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...DIED. ROMAN TAM, 52, Hong Kong pop icon whose crooning formed the soundtrack to the city's entertainment golden age of the 1970s; of liver cancer; in Hong Kong. The flamboyant star took advantage of his mainstream popularity to shake up the city's conservative show business world, performing in drag and posing nude for a local magazine...
...particularly enjoyed translating the works of Plautus, a comedic Roman playwright...
...year-old Istanbul is used to comebacks, and today the city is enjoying a massive revival, thanks to a deft mix of old and new. Driving toward the city center from the new airport, you pass through 5th century walls built by Emperor Theodosius II. Downtown, Roman, Byzantine and Otto-man ruins jostle next to trendy clubs and restaurants. Just around the corner from a five-star hotel is one of the city's cacophonous street markets. For most Turks, Istanbul will always be the capital. The port city boasts Turkey's best arts, culture and entertainment. Since the 1980s...
...shops. This small area is jam-packed with wonders and best explored on foot. Until recently, many treasures were locked away or poorly exhibited. But the city's museums are improving. Topkapi Palace contains carpets, jewels, ceramics and other imperial items. The Archaeology Museum next door houses important Roman and Byzantine artifacts. Also not to be missed are the nearby Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts and the Byzantine mosaics in the former church at Kariye, among the finest surviving examples of this art form. A short walk across the Galata Bridge to Taksim Square brings you into the bustling...
...converted into a small museum commemorating her work as an actress and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. The sons, Sean Ferrer and Luca Dotti, who run the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund, also donated family photographs, original film posters, the best-actress Oscar that Hepburn won in 1953 for Roman Holiday, and other memorabilia. Opened in October 1996 and staffed by volunteers, the museum immediately began attracting thousands of visitors from around the world. Busloads of tourists snapping pictures of Hepburn's grave and home - which is now owned by another family - became as much a part of the sleepy village...