W articles from March 2004

W archives from March 2004

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2004... On page 290 of this issue, the photo credit is incorrect. Joseph Maida photographed Ivanka Trump. On page 276 of the November issue ("Sao Paolo"), a location credit was omitted. The photograph was taken in the Events Pavillion of the Maksoud...

Over analyzed.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... LVMH scored a major victory in January in its long-smoldering war with Gucci Group when a French court declared that because Morgan Stanley advises Gucci on investment matters, the bank was guilty of gross misconduct and "moral prejudice" by...

Dial 'F' for fired.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... In the annals of Seventh Avenue business failures, the demise of the legendary dress house Leslie Fay could go down as the cruelest. Just before Christmas, the 56-year-old company abruptly closed, informing more than 100 employees at its New...

Armani's open call.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... Giorgio Armani, who remains fully in command of his $2 billion fashion empire even as he approaches his 70th birthday this summer, continues to laugh off any talk of retirement. Still, during a recent conference organized by the International...

The emperor's old clothes.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... In the world of ballet, even prima donnas see no shame in donning hand-me-downs, often preferring a threadbare costume from the archives to something new. For the American Ballet Theatre's recent performance of Don Quixote, principal Angel...

News in briefs.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... It's a good month for the underwear business. First, following its acquisition by Phillips-Van Heusen last year, Calvin Klein Inc. is embarking on several new growth plans that include a renewed emphasis on its underwear business, licensed by...

Vanity hair.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... Gone are the days when a designer could get by on charm alone, a la Bill Blass. Ever since Calvin Klein made his own sexiness a selling point, aspiring designers have had to be concerned as much with their own appearance as with that of their...

Phat fashion.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... Anyone questioning the viability of apparel brands founded by hip-hop impresarios would be hard-pressed to win an argument with Russell Simmons, who recently sold his Phat Fashions portfolio--with annual sales of $260 million--to the American...

Girdles gone wild.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... Atlanta's mythical heroine and eternal debutante, Scarlett O'Hara, can finally exhale. The once-fashionable girdle, corset and caged crinoline--a torturous threesome of historic undergarments--seem to be as long gone as Rhett Butler, according...

Working inspiration.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... Probably the last workplace to be invaded by designer uniforms is that of the professional stripper. Yet two recently opened productions at landmark Paris cabarets--the Lido and the Crazy Horse--demonstrate that even when you take it all off,...

McQueen's jewels.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... Making in-your-face proclamations when being considered for one of fashion's top jobs is not exactly prudent, but caution has never stopped Alexander McQueen from speaking his mind. During a recent Web chat held on photographer Nick Knight's...

More than a store.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... A new wave of retail entrepreneurs is creating a case for shopping destinations well off the beaten path. For instance, South African native Paul Berman is drawing scores of designer customers to his new Manhattan shop, 30 Vandam, in the...

The whiz of Ozwald.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... Givenchy is making a bid for gender equality Although the house has rarely played up its men's wear, the company recently announced that the Savile Row tailor Ozwald Boateng has been named creative director for Givenchy Homme, making him the...

Well heeled.(The Month in Fashion)
March 1, 2004... Two design firms well connected to Manhattan's downtown indie scene are branching out into new territories this month, both on foot. Since setting up shop in the East Village six years ago, Eugenia Kim has reinvigorated the millinery trade...

Very merry Marylou.(Flashback)
March 1, 2004... In 1958, while struggling to support her four children by selling real estate and cooking on a TV show in Phoenix, Mary Louise Hosford got lucky--big-time lucky. The horse-loving, boisterous blond from Kansas City, Missouri, married Cornelius...

Hot Radha.(Fast Forward)
March 1, 2004... The chick from High Art. That's how people remember Australian actress Radha Mitchell. When the acclaimed indie film was released back in 1998, her nuanced portrayal of the alluring, wide-eyed editor who falls for Ally Sheedy's heroin-addicted...

Stories for the ages.(Letter From the Editors)
March 1, 2004... March Writers--and readers--often have a hard time choosing between stories about people nearing the end of their years, with a perspective on life that only experience can bring, and articles that discover the new talent who will define...

