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Sure, it’s largely shot in L.A., and is set in only a sliver of Orange County’s coast—Newport Beach—that in no way represents the true nature of my beloved county. And true, wafer-thin Marissa Cooper annoys the hell out of everyone, while Ryan Atwood’s cold stare isn’t so cold when it’s used for every single emotional facial expression. But that doesn’t matter when Seth Cohen talks to his horsie Captain Oats about his girl problems...

Author: By Joe L. Dimento, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Is How We Do It In The O.C. | 11/5/2004 | See Source »

...parent company finishes building an $800 million replica of the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, complete with imitation canals and singing gondoliers. Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson is so gung ho about Macau that he is enlisting partners in a $10 billion project to duplicate the Vegas Strip on a sliver of reclaimed land between two of the territory's islands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vegas Plays to the World | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...when its parent company finishes an $800 million replica of the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, complete with imitation canals and singing gondoliers. Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson is so gung ho about Macau that he is enlisting partners in a $10 billion project to duplicate the Vegas Strip on a sliver of reclaimed land between two of the territory's islands. The Sands Macao carefully blends Vegas pomp with an Asian vibe. A feng shui master helped design every detail of the casino to ensure that the elements were in harmony, from replacing the slot machines' winning trio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exporting The Fun | 7/25/2004 | See Source »

...Crocodile Hunter and the Wiggles, it's hard to be Australian--as if the country is full of curios and barbarians. Kidman is Australia's best evidence of passion and sophistication, though she doesn't see it. "Really?" she says. "Oh, I'd like to think I have a sliver of vulgarity." --By Belinda Luscombe

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicole Kidman: Acting's Adventurer | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...difficult to believe that this subdued sandy-colored man is one and the same with the wrestler The Rock, who once weekly exhorted audiences to “smell what The Rock is cookin’!” But he doesn’t mind that a sliver of the black tattoo emblazoned across his chest peeks through his unbuttoned shirt and hints at his not-so-secret past. Indeed, the Rock is proud of the career path that led to his unexpected fall into acting...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Rock Takes Big Time Leap | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

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