by Melissa Crowe and Betsy Stelzer

Even the pickiest critics will enjoy a taste of NT Opera's production "Opera Without Elephants." A culmination of seven opera scenes and a full length opera crammed into two nights of performance will hit the stage at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Murchison's Lyric Theater. (0) comments

PARIS (AP) - Celebrities, socialites and fashion editors prepared to bid adieu to Italian designer Valentino, the king of the red carpet, who will show his final collection Wednesday after 45 years in business. Hollywood stars including Uma Thurman and Gwyneth Paltrow were expected to attend the display, being held in a tent at the Rodin Museum at the close of the Paris spring-summer haute couture shows. (0) comments