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Pataki's Star Turn
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Denver Dress Code
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Rating Hillary
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Paul Starr: More than a Makeup Artist
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CVS Beauty Revolution
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Olympic Spirit Lifts as Close Draws Near
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Should Liz Sell Mexx?
POSTED 5:50PM ET | Aug 15 2008
If you came to the Twin Cities looking for action, the opening of the Republican National Convention has left a lot to be desired.
Partly, it's that things on Wednesday were only just beginning to get back to normal after Hurricane Gustav wreaked more damage on the political calendar than the State of Louisiana. And partly, it's because there just don't seem to be as many must-attend events as there were in Denver with the Democrats.
Posted in: Media
Coming off the high-octane Democratic National Convention last week in Denver, I expected the Republicans to at least put on an energetic, if more subdued, political show.
But in the wake of Hurricane Gustav and the controversy swirling around the choice of Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin as Sen. John McCain's choice as vice president, all the pizzazz was sucked out of the room. Even the red, white and blue balloons waiting in the rafters were a reminder that the anticipated party has not gone quite as planned.
But in the wake of Hurricane Gustav and the controversy swirling around the choice of Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin as Sen. John McCain's choice as vice president, all the pizzazz was sucked out of the room. Even the red, white and blue balloons waiting in the rafters were a reminder that the anticipated party has not gone quite as planned.
Posted in: Media
The parties at the Democratic convention were not exactly roof raisers. Aside from the Kanye West show on Wednesday night, almost nothing that happened at night could match the intensity of the speeches themselves. Partly this is because the Democrats appeared to be on edge, with polls tightening between Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama, and a general malaise fomenting among members of the press, who seem exhausted from chasing Obama for months and months and not having their affections reciprocated.
Don't mess with Texas.
Star child.
Talaya Centeno
They know, deep down (well, not really deep down, because who in the press is really deep down?), that things have been on an upswing for the Democrats starting with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday and continuing into Wednesday as John Kerry and Joe Biden attacked John McCain in their speeches. They also could not help being excited and surprised at the end of Wednesday night when Obama took to the stage.
Posted in: Lifestyle
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Posted in: Media
Rosanna Arquette and Paul Starr.
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John Shearer/WireImage
In writing an obituary, itıs often difficult to get anything more than a generic one-liner (to the effect of, "Ms. So-and-so is deeply saddened") from a celebrity's publicist. Not so with Starr.
Posted in: Beauty
A rendering of CVS Pharmacy's upcoming luxury beauty stores.
CVS Pharmacy -- the 6,800-door, $85 billion drugstore chain that built its business on making things easy for shoppers -- now aims to save consumers a trip to the local department store by putting luxury beauty brands right under their noses.
Entertainment in between volleyball matches.
The second week of the 2008 Summer Games began with a markedly more cheerful tone, in no small part due to large doses of pure sunshine and relaxed security -- with officials seemingly less worried about attacks and political protests.
When Liz Claiborne Inc.'s stock recovered Thursday by almost the full amount it sank Wednesday after the vendor reported a sizable loss, the word on the Street was that speculation over Claiborne selling Mexx drove the market activity.
After all, it could be argued the sum of Claiborne's parts are worth more than the current approximately $14 stock price would suggest. The company's market cap is about $1.4 billion, plus approximately $760 million in debt, bringing the enterprise value to about $2.1 billion.