Versailles

Suburban Chateau Builder: 'This House Will Be Built'

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Score one for the rich, litigious neighbors. Remember the lawsuit over the 25,424-square-foot mansion called "Le Chateau de Lumiere,"...

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Giant Virginia House Upsets Rich Neighbors

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Let them eat popcorn. Marie Antoinette would be proud: The Northern Virginia palace modeled on Versailles will have a movie theater -...

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Sell A House, Get A Benz

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.19.2012

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Sell a mansion. Get a Benz. That's at least the deal that one homeowner is offering. Ken Jenkins of Powhatan County, Virginia is offering a brand ...

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PHOTOS: Attending A Performance At Versailles

Edward Schneider | Posted 05.20.2012

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Edward Schneider

If you want to get a good sense of a historic theater at work, you ought to see a performance rather than signing up for the half-hour tour.

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PHOTOS: The World's Most Stunning Castles

JustLuxe | Posted 05.12.2012

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JustLuxe

Take a trip around the globe to see some of the world's most beautiful, real life castles. From Slovakia to Thailand, these stunning palaces have stoo...

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The Need to Obsess

Kirsten Chilstrom | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Infatuation, Versailles, Henry Miller, Obsessed, Africa, Style News
Kirsten Chilstrom

Every so often, I discover something new which excites me, which triggers an oft-unexpected burst of physiological euphoria, and I choose to get drunk on it.

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Julee Wilson

Film On Iconic Black Models In The Works

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.03.2012

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It's been almost 40 years since the legendary Versailles models of 1973 shocked the world with their style and beauty--and put American fashion on the...

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Sarkozy Accused of Cronyism After Versailles Appointment

Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Jeff Koons, Maurizio Cattelan, Art, Takashi Murakami, France, Xavier Darcos, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, Contemporary Art, President Sarkozy, Le Journal Des Arts, French Culture, UK Arts, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Nicolas Sarkozy, Arts News

As one of France's foremost tourist attractions, the Palace of Versailles is subject to careful scrutiny; it comes as no surprise that French Presiden...

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Marie-Antoinette Meets Vivienne Westwood: The 18th Century Back in Fashion at Versailles

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: 18th Century Fashion, Fashion Exhibition, Versailles, Grand Trianon, Modern Fashion, Arts News
Evelyne Politanoff

Vivienne Westwood brings back brazen courtesans, fashionable Belles are corseted by Azzedine Alaia and Christian Lacroix drapes his queens with brocades lavishly gleaming with gemstones.

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Malkovich's Operatic Swagger: Mozart At Versailles And More

Laurence Vittes | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Puccini, Opera, Hollywood Bowl, Gustavo, The Knights, Radiohead, Versailles, Malkovich, Mozart, Beethovenhead, Arts News
Laurence Vittes

New York Knights aka Beethovenhead? Saturday, June 18, 7 pm Trinity Church, Southport Summer Music Festival When Trinity Church's choirs and soloists...

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HuffPost Review: Midnight in Paris

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Zelig, Zelda Fitzgerald, Side Effects, The Kugelmass Episode, Salvador Dali, Woody Allen, Scoop, Midnight in Paris Movie Review, Movies, Nina Arianda, Rodin, Paris, Michael Sheen, Midnight in Paris, Marion Cotillard, Gertrude Stein, Alice, Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Fuller, Ernest Hemingway, Magical Realism, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Mimi Kennedy, Purple Rose of Cairo, Kathy Bates, Pablo Picasso, Adrien Brody, Versailles, Mightyaphrodite, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

There's a strain of magical realism that runs through the filmography of Woody Allen that pops up -- and delightfully so -- in his newest film, Midnight in Paris.

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Versailles Welcomes Wiki-Geek in Residence

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

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ARTINFO

Though there was none of the pomp and circumstance associated with the Sun King, Monday was nevertheless a historic day for the Château de Versailles...

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King or Queen for a Day: Luxury Accommodations at Versailles

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

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ARTINFO

For anyone who's ever fantasized about the opulent life of French royalty in the Old Regime -- minus the Revolutionary bloodletting -- Jean-Jacques Ai...

