NEWS LITE : ARTIST HAS PLANS FOR CENTRAL PARK.Bulgarian-born artist Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, showed ``fabric swatches and plans'' for a series of structures they hope to build in Central Park this autumn, reports the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Observer. If the project is approved by the New York Parks Department, the artists will drape drape v. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds. n. A cloth arranged over a patient's body during an examination or treatment or during surgery, designed to provide a sterile field around the area. fabric around a series of 15-foot steel ``gates.'' A proposal states that pedestrians in the park will walk under ``a golden ceiling creating warm shadows,'' and people in the buildings surrounding the park will see ``a golden river appearing and disappearing through the foliage.'' Among Christo's projects were a fabric fence that rolled through Marin and Sonoma counties, and hundreds of yellow umbrellas he placed on a hillside near Gorman. Author: Film must be shot at book site When ``Cold Mountain'' becomes a movie, author Charles Frazier Charles Frazier (born November 4, 1950) is an award-winning American historical novelist. Frazier was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1973. He earned an M.A. says, the filming must be done for accuracy's sake in the Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge also Blue Ridge Mountains A range of the Appalachian Mountains extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia. It rises to 2,038.6 m (6,684 ft) at Mount Mitchell in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina. , the home of the peak in the novel's title. The writer used the real Cold Mountain, southwest of Asheville, N.C., as the destination of the book's main character, Inman, a Confederate soldier who walks home from a Raleigh hospital. ``You can't go to California or Canada and have those mountains stand in for our mountains,'' Frazier said Thursday. The author has sold the movie rights to his novel, which won the National Book Award and has sold more than 1 million hardcover copies since its publication last year. Hartman friend asks papers for sensitivity The friend who called 911 to report the killing of comic actor Phil Hartman Phil Hartman (born as Philip Edward Hartmann) (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning actor, voice artist, comedian, graphic artist, a writer, the idea man for Blasto. canceled a news conference Friday, calling the tabloids insensitive and pleading for privacy. ``I am still in shock over this dreadful tragedy,'' Ron Douglas said in a statement. Hartman, a cast member of NBC's ``NewsRadio'' and ``Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL ,'' was shot to death May 28 by his wife, Brynn, who committed suicide hours later. Before she killed herself, she went to Douglas' home to confess. Douglas, a Hollywood stuntman stunt·man n. A man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk. stuntman n → especialista m stuntman and singer, said he's been offered as much as $100,000 to tell his story to TV and magazine tabloids. ``Lies and rumors, such as my accepting great sums of money and other falsehoods, are absurd. I want it made clear that I have not accepted any offers whatsoever,'' he said. Douglas has said he didn't believe Brynn Hartman's confession until he went to her home and saw the body. He then alerted authorities and ushered the couple's 9-year-old son out the home. After police took the 6-year-old daughter out of the house, Hartman shot herself. Douglas asked the media for privacy, saying he needed time to grieve. ``The most horrible thing of all is that their two children are suffering over the loss of their parents,'' he said. Singer taking note of Lebanon's progress Julio Iglesias Noun 1. Julio Iglesias - Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943) Iglesias is the latest performer to return to Lebanon as the country works to restore its prewar status as the Arab world's entertainment hub. After an absence of 20 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time singer arrived in Beirut on Thursday and met with the president and prime minister. He will perform this weekend, along with 35 musicians and dancers, at the Forum de Beyrouth hall in the Karantina district, the site of some of the worst fighting during the 1975-90 civil war. Iglesias, known in Lebanon as ``Khoolio,'' also brought his month-old son. ``I bring him to Lebanon to show to everyone how much I love, care and believe in this country,'' he said in Friday's English-language Daily Star. Luciano Pavarotti Noun 1. Luciano Pavarotti - Italian tenor (born in 1935) Pavarotti will give his first Middle East concert in Beirut this fall. Paul Anka, Shirley Bassey, Jose Carreras, the Gipsy Kings and Mstislav Rostropovitch also have played in Lebanon in the past few years. OFFBEAT off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. : Jack and Jill's fabled hill, well could get renovation Village legend has it that Kilmersdon, England, is the place where Jack and Jill went up that hill to fetch that pail of water. Today, centuries after their ill-fated trip, Kilmersdon is campaigning to restore the site immortalized in the nursery rhyme. The well, at the top of a steep hill in this western England town, has long been sealed over, so villagers have decided to try to raise the cash needed to renovate the immediate area and make it more visitor-friendly. It is thought that Jack and Jill were a married couple who lived in the Kilmersdon area between 1485 and 1509. Folklore has it that the pair climbed the hill, on top of which was an area called Bad Stone from which dangerous boulders rolled, and were killed by a runaway rock. Kilmersdon Parish Council Chairman Barry Fowler said the restoration would cost about $50,000. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Birds of a feather Birds Of a Feather - (BOF) (From the saying "Birds of a feather flock together") An informal discussion group, scheduled on a conference program or formed ad hoc, to consider a specific issue or subject. Rocker Don Henley, President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
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