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...film, a Taiwanese thriller called Silk started a half-hour late, but the audience didn't care. They applauded director Su Chao-pin as he entered the auditorium with his cast, applauded the 30-sec. film (of steps emerging from beneath the sea and up to the stars, to the swirling, twinkling music of Camille Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals), snapped more photos when the Festival logo appeared on screen and stayed through nearly two hours of conventional ghost-story frissons. When the audience walked out at 2:40, they looked ready to go partying...
...underwent one of the biggest?and fastest?makeovers. A floor-to-ceiling fireplace and handblown Italian chandeliers were added, and the dowdy pale-wood seating was updated with buttercream-colored leather banquettes?all in seven days. Meanwhile, the 52 rooms and 39 suites were being meticulously refurbished, with plush silk tones replacing swirly floral patterns that recalled the 1940s...
...departmental courses rarely succeed. “[This is] a major victory for students,” Chadbourne said, adding that students often find Core-credit restrictions arbitrary. The committee also approved six fresh Core offerings, from a Historical Studies on American capitalism to a Foreign Cultures on the Silk Road. The committee approved eight history courses as new alternates for Historical Studies A: History 10b; History 1484, “Europe Since World War II;” History 1638, “US Social History, from 1920 to the Present;” History...
...underwent one of the biggest - and fastest - makeovers. A floor-to-ceiling fireplace and handblown Italian chandeliers were added, and the dowdy pale-wood seating was updated with buttercream-colored leather banquettes - all in seven days. Meanwhile, the 52 rooms and 39 suites were being meticulously refurbished, with plush silk tones replacing swirly floral patterns that recalled the 1940s. One hallmark of the Bel-Air is that each room and suite is unique, and nearly 500 fabrics and 100 paint colors were used to give each space a different feel. Even the desk lamps vary from room to room. Lopes...
...bohemianism. There are avant-garde murals and installations by nine up-and-coming local artists, and eminent creative talents were involved in the design of some of the accommodation. Graphic designer Theseus Chan covered one room with marine plywood, while director Glen Goei appointed another in red silk in homage to Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou's period drama Raise the Red Lantern. The hotel's modern Cantonese restaurant is just as characterful, with glass windows on the ceiling looking straight into the swimming pool above?not that Loh needs any more help when it comes to making a splash. Rates...