He was known both for his philanthropy and for his lavish Christmas light display, which attracted national attention and traffic jams so awful that neighbors eventually sued to halt the festivities.
Cameras flashed, lighting lavish clothes and perfect hair.
They've certainly thrown everything they have at this: expensive lighting, lavish costumes and fabulous locations (the penultimate Labours of Hercules is set in a snowed-in Swiss hotel), not to mention a brilliant cast including Simon Callow and Helen Baxendale.
The space upstairs--encompassing the master bedroom, walk-in closet, office and master bathroom--is a cheerful blend of space and light, combined with lavish moldings and six-light Craftsman windows reproduced to match the originals in the home.
Another of the big differences between the two ceremonies is the spilt between "drama" and "musical or comedy" in the main categories, meaning the Globes can lavish praise on lighter films which may miss out at the Oscars.
Seven projecting corner balconies have folding glass doors that afford a lavish sweep of light and air.
This was nouveau-riche conspicuous consumption, with sometimes shady business deals done under the cover of whirling lights and lavish floor shows.
In that movie, Murray, suffering from jet lag and ennui, haunts the hotel's lavish bar, as the lights of the city flash below, and a lounge band turns out lousy cover songs.
But the inspector general's audit on excessive conference spending also bolstered White House claims that it has reined in such costs since the G.S.A.'s lavish expenditures came to light in the spring of 2012.
The ensemble work and A. Crane's music are neat but unstartling, which is perhaps why the piece ends with a melodramatic flourish that no ballet stage could hold.The same, in spades, applies to "Light," a lavish, beautiful and bombastic reprise of an ancient fairy tale that drops the spectator and cast from a czar's court down to a pictorial hades to end them all.
