Word: extravaganza
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...flo’.) Not to be outdone by these facetious puppets, Kanye himself putters around in the background of the video, occasionally offering up some back-up to the Puppet Master-Flex. But his presence only leads one to wonder why he would follow up his glow-out extravaganza playing background rapper number one in a puppets-gone-wild video—not to mention why he might think that people would be interested in watching a full half-hour show dedicated to hip-hop puppets. Now I’m not saying I’m a gold digger...
...passionate, and... we have Facebook prom!” University Recruiting Representative Marcia Velencia says. Think of it as prom, but with socially awkward computer programmers replacing socially awkward teenage boys. Another web attraction was Google—this most popular search engine is celebrating its ten-year birthday extravaganza. Google fan Sonam S. Velani ’09 had a relatively relaxed approach to the fair, saying “Come here, get your free stuff, schmooze a bit, and get on with your life.” But, like any good OCS acolyte, Velani wasn?...
...August 24, the extravaganza for which China had been grooming itself for so long ended with a 30 ton steel centerpiece called the Memory Tower, reaching five stories that came alive with acrobats dancing along its girders representing a huge human flame. The Olympic flame may be extinguished, but the Tower, the organizers explain, represents the "holy flame which will burn and never be extinguished in people's hearts...
...between a shower of love for Obama and a rhetorical beatdown of John McCain. Many Democrats believe that the party's 2004 convention spent far too much time defining John Kerry and too little taking whacks at the incumbent he was trying to beat. A well-executed four-day extravaganza that sends Obama back on to the trail with a healthy, durable and measurable bounce - and McCain into the Republican convention with a few bruises - would certainly help...
Producer David Wolper does not believe in small gestures, especially when large expensive ones will do. For next month's four-day extravaganza celebrating the refurbished Statue of Liberty, Wolper has lined up 850 drill- team members, 300 tap dancers, 200 Elvis Presley impersonators, 150 banjo players, two aircraft carriers and one President of the United States. To help pay the spectacle's $30 million bill, Wolper offered the TV rights to the networks. ABC bid $10 million, beating out NBC, the only other network that took part in the auction. ABC's competitors did not mind losing the mock...