Bollywood targets western audience at Cdn premiere, but can it break through? (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) TORONTO (CP) - Beautifully photographed, choreographed and scored, the Bollywood film "Guru" landed in the city with a splash this week as hundreds jammed a downtown street to watch Indian super-couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai stroll the red carpet....more...Designers not sheepish about some animal skin rugs (Inside Bay Area) BELIEVE it or not, there is a case being made for using certain animal skins as rugs....more... Animal skins are underfoot again (Baltimore Sun) Believe it or not, there is a case being made for using certain animal skins as rugs. They are gaining favor as floor decor to the dismay of those who believe neither hide nor hair of any animal should be used in the home by anyone other than its original owner. ...more... Singapore Hot Stocks-Singapore Exchange in focus as profit soars (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) SINGAPORE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Singapore Exchange (SGX) will be in investors' focus on Friday after Asia's third-largest listed stock market announced record quarterly profit, up 72 percent, and said that it was interested in buying a stake in the Bombay Stock Exchange....more... Jean's Blog (WDBJ 7 Roanoke) Tuesday 1/2/07 Happy New Year! It's back to work and back to reality after a wonderful and long vacation! I went to New York State (not the city......more... Ceramic Tiles of Italy (Multi-Housing News) DECEMBER 19, 2006 -- Bologna, ITALY--Revered as the leading international tradeshow for the ceramic tile sector, the 24th edition of Cersaie showcased innovative products from a variety of Italian tile manufacturers, which are now available on the market....more... Discovering Tutankhamun at the Met: Mummies Dearest (The Village Voice) With their sumptuous lighting, exquisite detail, and adroit compositions, Harry Burton's gelatin-silver prints of Tutankhamun's tomb easily surpass the gothic melodrama of Hollywood's various mummy franchises. Howard Carter made the sensational discovery of Tut's burial chambers in 1922; shortly afterward, Burton, a veteran archaeological photographer, began documenting the opulent clutter in ......more... The leap of luxury (Financial Times) Once ?Made in China? meant, at least in fashion parlance, cheap and far from chic. Not any more. At the end of last year Chinese designers staged a series of mammoth shows in Shanghai and Beijing whose overriding message was the east is exotic ? and expensive....more... From The Archives (The Plain Dealer) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ? Desmond Howard, Cleveland?s own, although famously borrowed by Michigan, posed for the Heisman Trophy he would soon win in 1991 after returning a punt for a touchdown against Ohio State....more... |