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...with flourishes that made it very Viktor & Rolf. "Before, they always had the concept first, now they're focusing on garments first, concept second, and sales are starting to move again," says Pene. The first part of the collection shown last week was more of the daywear-with-a-twist that worked so well last time around. But this time the items were off-the-shoulder jersey shirts, slouchy jeans and shorts. The looks that really got the audience going were the evening ones - long gowns in chiffon or tulle that flowed off a pant leg, satin and chiffon tiered...
...stories begin with the line "It was a dark and silly night." In the opening piece, children's author Lemony Snicket of the "Unfortunate Events" series, teams up with comix vet Richard Sala to create a tale about a Somewhat Intelligent, Largely Laconic Yeti, i.e. a SILLY. In a twist that will appeal to the wistful imaginings of independence not just limited to children, the yeti turns out to be a little girl completely covered in snow who lives in a cave, happily eating bark soup and marshmallows. For younger readers comic strip artist Patrick McDonnell, of "Mutts," turns...
...real life, of course, Dwayne and Denny would rather watch Fear Factor. But then, much reality TV is about how money affects people's image, actions and opportunities. Joe Millionaire returns with a secret new twist this October, but the water-cooler show of the fall may be Fox's hilarious The Simple Life (premiere date to be announced), which takes Paris Hilton (scioness of the Hilton hotel family) and Nicole Richie (daughter of singer Lionel) and plants them for a month on a farm in Arkansas. It's Green Acres verite, proving that any high-concept '60s sitcom...
...SUNDAY AT THE POOL IN KIGALI By Gil Courtemanche Love amid war is an ancient literary conceit, but Courtemanche gives it a twist. The journalist-turned-novelist, who reported on the Rwandan genocide during the '90s, sets his unlikely but touching tale against that bloody backdrop. "Passion feeds on abandon," he writes. So it is for his protagonists, who kindle an affair as the country, riven by AIDS and ethnic slaughter but neglected by the rest of the world, descends into chaos...
...Sunday At The Pool In Kigali By Gil Courtemanche Love amid war is an ancient literary conceit, but Courtemanche gives it a twist. The journalist-turned-novelist, who reported on the Rwandan genocide during the '90s, sets his unlikely but touching tale against that bloody backdrop. "Passion feeds on abandon," he writes. So it is for his protagonists, who kindle an affair as the country, riven by AIDS and ethnic slaughter but neglected by the rest of the world, descends into chaos. My Life As A Fake By Peter Carey What happens when a poet decides to teach everyone else...