About face.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... I enjoyed reading Robert Haskell's article on Cameron Diaz ("The Movie Star," February), but I really disliked the accompanying photos. She looked like a cross between Kate Moss and Madonna, with way too much makeup on. What's wrong with Kate...

Playing the part.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... I thoroughly enjoyed gazing at Craig McDean's photographs in "Dressing the Part" (January). The models are lovely and the costumes enchanting. Axl Rosen Saint Louis, Mo.

Beauty secret.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... I was particularly delighted to read about emerging talents in the beauty industry ("On the Verge," January). I recently had surgery, and my doctor, David Rosenberg, was one of the plastic surgeons you recommended. Dr. Rosenberg is a wonderful...

Bleeding heart.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... I don't know what was more repulsive: the photograph of Joan Rivers or her disgusting remarks regarding the widows of 9/11 ("Rivers' Edge," December 2003). Note to Ms. Rivers: There will never be anything humorous about that day, and the fact...

Fall from grace.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... The Countess's February column ("All Fall Down") is worth framing! It's a treasure--each word and phrase about the greedy CEOs, or "Humpty Dumptys," says it all. Having worked in the business world for 70 years, I was greatly affected by the...

Swing vote.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... For a while, I wavered about renewing my long-time subscription to W, feeling your recent features had gone away from a classy image suited to women of good taste and style. But boy am I glad I waited! The November, December and January issues...

The real thing.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... Well, I just finished reading about the life of C.Z. Guest in "Great Dame" (January). And what a dame she was! I was so inspired by the story that she has now become my new icon. If only there were more women like C.Z. in this universe. ...

A model moment.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... I was so happy to see Gisele on the cover of W's January issue. Of course, I was disappointed when I didn't find her in an endless editorial inside, but that's okay. Models rarely get covers these days, so I'll take what I can get! You're 100...

Soul searching.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... In the January "Readers React" one of your readers, Nicole M. Backus, made a vitriolic personal attack on Barbara Guggenheim while responding to Guggenheim's article about beauty maintenance ("Preservation of the Fittest," October 2003). Backus...

Kicked to the curb.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... The drab and sexless Cheryl Hines ("Curb Appeal," January) is the worst thing about Curb Your Enthusiasm. There's no chemistry between her and Larry David, and the notion that a Hollywood mogul would make her his trophy wife is absurd! ...

Whipped creme.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... I found the "Creme de la Creme" article (December 2003) about Creme de La Mer's luxurious spa services quite fascinating, but why use tuning forks at the end of a treatment? The tones from the tuning forks could indeed make a pleasing sound,...

Off key.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... In Suzy's December 2003 column "Kissing the Countess," she likens Renee Fleming's Violetta in La Traviata to that of Birgit Nilsson. Think again, Suzy. La Nilsson was a great Wagnerian soprano who was not known for singing that part. ...

Black out.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... I found it very curious that your photo of the Liechtenstein royal family in the December issue ("Rich, Richer, Richest") failed to include Prince Maximilian's wife, the former Angela Brown of Panama. Prince Maximilian and Angela Brown were...

Native eye.(Readers React)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2004... Philip-Lorca diCorcia's feature on Sao Paulo ("Sao Paulo," November 2003) was an unexpected treat. As a native "Paulista," I often cringe when I see my hometown depicted in the American media as a poverty-stricken, crime-ridden city....

Balancing act.(Uncensored)
March 1, 2004... So impressed is Sarah Ferguson with her new Russian energy healer that she's placed her daughters in the same magical hands. Alla Svirinskaya, who charges $295 a pop for what she calls her "bio-energy balancing sessions," comes from five...

Golden boy.(Uncensored)
March 1, 2004... When the artist Konstantin Kakanias got a call from the Greek Ministry of Culture asking him to illustrate an official book for this summer's Olympics in Athens, he thought it was a prank. "I'm not exactly a sports guy," says Kakanias, a wispy...

Demi-Monde.(Uncensored)
March 1, 2004... Demi Moore recently purchased a contemporary five-bedroom home in Beverly Hills, and, according to sources close to the deal, she and her apple-cheeked paramour, Ashton Kutcher, are already padding the love nest that they intend to move into by...

Unjustified.(Uncensored)
March 1, 2004... Justin Timberlake may have sold six million albums, but his fashion cachet hasn't reached platinum yet--at least in Milan. His recent concert there drew hordes of screaming Italians, but it barely piqued the interest of the fashion crowd....

