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...says, like "a death sentence." The soul singer, 59, had reason to be concerned. Her aunt and grandmother died of diabetes, and her mother Bertha lost her legs to it before she died at 65. But survival in the face of long odds is a recurring theme in LaBelle's Grammy-winning career, so her thoughts soon turned from whether she was going to die to how she was going to live--and, more particularly, what she was going...
...winter vacation in Lapland would be incomplete without a side trip to one of the world's weirdest hotels, the Snow Castle in Kemi, 120 km south of Rovaniemi. The hotel, restaurant, and theme castle are all constructed annually from solid ice. They open for guests starting New Year's Eve: for details, go to www.snowcastle.net. Yes, the restaurant has reindeer on the menu-but your kids would never forgive you for eating Rudolph...
...Noteables bring Broadway to Harvard in their annual Fall Concert. Presenting a musical program consisting of crowd-favorites ranging from musical theatre showtunes to cinematic theme-songs, the enthusiastic singers aim to please. 6 p.m. Tickets $5. Paine Hall (in the Music Building...
That doesn't mean the enmity is an act, though. The other common theme of most angry pundits is other angry pundits (hypocrites!), and the showdowns have got ugly. At a publishers' luncheon last summer, Franken goaded O'Reilly for wrongly saying his former show, Inside Edition, had won Peabody Awards; O'Reilly called Franken an "idiot" and told him to "shut up." But a rising bile lifts all boats. Franken's book is in its 12th week on the Times best-seller list; O'Reilly's Who's Looking Out for You? is in its seventh...
...gathered in downtown Los Angeles for the October opening of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Robert Iger was a continent away, on a critical if unglamorous mission. "I was looking for pirated videos in alleyways in China," says Iger, 52, who met with Chinese officials about various projects, including theme parks and the Disney Channel. Iger's willingness to get involved in the most down-and-dirty aspects of the business helps explain why he has ascended to the president's chair at Disney and why he's being groomed by chairman and CEO Michael Eisner to take the throne...