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...arrived at a Manhattan criminal court last Friday, he had the remorseful-celebrity look down pat. Funereal black suit and dark sunglasses to convey solemnity and sorrow? Check. Supportive wife (DANIELLE SPENCER) at his side, suggesting family-man stability? Check. Checkbook? Check. Crowe, who hurled a phone at a hotel clerk in June, was initially charged with a felony, which could have kept him from working in the U.S. But having paid the clerk, Nestor Estrada, a widely reported $100,000 to avoid a civil suit, Crowe pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge and got off with an even...
DIED. PRESTON ROBERT TISCH, 79, philanthropic financier and co-owner of the New York Giants who with his brother and longtime business partner Laurence built a group of hotels into the Loews Corp., one of the nation's largest conglomerates; in New York City. As the outgoing half of the fraternal duo, Bob Tisch, who once served as U.S. Postmaster General, is credited with inventing the "power breakfast," originally a meeting of corporate and civic leaders who gathered at his Regency hotel in the 1970s to help solve New York City's economic woes. Later he boosted tourism as chairman...
...bankruptcy protection after Katrina, plans to double its repair work force so that most of the remaining 75,000 customers will have power by year's end, thus clearing the way for trailers to be installed. The move comes none too soon, since FEMA is cutting off payments for hotel rooms by Dec. 1 to encourage families to move into permanent homes, using money they were given for apartment deposits. Olivier told a gathering of planners in New Orleans that FEMA'S trailer parks had been held up by EPA requirements for an environmental study. "They told us that...
...this quintessential Jane Austen heroine in your mind? JW: At first I thought Keira would be too beautiful to play Elizabeth Bennett. It’s the story of a fairly plain girl who gets a catch because of the liveliness of her mind. I went to this hotel bar, and in the darkened corner sat Keira. She was a right scruffy little thing and a proper tomboy. Keira says exactly what she thinks and she has an incredible lively quick wit. She’s very bright and she has a grand independence of spirit. THC: What pressures, either...
...seventh annual Irish Film Festival at the Harvard Film Archive (HFA) and Brattle Theater. The festival may not have quite the thrill of a Dublin pub crawl, but it promises its fair share of exciting events—notably an appearance by Irish director Terry George (“Hotel Rwanda”). With more than 30 features and short documentaries, Magners celebrates the impressive and wide-ranging talent of Irish filmmakers...