priced. Tempted? See more at singapore.grand.hyatt.com
...StarsThe Queen wears Cons and rocks out to New Order and the Banshees in Sofia Coppola’s lavish, though perhaps excessively opulent, re-envisioning of one of history’s most infamous monarchs. Inspired by Antonia Fraser’s somewhat controversial biography, Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” offers a sympathetic portrait of a young girl trapped in a glittering and cold palatial prison. The film follows the Austrian-born princess from her engagement at 14 through her life at the royal court of Versailles. The majority of the film centers...