Word: retro
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...validate the decade's least likely retro trend - musicals! - opening in theaters today is Take the Lead, a gritty-weepie drama, "inspired by a true story," starring Antonio Banderas as a do-gooder teaching ballroom dancing to disaffected Harlem high schoolers. A few more of these, and nice could become a genre...
...show full of old-fashioned optimistic pop, rather than the woe-is-the-world nihilism of more mature rock and rap. Indeed, the songs are designed for the ears of the young and not-so. They take their hooks from old ('60s-'80s) pop, filching motifs heard in every retro-rock musical from Grease and The Rocky Horror Show through Footloose and up to Hairspray - all of which have been Broadway shows and (when Hairspray is filmed next year) movies...
...iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder downtown venue, Project Shop Café: with its retro furniture and jazzy ambience, PS represents the ample fulfillment of that dream. The views are even more lush at Beppe De Vito's Il Lido Italian restaurant, tel: (65) 6866 1977, on Sentosa island. Indeed, the good-humored owner claims that Il Lido's hilltop setting ranks among "the most beautiful...
...corner of the food world: remember Rocco DiSpirito of NBC's The Restaurant? Both the show and the eatery, Rocco's 22nd Street, are gone. Wolfgang Puck doubtless earns millions from ventures like his little plastic-wrapped, refrigerated sandwiches sold at the airport. But eating in one of his retro-glitzy sit-down restaurants is now as much an act of irony as gastronomy...
...retro thinking with an eye for the future. How do you know when you've crossed the line pining for the old days? "People who keep reliving their past can really wear others down," says Batcho. "So if you notice people starting to avoid you, that's usually a clear sign." Striking a healthy balance may require you to shift your focus--to others, away from yourself. "Once you become pro-social," says Batcho, "you can reach down into the successes of the past and think, How can I use them now? You succeeded because you were talented in some...