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Forget the recession, live like a rock star in new hotel
London’s newest hotelier Mark Fuller is showing commendable bravado for someone about to open a luxury hotel during a global recession. “F*** the recession, let’s get on with it,” he says, while sitting on the roof terrace of the Sanctum Soho, a 30-room establishment dubbed the rock’n’roll hotel, as much for its “anything goes” service philosophy as the pedigree of its owners, which include the co-managers of heavy metal band Iron Maiden. “We do not recognize there is a credit crunch because we believe you should battle through it,” Fuller says, adding “If you get panicky and scary about things like this you’re no man at all.” Besides, he admits, three years ago when he started working on the concept of an ‘alluring haven of hedonism’ (as the hotel is described on its Web site), the credit crunch didn’t exist
Jury reaches verdict in Phil Spector retrial
The jury has reached a verdict in the retrial of music legend Phil Spector, who is accused in the 2003 shooting death of an actress at his home in Alahambra, California. The jury is expected to return the verdict in Los Angeles, California, at about 4:30 p.m. ET.
Eerie figure haunts Scottish castle
The figure peers down silently from an upper floor of the ruins of a Scottish castle, wearing what looks like an outfit from the Middle Ages. Could this be a long-dead Scottish earl, or just a random, modern-day visitor? The eerie image is captured in a photograph taken by tourist Christopher Aitchison in May 2008 at Tantallon Castle, which sits on a rocky outcrop along the Scottish coast, east of Edinburgh.
U2 looks to a new ‘Horizon’
Getting an exclusive broadcast interview with all four members of U2 was the easy part. Getting an advance copy of their new CD required a bit more strategizing
U2’s New Album: No Line on the Horizon
Shortly after the release of 2004’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, I asked Bono about U2’s place in contemporary music.