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...Robotic arms place Oreo cookies in boxes, surveillance cameras glide round booths and the ubiquitous dancing robots provide a backdrop for selfies....
...Roupenian says her literary heroes are Shirley Jackson and Stephen King. Like Jackson, Roupenian loves ambiguity....
...There were the requests for a private charter plane and a bulletproof desk — both denied — and the one for a $43,000 soundproof booth in his office (approved). And that is just the beginning....
...Tom Lovelace’s photographs will be at the Flowers Gallery booth F04 at Photo London, flowersgallery.com, and at Bussey Building and Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Road, SE15 3SN, copelandpark.com/eventspace...
...As waiters practise their English, a big-breasted drag queen is busy learning the tunes of Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey to better suit international tastes....
...Additional reporting by Shirley Chen in Beijing...
...Additional reporting by Shirley Chen...
...Robertson, France’s Luna led by Erik Maris, the Dutch team Holmatro with Mitch Booth and Ecover with Mike Golding....
...Henri Matisse: Rooms with a View, by Shirley Neilsen Blum, Thames & Hudson RRP£35 “In order to paint, I need to remain for several days in the same state of mind, and I do not find this in any atmosphere...
...The 1952 movie version of this material is revered for the frump performance of Shirley Booth, who had also played the character, Lola, at its stage premiere....
...Nevertheless, her work as an understudy helped her get a role as the ingenue in a musical starring Shirley Booth....
...Shirley Hazzard is most apologetic when she appears at L’Absinthe, sliding into a corner booth of the French brasserie on New York’s Upper East Side....
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