Word: lavishness
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...story of a boy lost at sea with a boatload of illegal immigrants - the critical consensus can be loud and derisive. (Literally: the film was booed.) For the fun and frissons that are supposed to be the movies' birthright you had to go back outside, to the lavish parties picturemakers throw for themselves. At one of these was Jackie Chan, who unabashedly loves being Jackie Chan. He was escorting the co-star of his new film The Myth, Bollywood sex goddess Mallika Sherawat, a young woman so gorgeous, curvaceous and genial, and so open in her ambition...
...DIED. RENE RIVKIN, 61, disgraced Australian stockbroker whose investment tip sheet The Rivkin Report brought market advice to the masses before his conviction for insider trading in 2003; of an apparent suicide; in Sydney. Rivkin, whose lavish lifestyle included raucous parties aboard his $4 million yacht, more than 100 exotic cars and a fondness for Cuban cigars, was sentenced to nine months' periodic detention over a purchase of shares in Qantas Airways made after receiving a tip-off about a possible merger. Rarely seen in public since his release, Rivkin had admitted to depression and in recent years suffered from...
...shining on the balcony of the Quarterdeck Club Seafood Restaurant and Grill, and luncheon diners have a terrific view of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, full of wooden sampans and junks, speeding ferries and lavish white yachts. It's the picture-perfect postcard image that Hong Kong promotes to potential visitors from abroad...
McLellan judges that the level of lavish outlay reached its peak in the third year of the Reagan Administration. Probably never in U.S. history had so much been spent on caterers, limousines and designer gowns in pursuit of influence. There also was a great self-beautification movement. "When you go out now you barely see a nose you know," says McLellan. "They are deeply concerned with their exteriors...
...flurry of popular products, including Sidekick, an organizing aid for executives, and Turbo Gameworks, for chess and bridge buffs, followed. Kahn soon collected all the touches of the Silicon Valley good life: a Porsche, a 37-ft. sailboat and a lavish home equipped with a family-size hot tub for his wife and two children. Last month, with his bustling company now ensconced in new quarters, Kahn finally found time to correct the status of his residency in the U.S. After flying home to France, where he has become something of a national hero in absentia, Kahn stopped...