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The New York Times' Versailles Manifesto

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Versailles, Matt Bai, Beltway Insiders, Ethics in Journalism, Rahm Emanuel, Political Journalism, New York Times, Beltway, Journalism, Media News
David Sirota

Today's "journalists," like Matt Bai of the New York Times, see no difference between themselves and those they serve. Indeed, when they hear the term "political elites" -- they now see themselves in the mirror.

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Versailles Hotel To Open Next Year

AOL Travel News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Soon, visitors won't need a royal title to spend the night on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles. Officials have announced an outlying building ...

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Zenyatta's Last Dance

Liz O'Connell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liz O'Connell

Over 1500 fans turned out on a blustery winter night to both greet and say farewell to the great champion race mare, Zenyatta. This would be the final gig of this rock star's farewell tour.

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PHOTOS: INTERNATIONAL ART: From Murakami To Monet: 10 Things To See In Paris During FIAC

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris Galleries, Nancy Spero, Takashi Murakami Versailles Exhibition, Slideshow, Takashi Murakami, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Versailles, Chic Art Fair, Contemporary Art, Mutualart, Claude Monet, FIAC Paris, Arts News

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Contemporary Art In Versailles: Addressing The Controversy

Takashi Murakami | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manga, France, Kaikai Kiki, Tradition, Pop Culture, Pharrell Williams, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Nicolas Sarkozy, Centre Pompidou, History, Art, Takashi Murakami, Anime, Protest, Contemporary Art, Japan, Video Games, Versailles, Superflat, Slidefullscreen, Arts News
Takashi Murakami

As my French counterparts explained to me many times over the frenetic week of press conferences, parties, and interviews that marked the opening of m...

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What Smart People Wear

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

Watching to see what chic people wear is fascinating. One mightn't think it has anything whatsoever to do with styles from the past, but of cou...

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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: From Murakami In Versailles To Brooklyn Street Art

Posted 05.25.2011

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This week on the Arts page: Takashi Murakami blogged about his upcoming exhibition at Versailles, some of the top films on view at the Venice Film Fes...

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Astoria Characters: The Man to the Mansion Born

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Ruhling

Michael Halberian wanders through the central hall of the fabled Steinway Mansion and flips the switch that turns on the 1,000-pound crystal chandelier, big and round as the sun. It's motorized.

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Frick Collection Doesn't Frickin' Get It

Ashley Wren Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Upper East Side, The Brooklyn Children?S Museum, Mark Rothko, Metropolitan Museum of Art, St. Petersburg, The Frick Collection, Bethlehem, Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video Performance, The Met, The Red Room, Russia, The Bronx Zoo, Smithsonian, The National Museum of the American Indian, Fair Labor Standards Act, Ring Around the Posy, New York City Commission on Human Rights, Pennsylvania, The Frick, New York City, Big Apple, Julie Mehretu: Grey Area, Henri Matisse, Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, Guggenheim, Mother May I, Pablo Picasso, Louvre, Museum of Modern Art, Versailles, Woman?S Right to Vote, Hermitage, Peterhof, Arts News
Ashley Wren Collins

The Frick Collection does not admit children under the age of 10 (though it says nothing about admitting those under the age of two) and its young educational outreach programs are geared only to middle school students and older.

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French Museum Strike Closes Louvre, Versailles

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — The Louvre Museum and the royal palace at Versailles were closed Thursday because of a French museum workers' strike that appears to be ...

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Eddie Sarfaty's Mental -- Funny in the Head -- and Everywhere Else

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Susan Corso

As our hero describes his first foray into Internet dating, his escapades on Beef4Beef.com dissolved me. An intrepid sexual Livingstone, he exposes the underbelly of cyber-hook-ups.

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Denouncing Obama's Desire for Dijon is Downright Dangerous

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sandy Goodman

Democrats are elitist, right-wingers insist, even if they are needy enough to receive not just college, but high school scholarships. In this case, the proof of Obama's elitism was his request for Dijon.

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