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...Late Show - Pat Farmer and Kenny Sheehan, David Letterman stagehands, give Oprah Winfrey Show scripts a deadpan interpretation: "Woo hoo. Woo...
...head straight into the rag trade. He took her advice, and started his own label. By 2000, he was representing Australia at Hong Kong Fashion Week, his audience instantly recognizing the rich, oriental-style fabrics and Chinese opera motifs that inspire some of his work. HIGH TEA WITH MRS WOO (highteawithmrswoo.com.au): The industrial town of Newcastle, two hours north of Sydney, is an unlikely location for a fashion label?but that hasn't deterred the three young Foong sisters, Rowena, Juliana and Angela. The Chinese-Malaysians emigrated to Newcastle in 1988 but maintained strong Asian ties, absorbing everything from Asian...
...HIGH TEA WITH MRS WOO (highteawithmrswoo.com.au): The industrial town of Newcastle, two hours north of Sydney, is an unlikely location for a fashion label-but that hasn't deterred the three young Foong sisters, Rowena, Juliana and Angela. The Chinese-Malaysians emigrated to Newcastle in 1988 but maintained strong Asian ties, absorbing everything from Asian movies to the tales of their goldsmith and craft-worker grandparents. High Tea With Mrs Woo, a name inspired by the girls' idea of getting dressed up for an afternoon of dumplings, tea and conversation with their imaginary Asian muse, was launched last summer...
...announcement of the winning site will be the climax of a contest that bore a passing similarity to the 1849 gold rush. More than 20 Governors made pilgrimages to Detroit to woo GM, offering all sorts of land deals, tax breaks and worker-training grants. Minnesota's Rudy Perpich said his package of inducements was worth $1.3 billion to the company. To remind GM's executives of its lures, Missouri erected a billboard in downtown Detroit that read GIVE US A RING. Another sign said CHICAGO WANTS YOU. Celebrities were enlisted as well. Boxer Ray ("Boom Boom") Mancini touted Youngstown...
...networks' other summer offerings appear to be more viable commercial enterprises, or at least more shrewdly targeted. Nostalgia for the 1950s and '60s is the rage this summer, as the networks try to woo members of the baby-boom generation, presumably those viewers who are most likely to sample other video choices. How else to excuse Our Time, a tacky half-hour music-variety show that premiered on NBC last weekend? With Host Karen Valentine joined by guests like Night Court's Harry Anderson, the show tries to take a lighthearted look at the '50s and '60s but supplies only...