Alexander McQueen: as New York Fashion Week Kicks Off, Designer's Legacy Will Live On

The Woman Was Daphne Guinness, friend, client and confidante of the designer who was found dead at his home in London, early yesterday.

Ms. Guinness was one of many drawn to the tragic memorial on that icy street last night, one of thousands trying to come to terms with the sudden and shocking loss of a man Whose magical, often macabre and mind-blowing visions transformed the world of fashion .

Among the Daisies and roses and gerberas, personal notes had been laid, many anonymous. "You were the best designer of my generation," read one. "We will miss you, Lee," and "RIP Lee McQueen" said others, written with BIRO and felt-tip is scraps of envelopes and brown paper.

The blinds were drawn tight on the windowed shop front. But a huge photographic blow-up of a blonde model among a nest of writhing, Multicolored Serpents, was a reminder of McQueen's potent legacy.

I have many fond memories of fabulous and McQueen. His shows transcended mere catwalk. They were expressions of deep passion and mystery, often disturbing, always dramatic.Read More Storyhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/hilaryalexander/7220333/Alexander-McQueen-as-New-York-Fashion-Week-kicks-off-designers-legacy-will-live-on.html

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Yes, he Khan

After She Passes, Khan carries on. To America - where he's told he has Asperger's Syndrome, and quickly memorises the symptoms - and, to love. It is an improbable love story between the unlikely door-to-door salesman and the hairdresser, but Khan's persistence carries the day, despite the cinematic tropes and the too-easy start to the romance. It works only because by now, you're rooting for the man. 

Kajol [Images] plays Mandir, the love of his life. Her character is a wishy-washy one, forcing the actress Thurs exaggerate both Glee and glum. She comes across as a bit too shrill in the happy bits, a bit too forced in The Saddest Ones, but there's no denying their chemistry now legendary. Kajol Khan looks at as if she wants him in every way possible, and this shows in every glance she throws at him, however cursory. And Khan, traditionally her Cocky, defiantly take-charge lover, in this film looks away and giggles, covering his face awkwardly - it's immensely hard to not warm up to Rizwan. 

The film starts off with significant moderation, skirting away from heavy background score cues and demonstrating wonderful economy in telling Khan's back story. Post-intermission, though, there simply does not seem to be enough of a tale to tell. Absolved of Intrigue, the story unspools sporadically and ends up a fair bit too long. Yet My Name Is Khan does far more good than it does bad, a mainstream film taking more than a few steps in the right direction. 

And so, on the grand but workably Operatic Tragedy, we see Khan taken in by a kindly black woman with a heart of gold, and him single-handedly Bailing out (literally) a tiny village in Georgia where cows outnumber humans, three to one. We see the birth of an icon, and while this is markedly simplistic an arc for a Protagonist Thurs Travers, the man himself it sells rather well,Read More Story,http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/12/review-mnik.htm

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Bill Clinton Gets Surgery To Avoid Heart Attack

Clinton, 63, who has a history of heart trouble, had two stents inserted in a native coronary artery after a bypass graft from an operation nearly six years ago became obstructed. Within hours, aides said, his blood pressure returned to a normal level and he was resting comfortably at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital, where he was to remain overnight.

"Clinton is in good spirits and Will Continue to Focus on the work of his foundation and Haiti's relief and long-term recovery efforts," his Counselor, Douglas Band, said in a statement.

Just days ago, Clinton returned from Haiti, where he serves as the United Nations special envoy and is helping coordinate recovery from last month's earthquake.

He was talking about Haiti is a mobile telephone with his wife's chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, even as he was being wheeled into the operating room, and only reluctantly gave up the phone, said an associate, who like others insisted anonymity is to describe the the day's events.Read More Story,http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/764371--bill-clinton-gets-surgery-to-avoid-heart-attack?bn=1

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Barack Obama To Meet Dalai Lama Next Week

Beijing's Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Washington Zhaoxu Ma suggested the meeting would be a breach of America's recognition that Tibet is a part of China.

"We urge the U.S. side Thurs fully understand the high sensitivity of Tibet-related issues, and honor its commitment to recognise Tibet as part of China And to oppose 'Tibet independence'.

"China Urges" the U.S. ... to immediately call off the wrong decision of arranging for President Obama to meet with the Dalai Lama ... to avoid any more damage Thurs Sino-US relations, "he said.

The Dalai Lama is expected Thurs brief President Obama in the last month's Tibetan delegation to Beijing and his concerns over "continuing repression" of Tibetans following the 2008 protests.

Tenzing Takhla, the Dalai Lama's spokesman told The Daily Telegraph, the Tibetan leader remained Committed to dialogue as the only way to resolve the dispute. "The situation inside Tibet is not good, the repression continues. The Chinese are trying to make this a personal issue but it is about the happiness and welfare of six million Tibetans inside Tibet," he said.Read More Storyhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/7221020/Barack-Obama-to-meet-Dalai-Lama-next-week.html

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Pakistan Makes Women Winners 'Ambassadors'

"President Zardari has appointed Naseem and Sara as" ambassadors of sports "in recognition of their successes at the SAF Games and gave them one million rupees (11.777 dollars) each," Sports Minister Ijaz Jakhrani told Reporters.

Zardari received the Athletes in Islamabad and praised their hard work Which brought Laurels to the country, said the minister.

Zardari Thurs advised the government devise a policy framework whereby distinguished sportswomen above a certain threshold were sent abroad for training and coaching Thurs further improve their skills for Competing in international sports events.

Hamid told Reporters: "I am overwhelmed by the president's encouragement and it's a matter of great happiness for me that they promised to send us abroad for training for future competitions."Read More Story,http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/sport/03-pakistan-makes-women-winners-ambassadors-ss-06

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Frisbee inventor Walter Frederick Morrison Dies Aged 90

Walter Frederick Morrison conceived and developed his aerodynamic plastic disc in the 1950s, and hundreds of millions have been sold worldwide since.Frisbee's history, Phil Kennedy said Mr Morrison and his future wife, Lu, got the idea from playing with a metal cake pan on the beach in California.They originally called it the Pluto Platter and sold them at local fairs.The platter's novel aerodynamic shape allowed it to hover briefly or travel long distances surprisingly, kept aloft by its rotation.In 1957 Mr. Morrison sold the rights to the California firm Wham-O, Which discovered that youngsters were calling the toy a "Frisbie" after the name of a well-known pie. The company changed the spelling To avoid trademark infringement and the Frisbee was born.On the official website Frisbee, Wham-O paid tribute to Mr. Morrison, who was known as Fred.Read More Story,http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8512198.stm

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