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...Western and Eastern styles. Lang Shining's success is evident in Treasures of the Forbidden City (Viking; 262 pages; $75); his monumental painting of a deer-hunting party is one of only 100 art objects chosen for this book from more than 910,000 items in Peking's Palace Museum. The selection, compiled and annotated by Zhu Jiajin and a team of assistants and photographed by Hu Chui, embraces every notable Chinese art, from ancient bronzes to 19th century silk embroidery...
...Return of the King, do the two genres intersect. For 2006, for example, the five live-action movies that grossed more than $200 million at the domestic box office - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Da Vinci Code, Night at the Museum and Superman Returns - received not a single major nomination among them. (Cars, the top-grossing cartoon, won a nod in the animated feature grotto.) Until the Academy creates a category called Best Picture a Whole Lot of People Paid to See, the SPFX epics and crowd-pleasing comedies will have...
...idyllic, 1,800-m-high Swiss hamlet of Arosa wasn't already alluring enough, the addition of a sprawling $28 million spa makes it irresistible. Bergoase is the latest work of homegrown architect Mario Botta, whose commissions have included San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art and Milan's new-look La Scala opera house. The spa features sail-like steel-and-glass skylights, pictured, employs granite in abundance and is attached by a dramatic glass bridge to the recently renovated Tschuggen Grand Hotel. "I wanted the structure to have a deep, instant and intense bond with its surroundings," Botta...
...this the year that geeks take over the design world? You might think so, judging by "Design Life Now: National Design Triennal 2006," which runs until July 29 at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City. On display are more than 100 of the most inventive works from the past three years, ranging from new graphics for prescription pill bottles to wardrobes for Madame Butterfly. The exhibit is meant to showcase recent design feats, but it feels futuristic, with a prominent pack of robotic dogs and sci-fi humanoids coming to life among the customary displays...
...around birthday parties for the younger set. Greeting card company Hallmark estimates that people spend over $600 million on kids' cards, gift-wrap and partyware every year. Companies like Libby Lu have make-over parties, Build-A-Bear stores have private party rooms and there's even a museum that allows kids to dissect sheep's eyeballs. It can cost from $500 to $1,000 to hold a party at one of these venues - or $38,000 if you want to rent out famed toy store FAO Schwartz for a sleepover...