ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) – A $350 million movie studio and entertainment complex is being proposed for 124 acres on the Catawba Indian reservation in York County.
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NEW YORK (AP) — James Patterson, the best-selling author and tireless advocate for books and literacy, is receiving an honorary National Book Award. Patterson has won the Literarian Award for "outstanding service to the American literary community," the National Book Foundation announced Wednesday.
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THE WOODLANDS (HOUSTON), TEXAS – Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has added one of the nation’s premier conference retreats to its Benchmark Resorts & Hotels portfolio – Doral Arrowwood. Located amid 114 wooded acres in Rye Brook, New York, Doral Arrowwood is north of New York City and easily accessible to metro airports. The property is the latest addition to Benchmark’s exceptional collection of hotels and resorts with superb meeting facilities throughout the United States.
“Doral Arrowwood ranks among the conference industry’s most prominent and respected venues,” said Alex Cabanas, CEO of Benchmark Hospitality International. “We are very proud to have been selected by Doral Arrowwood’s ownership, the original founders of Doral Hotels & Resorts, to immediately take over management and welcome this legendary property to the Benchmark Resorts & Hotels’ family.” – See more at: http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/article/68130/benchmark-hospitality-international-adds-landmark#sthash.0UTeAh6k.dpuf
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The new recruit had generated $2.7 million in production before switching wirehouses. A second advisor from UBS who had $1.9 million also went to Morgan.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The team behind George Lucas’ art and movie museum released revised renderings Thursday showing more green space at the Chicago site but no radical changes to the undulating, futuristic building stoking passions in a city that guards its Lake Michigan shoreline with religious-like devotion.
Images that will be presented to City Council next week show designers have significantly shrunk the lakefront building while preserving a smooth, tapering, dune-like form topped with an observation deck resembling a floating disc — a shape that critics have compared to Jabba the Hutt. Defenders of what will be known as the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, have said the design is loyal to Chicago’s history of making bold architectural statements and its devotion to keeping the lakefront open, accessible and green.

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