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...pasta and Indian curries for $17 a head?a bargain by local standards. Behind wooden doors, big spenders, or "whales" in Vegas lingo, enjoyed quiet VIP rooms with plush maroon chairs and lofty windows where minimum bets can reach $130. Still to come: 51 luxury suites, some with a mansion-size 740 sq m of floor space, featuring saunas, karaoke rooms, private plunge pools and Jacuzzis with views of the harbor...
Every reality show needs a mansion," jokes Patrick Lynn, a segment producer for American Idol. The rented eight-bedroom manse that houses Idol's finalists, in the mountains above Los Angeles, is like the show itself: big, showy and just tacky enough to be amusing. There are faux-castle turrets, an Egyptian-style horse statue, a gargantuan wooden wagon, a mammoth futuristic fake-suede couch--and three very ordinary teenage women battling America's largest case of butterflies. A few weeks ago, over a catered dinner of poached salmon and Chinese chicken salad, the contestants chatted with TIME about taking...
...Britain's most popular tourist attractions; in Derbyshire, England. Thought to be wealthier than the Queen, Sir Andrew paid off $20 million in inheritance taxes by selling tens of thousands of acres of land and art from his large collection to set up a trust that financed his mansion's maintenance...
ACQUITTED. JAYSON WILLIAMS, 36, former NBA All-Star; of aggravated manslaughter; in Somerville, N.J. He was convicted on four lesser counts, including tampering with evidence to try to conceal the fatal 2002 shooting of limousine driver Costas (Gus) Christofi by a shotgun Williams was handling at his mansion. He could face as many as 13 years in prison...
...suppose he's right. I also hope, though, that Pimp's viewers--watching a channel increasingly dedicated to the idea that a car, or a mansion, or a new pair of breasts, is the ticket to fulfillment--realize there are cheaper routes to self-esteem. "We're about to put $20,000 into a $900 car," a craftsman boasts as he rebuilds a pathetic Mitsubishi Mirage for Antwon, a 19-year-old art student. The gleaming, finished car is hilariously over the top (it includes a built-in fish tank), and Antwon is delighted. But I have to wonder: Wouldn...