Word: limos
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...long after winning the award for Best New Artist at the Grammys, Christina Aguilera steps inside a black superstretch limo and drives off into the Los Angeles night. Breathless (was it the respectful nods she got from Elton John backstage?), she picks up her cell phone and talks to her mom and then to MTV's Total Request Live host Carson Daly--you know, the people who really count on a night like this. Then she turns to the reporter in the car with her. "Did I sound O.K. onstage?" she asks. "I was in shock. I was preparing...
...pipeline to the gaming phenomenon known as Mohegan Sun. After three tries driving up and down the strip, I finally find where I should be, the Winter Parking Lot. I leave the lot, step off the sidewalk and out onto the pavement, well in front of a white stretch limo. The driver stops beside me and shouts from his window, "Was that a smart fucking idea?" At first I can't decide whether his question is rhetorical, but it seems as though he wants an answer. I muster an "I'm sorry, man," retake the sidewalk and follow the signs...
...SEAN ("Puffy") COMBS: New York prosecutors allege that while the rapper and multihyphenate trouble magnet waited in a holding cell following his arrest on a gun charge last December, police overheard him offer his driver $50,000 to take the blame for a stolen pistol found in Combs' limo. As collateral, Combs dangled a $40,000 pinkie ring--a recent gift from girlfriend Jennifer Lopez. The driver declined. "They think money can buy them out of this," said prosecutors, requesting that Combs' bail be upped from $10,000 to $150,000. (A judge will rule on the request...
...realistic, and fun, details. "The idea," says Zeff, "is to take information that people might find boring and make it as engaging as possible." To spice things up, Zeff and Gabel added small touches, like the POW/MIA sticker on McCain's racer and gold lettering on Forbes' chauffeur-driven limo. As for realism, Zeff went so far as to enhance the textures of the racetrack and infield with digital photos of his driveway and lawn. "We never cut corners. In some ways it's idealistic--in other ways it's idiotic. But it's definitely...