Alpine chic.(Uncensored)
March 1, 2004... If you can't bring Miuccia to the mountain, then bring the mountain to Miuccia. Sources close to the designer say that her latest purchase is a rock bigger than any of her vintage Harry Winston numbers: She bought part of a mountain outside...

Pork royal.(Uncensored)
March 1, 2004... The Prince of Wales is proving himself to be the ultimate gentleman farmer. Sales of bacon, sausage and other pork products from his own Duchy Originals food line were so successful this past year that Charles decided to double the number of...

The glam life: swing back to the fifties with fabulous party frocks, candy colors and jet-set style.(Trend)
March 1, 2004... Short of jumping, in a time machine and setting the dial for 1955, slipping into the season s Fifties fare is the easiest way to channel the popular decade's glamorous style. There's something both sexy and sweet about airy chiffon gowns,...

It's a mall world: the global village has a bustling marketplace full of vacationing shoppers.(Fashion Flash)
March 1, 2004... For some people, a vacation involves little more, than settling in poolside, but there are others for whom there s nothing more relaxing than whipping out the wallet at the local stores. For these world-as-mall travelers, holiday shopping is a...

The rites of spring: it was a colorful couture season, with overtones of decadence, feminine style and plenty of va-va-voom.(Fashion Flash)
March 1, 2004... Haute couture the fashion discipline dedicated most overtly to lofty ideals of art and craft. But once upon a time, couture and its createurs worked under almost militaristic regulation. The Chamber Syndicale de la Haute Couture determined...

Blanket statements: for his new home collection, Marc Jacobs designed with his best customer in mind-himself.(Fashion Flash)
March 1, 2004... Ralph Lauren parlayed the polo shirt into preppy paints and Sea Island cotton sheets. Donna Karan translated her Zen-like philosophy of dressing into the realm of scented black candles and cashmere throws. But when Marc Jacobs turned his eye...

Manifest destinies: distinctive styles and plenty of tenacity mark a gifted group of Los Angeles fashion newcomers.(Fashion Flash)
March 1, 2004... California has been a prime territory for entrepreneurship since the days of the Gold Rush, while Los Angeles has long been one of the great capitals of self-invention. Now four designers and one attorney cum boutique owner are fulfilling their...

The Tory party: Tory Burch, one of New York's brightest social stars, is launching her own clothing line.(Fashion Flash)
March 1, 2004... When an elegant style arbiter talks of dressing well, chances are what she means is dressing correctly--choosing unobjectionable, usually unassuming, garments from a handful of socially sanctioned design houses. It's precisely in this way that,...

Opening night: head-turning accessories and jeweled baubles in all shapes and forms take centerstage this spring.(Accessories Flash)
March 1, 2004... Fashion is a spectacle, a theatrical world full of fantasy and desire. The message for spring: Bring on the drama. Looking rich and feeling pretty are back, and the choices for dressing up are endless. On the accessories front, the collections...

Prep cool: looking for something fresh? Muffy and Buffy's favorite bags take on a stylish new life this spring.(Accessories Flash)
March 1, 2004... In a season full of soft hues and feminine frills, you just might be hungering for some clean lines and a little structure. And if that's the case, you're in luck, because some of the latest bags are inspired by the time-honored totes...

Through the looking glass: it's like a page out of Alice in Wonderland when this young L.A. jeweler welcomes you to her studio.(Accessories Flash)
March 1, 2004... Stepping into Sonia Boyajian's studio, located on a busy corner of La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, is very much like going down the rabbit hole into a mad, marvelous tea party. "Come eat pastries!" says the jewelry designer, sweeping her guest...

Blooms day: join the garden party this spring with an invigorating cocktail of floral mixes.(Accessories Flash)
March 1, 2004... Rappaccini's daughter would have been delighted. The Nathaniel Hawthorne heroine who went into her father's sinister garden to gather flowers would find plenty of her favorite blooms in spring fashion. Blossoms turn up on everything from...

Small wonders: leave the chandeliers on the ceiling. A subtler new crop of smaller danglers is moving to the forefront.(Accessories Flash)
March 1, 2004... Fashion has always been fickle, but now the world of fine jewelry is becoming capricious, too. Once a quiet and rarefied sphere that moved at a glacial pace, it has an entirely different velocity these days. The right-hand ring, for example, is...

