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...bush-league backwater. In fact, no beach in Asia can claim quite the bloodline. Dotted with palaces, steeped in history, Hua Hin celebrates the grandeur of old Siam. You feel it with every creak of the teak floorboards at the old Railway Hotel, built at the Queen's command as a guesthouse for royal parties. Nowadays, it's been reborn as the grandiose 200-room Sofitel Central Hua Hin Resort. Yet the enormous balconies, antique furnishings and white colonial architecture still reflect the unique style of Thailand's first hotel (opened 80 years ago this October). High...
...Elaine Lancaster, the 6-ft. 2-in. drag queen who is the hostess of the club, says she approves of Reno's moves. "Tonight she looks great in black," she says of Reno's suit skirt. "It's all about fashion." Reno's younger sister Maggy Hurchalla is equally impressed. "She can make her feet move. I just pretend," she says. "Jeb can probably dance better than Janey and I can. He's conventional...
...Winners GLORIA TREVI Mexican pop queen and jailhouse mom could be released from Brazilian prison. Clearly the world has its next celebrity reality show PENELOPE CRUZ Actress plans launch of U.S. branch of Indian charity. She'll be distributing food, medicine and Tom Cruise's discarded dental braces RIO FERDINAND English defender is looking to switch teams if some club meets Leeds' $50 million asking price. Or they could sign Jeff Agoos 183 times Losers NOELLE BUSH President's niece jailed after violating court-ordered rehab. Once again, Bush family values are taken with a grain of something or other...
...comedy-actress categories were more routine - Patricia Heaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Debra Messing, yada yada yada - but it was nice to see "Sex and the City's" Cynthia Nixon nominated as Miranda for supporting, and not just Kim Cattrall for the ever-more-drag-queen-like Samantha. (But Lauren Graham, denied a comedy-actress spot for "Gilmore Girls," was robbed. Not only is she so cool and bracing she should wear a speared olive on her head, but given the rat-a-tat hour-long "Gilmore" scripts, she may well have to memorize more dialogue per episode than actors...
...emerging compromise appears to be that Arafat should be kicked upstairs by redefining the Palestinian Authority presidency as a ceremonial role and transferring effective power to a prime minister and cabinet members. But there's no sign, so far, that Arafat himself is ready to be turned into the Queen Mother...