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  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Big Fish musical Watch a scene

    Image Credit: Paul Kolnik After a warm reception in Chicago this past spring, the musical adaptation of Tim Burton's phantasmagorical 2003 ...

  • Sports of The Times Soccer Stadium in Queens Is No Walk in the Park

    Inserting a soccer stadium into the green lungs of Queens County is not an incursion of the Yankees into Mets territory, nor is it an invasion of the dangerously furrin sport of soccer into sacred American territory. For that matter, nobody should be horrified at the investment of overseas money into a New York sports team ...

  • Man goes missing while on Keys boating trip

    KEY WEST, Fla. -- Authorities in the Florida Keys are searching for a man who went missing during a boating trip.The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reports that the U.S. Coast Guard detected 40-year-old Jay Wesley Rydberg's emergency beacon May 14 at 4:13 a.m. During a 78-hour search, Rydberg's beacon was found 33 miles north of Key West, but there were no signs Rydberg or his ...

  • Sheriff 1 dead after E. Wash. boating accident

    SPRAGUE, Wash. — The Lincoln County sheriff's office says a man is dead after a boating accident on Sprague Lake about 35 miles west of Spokane. KHQ-TV reports ( http://is.gd/FNJeNv) that the sheriff's office says officers responding to a Tuesday afternoon report of two people washed ashore at the lake found a man and woman. The man was dead at the scene. The woman was taken to ...

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Bring It On [DVD]

Bring It On [DVD]

Bring It On is a funny, semi-satirical teen comedy about competing squads of high school cheerleaders. Because the central focus is cheerleading, a uniquely American activity that has had its share of derisive barbs thrown at it over the years, the movie is engaged in a constant balancing act. On the one hand, there is a certain amount of parody aimed at cheerleading as an activity and ... ...

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  • On the Runway Blog Bouquets for January

    Oscar de la Renta, resort 2014. The far-flung, long-winded resort collections have begun, and nobody seems too thrilled about it, least of all Oscar de la Renta. "Do you buy resort clothes?" Mr. de la Renta asked, turning toward me. The designer had gathered a small group of journalists in his showroom, one of several sessions he planned Tuesday to restore some intimacy to the hectic ...

  • On the Runway Blog Raf Simons and a New Informality

    Dior, resort 2014. Chanel and Dior have certainly upped the resort/cruise game, with Karl Lagerfeld going to Singapore for a Chanel show of cricket bats and cardigans, and Raf Simons setting down in Monaco. Like most people, I looked at both collections online and I have to say I thought Mr. Simons's Dior collection was ...

  • Plaxico Burress Launching Men’s Luxury Hosiery Line

    The N.F.L. receiver Plaxico Burress at the launch of his Plaxico Burress Collection of men's luxury hosiery at a New York nightclub rooftop party. "I've always considered myself a pretty stylish guy," he ...

  • Sports Briefing | Track and Field Champion Wont Defend Titles

    Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, the world 5,000- and 10,000-meter gold medalist, said she would not defend her titles at the Moscow world championships in August. ...

  • Sports Briefing | Soccer Borussia Dortmunds Goetze May Miss Champions League Final

    Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze pulled out of training on his comeback from a hamstring injury, putting his participation in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in doubt. He will have a magnetic resonance imaging test before it can be determined if he can play Saturday against Bayern, the club he will join next ...

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