Valextra's second act: Massimo Suppancig is making a venerable Italian leather house a born-again star.(Accessories Flash)
March 1, 2004... In its heyday, the accessories and luggage company Valextra was spoken of in the same breath as Gucci. Its clients included Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis, Grace Kelly, Gianni Agnelli and Jacqueline Kennedy Arturo Toscanini shuttled back and...

Bow regard: there's something to be said for a little fanciful fun, especially in the form of ruffles and bows.(Accessories Flash)
March 1, 2004... The spring collections were nothing if not feminine, sometimes with a touch of nostalgia. From Alexander McQueen's marathon dancers that gave a nod to the Thirties to Miuccia Prada's printed frocks that recalled Ava Gardner's full-skirted...

Dream team.(New horizons: from striking variations on an iconic bag to running shoes with a seventies slant, the movement of the moment is toward revamped classics.)
March 1, 2004... What do you get when you mix the polished workmanship of Smythson with the eclectic flair of British designer Matthew Williamson? A group of playfully chic, limited-edition notebooks and stationery. Creating everything from journals that are...

Line dancing.(New horizons: from striking variations on an iconic bag to running shoes with a seventies slant, the movement of the moment is toward revamped classics.)
March 1, 2004... Venetian designer Giuseppe Calgaro's jewelry evokes that most Italian of culinary staples: spaghetti. He built his eponymous three-year-old collection using a special technique to create flexible strands of silver and 18k gold, which he adorns...

Street beat.(New horizons: from striking variations on an iconic bag to running shoes with a seventies slant, the movement of the moment is toward revamped classics.)
March 1, 2004... The days of the clunky sneaker are long gone--those in the know are begging for a streamlined shoe with a little Seventies-style athletic flair. And when It comes to street-savvy trainers, Nike keeps to the beat. Nike's newest addition is the...

CC riders.(New horizons: from striking variations on an iconic bag to running shoes with a seventies slant, the movement of the moment is toward revamped classics.)
March 1, 2004... While the handbag of the moment may wink in and out of fashion faster than you can say "waiting list," don't worry--if there's one that never loses its cachet, it's a Chanel. And now, in addition to its quilted perennial, the house is launching...

Rainbow brights: how better to celebrate spring than with splashes of color on the coolest must-haves around?(Shopping)
March 1, 2004... 1 Colette Malouf Resin cuff, $100, at Misstyx, Aspen, Colorado and Spacial Etc., Brooklyn; www.colettemalouf.com 2 Piazza Sempione Leather skirt, $730, at Francis Heffernan, Winnetka, Illinois; www.piazza sempione.com 3 Gap...

Forever young: Botox for the nose? Fat injections for the neck? The latest cosmetic breakthroughs.(Beauty Flash)
March 1, 2004... 40 may be the new 30, and soon enough, 60 might be the new 40. But until aging becomes the hot new trend--in a parallel universe, perhaps?--people will still search for the best ways to look younger for much, much longer. In response, the past...

Take your vitamins: your mother was right. Taking vitamins is essential for looking and feeling good. And your mother's age-old wisdom is still the best source to help fight the appearance of aging.(special advertising section)(Advertisement)
March 1, 2004... You work out. You eat well. And you visit your doctor regularly. But this alone is not enough to ward off the signs of aging skin. Each year, new technologies, ingredients and delivery systems take women closer and closer to skin-nirvana....

Nano Republic: the next big development in cosmetics is no big thing at all. And that's just the point.(Beauty Flash)
March 1, 2004... When Jay Leno recently heard that President Bush had signed a bill authorizing $3.7 billion for research into nanotechnology--the science of creating new materials out of single atoms and molecules--the Tonight Show host joked that he was...

Wink wrinkles goodbye: surgery ... procedures ... line fillers ... it's not for everyone when it comes to reversing Father Time's clock. Lucky for you, two innovative, noninvasive treatment products are leading the way to powerful results.(special advertising section)(Advertisement)
March 1, 2004... Dodging the aging process--or at least slowing it to a crawl, is a major preoccupation of an ever-growing contingency of women. Every time we squint, smile, frown--or raise our eyebrows in worry--the skin on the surface bends with the...

