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...well-coiffed orangutan could do. By which measure Ryan Seacrest is the greatest TV personality who has ever lived. "You've got to be able to have the wind knocked out of your sails, like when Simon attacks Ryan, and bounce back," says Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe. Ur-host Griffin--who once hired Seacrest for a failed game show but is not a producer of Idol--gushes over Seacrest's stage-managing of the live show, whiplashing from moments of snark to heartbreak to comedy faster than you can say Seacrest out! "Oh, boy, he's terrific," Griffin says...
Since he moved to New York City in 1992, Batali has become an ur-Manhattanite--a Bush-hating liberal, a partier, a good friend of R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. When I asked how he persuaded a middle-American institution like NASCAR to work with him, Batali answered, "I present a compelling case because"--self-conscious pause--"I'm fun." A year ago, a Rutgers classmate who is a well-connected NASCAR aficionado brought him to his first big race. On a lark, Batali and his friend had decided to throw a dinner for the drivers. "We handed out little cards...
...complexity of Strindberg to full fruition. “Pelican” is presented in the round, with the audience surrounding the stage—a choice that Dorin explained was an attempt to embody the sense of claustrophobia that pervades the play. Set designer Blasé E. Ur ’07’s skillful handling of that effect successfully engages the audience in a way that Ex shows rarely achieve.One of the most creative set details is the placement of rocking chairs on high pillars around the theater. Their elevation completes the sense of enclosure and draws...
...nonspecific town to arbitrate a dispute over its name. It used to be called Winthrop, after its 19th century patriarch, but a local software magnate is looking for something more hip and happening--"New Prospera" has been suggested. Also in the running is the town's original name, its Ur-name, chosen by the former slaves who founded it: Freedom...
...strongest, heaviest material they had, tearing through several “You’re Living All Over Me” tracks. The guitar and bass tag teamed the crowd through the volatile tempo changes of “Lung,” then piled on the doomster ur-grunge of “Sludgefeast,” before exiting stage left for the requisite encore. When the band swaggered back in, no-one complained.They chugged straight into “Freak Scene.” Veterans danced along as young headbangers discovered Nirvana’s extensive debt...