Word: manhattanization
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Even today the interests of this new wave of stars seem to extend beyond the Hollywood club scene. Hawke and Sarah Jessica Parker live quiet lives in Manhattan, where they are involved in theater and claim not to socialize much with other actors. Two years ago, Hawke started his own theater company, where he presides as artistic director. Ryder collects rare books and owns an edition of James Joyce's Ulysses that features original drawings by Matisse. She is also a fan of the obscure, critically lauded Italian-American novelist John Fante...
Bernice's Abbott presents a fusion of maturing technology and changing times. "New York at Night" (1933) is a sharp bird's-eye view of illuminated midtown Manhattan from the newly constructed observatory of the Empire State Building. The artist's scrawled signature on the print brings startling authenticity to the photograph, which has become a staple poster image...
...Boys of St. Vincent-a two-part film aired to great acclaim by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992, then shown to further hosannas last summer in a Manhattan movie house-is surely the most compelling and edifying horror movie of the decade. It is written (by Des Walsh, John N. Smith and Sam Grana), directed (by Smith) and acted with a dreadful delicacy that subtly exposes both the sickness of the abusers and the beauty of the abused. But when the film plays next Sunday and Monday on cable's A&E network, that extraordinary scene between Lavin...
...just got back from Bangkok, and he's getting ready to leave for Peshawar.'' After Yousef was apprehended at the Su Casa Guest House, he was bundled on to a military 707 jet and flown to Stewart Airport in Newburgh, New York. He made the quick flight into Manhattan on a Port Authority Sikorsky S-76A, finally returning to the scene of his most infamous exploit and the site of his arraignment and future trial. ``We got lucky,'' said a Justice Department official...
...YORK CITY. The Russian government has opened its first tourist office in the U.S., providing information on booking airline flights, train trips and cruises. The Russian National Tourist Office, located in midtown Manhattan, can also advise on visa preparation and health precautions. BALTIMORE. The Babe Ruth Birthplace and Baseball Center, a National Historic Landmark, is acting as host of a special exhibit to celebrate the centenary of the legendary slugger's birth. ``Babe Ruth--An Artistic Perspective,'' on view until Sept. 5, portrays America's Sultan of Swat in more than 40 paintings, sculptures and photographs by artists including Miguel...