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...peddles N.Y.P.D. and F.D.N.Y. hats, T shirts and scarves. Credentials to the red zone have supplanted tickets to The Producers as the hottest status symbol in New York. Assistants have scrambled to procure the official, laminated OEM passes for the likes of Harvey Weinstein, Prince Andrew, Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey. Ray Charles asked Quincy Jones...
...CORRECTIONS It's a pity that Jonathan Franzen's dustup with Oprah--she chose his novel for her book club; he expressed some ill-advised reservations--has overshadowed what he wrote, for his saga about a dysfunctional family has accomplished something rare: a mix of high literary ambitions with reader friendliness...
...shot up almost tenfold since 1995. Damianos' listings range from $495,000 to $12.5 million. On 150-acre Musha Cay its owner, Miami real estate developer John Melk, has installed lush landscaping, opulent guest houses and full-time staffing. He recently began renting the place to the likes of Oprah Winfrey for $340,000 a week. For now, the only problem Bahamian real estate agents have is a shortage of available islands to sell: fewer than 50 are listed today...
...Corrections It's a pity that Jonathan Franzen's dustup with Oprah - she chose his novel for her book club; he expressed some ill-advised reservations - has overshadowed what he wrote, for his saga about a dysfunctional family has accomplished something rare: a mix of high literary ambitions with reader friendliness...
Here, a story with a Dickensian twist for Christmas. A boy confined to a wheelchair with a life-threatening disease makes three wishes: to meet his idol, Jimmy Carter; to publish a volume of his poetry; and--because he has a keen nose for commerce--to get on the Oprah Winfrey Show to hawk his books. Success! MATTIE STEPANEK, 11, got all his wishes and then one: a contract from Hyperion for three books to join his best-selling volumes Heartsongs and Journey Through Heartsongs. Stepanek, of Upper Marlboro, Md., has a rare form of muscular dystrophy that keeps...