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DIED. RAPHAEL DE ROTHSCHILD, 23, scion of the famous banking family; of an apparent drug overdose; in New York City. The Ivy-educated heir was found dead a week ago on a Manhattan sidewalk after a reported night of partying...
...suit leaning over me, peering at my screen. "Got any good games?" he asked. Then he whipped out his own Palm (some kind of III) and pointed it at me. No good games, I admitted, but I did have Vindigo, a real-time list of things to do in Manhattan. "Cool!" he said. "I've got a subway map. Want it?" So right there, on the 6:24 to Huntington, we engaged in the Palm ritual known as "beaming"--using our infrared ports to swap programs wirelessly. We both got so excited about beaming with a stranger that we made...
...headline-grabbing, designer showcases for the stars (do the Paramount and the Mondrian ring any bells?). These luxury hotels don't want you to know who stays there. The Lowell, for instance, is an elegant 17-story building adjacent to Revlon billionaire Ronald Perelman's mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Although the Lowell caters to members of the same crowd you might find around the pool at the Mondrian, it is the behind-the-scenes movers and shakers who retire to the understated salons of the Lowell. "Our guests are from the worlds of film, fashion, finance...
...estimated 6 million illegal immigrants now in the U.S. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has virtually stopped raiding businesses to look for undocumented workers. "It is much easier to find work now than ever before," says Josefina Diaz, a native of the Dominican Republic who cleans offices in midtown Manhattan. "It doesn't matter if you have a green card...
After a couple of forays into more serious territory, Woody Allen is back to fluff. _Small Time Crooks_ has that comfortable _Manhattan Murder Mystery_ feel - a plot that's more of a concept than a real, unfolding story; characters that thrive on invention rather than reality. I can't quite figure out why, but these goofy movies - the ones that have no other purpose than to carve out a realm of fantasy in the corners of New York drudgery - are my favorite Woody Allen movies...