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...Manhattan native Henry Jaglom was appalled when he arrived in Los Angeles 26 years ago. To his Eastern eye it seemed that every billboard and bus bench in the city screamed out with advertisements extolling the rewards of the perfect body. "Coming from New York, you have an open-mouthed reaction to the way things are defined by the physical out here," says Jaglom, a filmmaker whose exercise previously consisted of walking and an occasional bike ride. "I thought it was all so superficial. I was very disdainful...
Soon, however, Jaglom made peace with and even embraced the fitness cult of California -- although, ironically, he gets more exercise in Manhattan than in L.A. because people actually make a habit of walking in New York City. His latest film, Eating, is about women's struggling with society's message that a gorgeous physique is the ultimate virtue. The movie, says Jaglom, could have been set only in California, where people seem to talk more openly -- and obsessively -- about their bodies than anywhere else. "It's the healthiest thing about this place," says Jaglom, who divides his time between...
...bridge market in womens wear alone totals about $1 billion at retail, more than twice what it was just three years ago. Predictably, department stores are devoting more space to second collections. At the new Manhattan outpost of Galeries Lafayette, the French department-store chain, the shelves are stocked with French designers' second collections as well as more moderately priced labels such as Chantal Thomass and Lolita Lempicka. Bloomingdale's senior vice president Kal Ruttenstein reports that sales of the store's bridge lines are running 28% ahead of last year. Debt-laden retailers keenly appreciate that markdowns on bridge...
...nightmares and memories on film. Those old friends swaggering past Umbertos Clam House have been alchemized into tragicomic De Niros. And -- let's have a happy ending for one Scorsese picture -- the little lad from the mean streets has scaled the heights. Not just to a luxe Manhattan aerie but into the realm where almost no contemporary filmmaker can touch him. Made it, Ma, top of the world...
...deal that has been long anticipated, Time Warner Inc. last week wrapped up a partnership with electronics maker Toshiba and trading company C. Itoh. For $1 billion, the Manhattan-based media giant, parent company of TIME, agreed to sell the two firms a combined 12 1/2% stake in its movie, cable TV and Home Box Office operations...