Aging disgracefully: for some celebrities, denial ain't a river in Egypt. It's a look.(Beauty Flash)
March 1, 2004... The phrase "woman of a certain age" used to refer to a woman who was, say, over 40--and looked it. These days, however, some women of a certain age are flaunting midriffs (toned or otherwise), tans, lip gloss and long, long hair. It seems the...

The VIP lip treatment: a pampering new breed of lip therapies elevates the pout to prime position.(Beauty Flash)
March 1, 2004... In the calming, sky-blue confines of the Bliss SoHo spa, aesthetician Anna Czapla tenderly ministers to that pesky winter syndrome: chapped lips. First, Czapla treats the mouth area with a hyacinth-infused cleansing milk. Then she daubs on...

The best in day spas and skin care salons.(Advertisement)
March 1, 2004... East Coast: Elizabeth Grady Skin Care Salons (800)FACIALS 30 salons in 5 states: CT, MA, NH, NY & RI website: www.elizabethgrady.com "The perfect gift for all occasions."--John P. Walsh, President Give one of the most special...

Skin solutions.(Beauty Buzz)
March 1, 2004... Malin + Goetz is the brainchild of Kiehl's veteran Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz, formerly of the haute design company Vitra, so it comes as no surprise that the duo created skin- and hair-care products that are not only visually alluring but...

L.A. makeover.(Beauty Buzz)
March 1, 2004... Aida Thibiant Beverly Hills Spa has shed its old-world vibe for Native American calm. The redesign includes larger changing rooms (complete with towel warmers), a new "quiet time" salon with massaging lounge chairs and more treatment rooms, 26...

Flower power.(Beauty Buzz)
March 1, 2004... For Lyn Harris, owner of cult London fragrance line Miller Harris, one boutique--in fashionable Notting Hill--was not enough. She is now opening a second, this one in Mayfair. The 800-square-foot space is designed by the cutting-edge firm KRD,...

Sky high.(Beauty Buzz)
March 1, 2004... The newest Mandarin Oriental Spa has landed in New York's Time Warner Center, housed within its namesake hotel. Once inside the tranquil space--complete with bamboo flooring, natural stone and a glorious mosaic steam room--it's easy to forget...

Philip's heads.(Beauty Buzz)
March 1, 2004... Hairstylist Philip B, who started turning bad tresses good in the late Eighties-first in L.A., then New York, then L.A. again-has opened the Philip B Studio Salon in Chicago, right next to the Four Seasons Hotel. Along with his trademark...

Made in the shades: a new wave of foundations aims to conceal, correct and look to the light.(Beauty Flash)
March 1, 2004... While chic women everywhere have been known to flaunt their Versace lip glosses and fancy Guerlain compacts during postlunch touchups, it's rare for the topic of foundation to even make it to the table. Perhaps it never will: Who wants to admit...

Gently does it.(Full flavor: from salt and sugar to the chicest mints, this month's beauty offerings get fresh.)
March 1, 2004... Celebrity hair colorist Louise Galvin--whose clients include Kylie Minogue and Patsy Kensit--is a classic porcelain-skinned English rose. Yet Galvin (who has the business in her blood--her father is top British colorist Daniel Galvin) found her...

The everyman.(Full flavor: from salt and sugar to the chicest mints, this month's beauty offerings get fresh.)
March 1, 2004... Traditionally, perfumers follow up a successful scent with ancillaries, ranging from the obvious (body lotion) to the in-advised (glitter-flecked body spray, anyone?). Fortunately, Parisian perfume king Frederic Malle, in tandem with expert...

Farm fresh.(Full flavor: from salt and sugar to the chicest mints, this month's beauty offerings get fresh.)
March 1, 2004... Never mind the tough graffiti-covered jars--Mother Nature Rocks Organic Bath Salts are all about country living. Creator Nannette Pallrand scoured small farms around the globe for ingredients such as blue chamomile from North Africa and black...

Mint condition.(Full flavor: from salt and sugar to the chicest mints, this month's beauty offerings get fresh.)
March 1, 2004... Perhaps the reason that the fashion crowd has embraced breath fresheners has less to do with air-kissing than with fabulous packaging. Enter Momints--aqua and crimson colored beads filled with a peppermint liquid that gives mouths a major hit...

