Word: romanticized
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The entire scheme is an essay in riotous cod rococo: swagged chintz, contorted gilt (even the bathroom fittings are gold-plated) and vibrant color (the bedroom juxtaposes canary yellow with magenta). The penthouse walls are decorated with gesso oak branches mounted on mirror to evoke the tangled briars that grew...
This is a disappointment on two counts. For one thing, I?m not at all certain that Williams is a performer whose highest gifts need to be doled out in small doses. Back when he was doing stand-up in solo TV appearances I never found him tiresome. Those appearances...
Shortbus, which opens today in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and in other cities next week, is a sweet, very funny, volcanically romantic comedy-drama about relationships in post-9/11 New York City. It could slip comfily into any slot at the Sundance Film Festival, or the...
Hefner: Well, when we're going to the clubs of course we're dancing to hip-hop and punk. As for my own personal taste I'm still a jazz-oriented guy - I was born in 1926, the first half of the century, which was a romantic time and very...
In the audience at the original London show, the British construction magnate Robert McAlpine was so enchanted by the stage set that he decided he wanted a bit of Sleeping Beauty's magic for his own domain. So he commissioned Messel to design a suite, a penthouse, a pavilion and...