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Maria Sharapova fibs. "I'm just a normal girl," she giggles. Sharapova, 18, the blond, leggy, Russia-born, Florida-raised tennis pinup is the No. 1--ranked player in the world heading into next week's U.S. Open. Sure, like a normal girl, Sharapova is a bit of a mall rat. But a normal girl doesn't morph into the highest-paid female athlete on the planet in one year. She doesn't have a corporate sponsor like Motorola throw her 18th-birthday party at a swank Manhattan nightclub, pack it with 500 people and hire Maroon 5 to rock...
That's the kind of stardust developers are betting on. Among the six projects on Muvico's drawing board is a theater in Xanadu, an enormous New Jersey mall complex. Designed as the largest movie-theater complex in the U.S., it will feature 26 screens and a helipad to fly in celebrities from nearby New York City for premieres. "We're a starstruck nation," says Larry Siegel, CEO of developer Mills Corp. For most of us, these posh new cinemas may be the closest we'll get to being treated like one. --With reporting by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles
...debated using bullhorns to silence "protestors wearing peace signs and rainbows," lefty blogs questioned how the Pentagon could stage a show of support for the Iraqi war on the fourth anniversary of Sept. 11. With a Clint Black concert set as the event's grand finale on the Washington Mall, BUZZMACHINE asked, "What's next: line-dancing on the graves...
...also a fact that starting a business requires a profound leap of faith, and there Christian entrepreneurs may have a distinct advantage. When millionaire businessman and Cuban immigrant Aurelio Barreto III, 46, dreamed up a chain of mall stores selling cool Christian stuff for teens, even other Christians rolled their eyes. Undeterred, Barreto named his venture C28 (for Colossians 2:8) and has opened six stores since 2001. The loud music is Christian alt-rock, the graffiti on the floor is a blue cross and the toe rings say JESUS NEVER FAILS YOU. "When you walk in here...
...next destination mall to be built on Thonglor was J-Avenue, an upscale venture that's crammed to its trendy rafters with caf?s, bars and slick emporiums. Then a three-storied, $9.5 million extravaganza called Playground, tel: (66-2) 714 7888, opened its doors. Billed as Thailand's "first superchic concept store," Playground offers a sprawling selection of fashion, jewelry, books, art and furniture. The goods are the creation of homegrown designers (check out Prin Sachakul's hot clothing label, the Oddyssee) as well as overseas names (don't miss the must-have housewares by Amsterdam's Droog Design...