Brushing up.(Full flavor: from salt and sugar to the chicest mints, this month's beauty offerings get fresh.)
March 1, 2004... While it's true that the right tools can make or break a look, no longer is it necessary to invest in a pricey set of status makeup brushes made of sable, squirrel or even goat for. Now, with its four tapered tools, the Makeup Artiste Travel...

Blown away.(World fare: Italian glass sculptures, a rare English bookshop and innovative American furniture.)
March 1, 2004... Blown Away Laura de Santillana's sculptures--which have been compared on occasion to Rothko canvases--play with form, using colored glass and most recently bronze. Her talent matches an esteemed pedigree: Paolo Venini, her grandfather, was a...

Making a Ruckus.(World fare: Italian glass sculptures, a rare English bookshop and innovative American furniture.)
March 1, 2004... Making a Ruckus Manhattan carpenter turned furniture designer Chris Rucker uses construction materials like structural wood panels, plastic laminates and aluminum plates in his art installation pieces and in his two-year-old, 10-piece line of...

Anglo file.(World fare: Italian glass sculptures, a rare English bookshop and innovative American furniture.)
March 1, 2004... Anglo File Thumbing through the rickety wooden shelves at Thomas Heneage Art Books in St. James's, London, you're as likely to discover a $93,000 portfolio of limited-edition prints by French painter Georges Rouault as a $96 book on Andy...

One-stop shop.(World fare: Italian glass sculptures, a rare English bookshop and innovative American furniture.)
March 1, 2004... Milk and orange juice aren't for sale at Kasmin Pirtle, but this new antiques and decorative arts haven is the only place to shop in Shekomeko, New York. "We are the town," laughs Alexandra Kasmin, a garden designer and wife of gallery owner...

Salon 3-D.(World fare: Italian glass sculptures, a rare English bookshop and innovative American furniture.)
March 1, 2004... Salon 3-D Dashing Frenchman Charles Janoray graduated from Harvard Law and worked on Wall Street as a lawyer and a banker before an abrupt career shift a few years ago, when he relaunched himself as a private dealer of 18th- and 19th-century...

Wild at heart: Marc Veyrat, France's most celebrated chef, has turned his walks in the woods into three-star food.(Going Out)
March 1, 2004... In France, as in America, the word "peasant" can be the ultimate epithet for a man who doesn't have the manners to doff his hat indoors. But it's a dirty word that Marc Veyrat wears proudly. Even in the kitchen of La Ferme de Mon Pere, his...

Critical eye: Nicole Kidman's agony ... Jim Carrey's mind games ... and Norah Jones's new CD.
March 1, 2004... A Brechtian allegory set in Depression-era Colorado, the new film DOGVILLE has been tagged by some critics as anti-American, pretentious and--worst of all--revered by the French. But perhaps it's best appreciated as a thinking-person's marathon...

Movie nights.(Eye)
March 1, 2004... Besides stirring up Oscar buzz, the start of the holiday movie season provided a few scintillating fashion moments. Though the stars of Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain wear dirt and grit for much of the film, they sure cleaned up well for its...

Miami vices.(Eye)
March 1, 2004... Mark Thomas Amadei, Pablo Alfaro, Stacy Pisone and Susan Leonard found the perfect spot for Cafeteria Miami, an outpost of New York's Cafeteria Restaurant: a former Cadillac dealership (from 1927) on Lincoln Road in tony South Beach. For all...

The apprentice: Ivanka Trump, the shockingly scandal-free princess of Trump Tower, gets ready to enter the workforce.(Eye)
March 1, 2004... What were the odds that Ivanka Trump, daughter of Ivana and The Donald, the most infamously lavish power couple of the Eighties, would survive her teenage years without sparking a tabloid scandal, doing a stint in rehab or falling prey to...

Larger than life: in a new biography, Dino De Laurentiis recalls his greatest epic--his legendary career.(Eye)
March 1, 2004... There's so much ground to cover during a lunchtime interview with Dino De Laurentiis, one hardly knows where to begin. After all, the legendary 84-year-old has produced and/or distributed some 500 films--running the gamut from La Strada to King...