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FILE -- Annabella Sciorra as Victoria, left, and Bobby Cannavale as Jackie, in Stephen Adly Guirgis' play "The _________ With the Hat," in New York, A...

Bobby Cannavale in Buffalo, N.Y., May 12, 2011. Cannavale's full-force performance in Stephen Adly Guirgis' play "The _________ With the Hat," as Jack...

FILE -- Former Senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards accepts an award from Demos in New York on May 15, 2008. On May 25, 2011, a...

FILE -- Presidential candidate John Edwards at a rally on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Lancaster on Jan. 23, 2008. On May 25, 201...

Alexandra Robbins, author of "The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth," in New York, May 4, 2011. Robbins has built a career giving voice and shape to the l...

The downstairs room featuring a sea painted floor of Allee Willis', a Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter, home in Los Angeles on May 6, 2011. Willis'...

The studio of Allee Willis', a Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter, home in Los Angeles on May 6, 2011. Willis' love of kitsch, once shared by other m...

A portrait of Allee Willis, a Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter, above a vintage cabinet in the dining room of her home in Los Angeles on May 6, 201...

Alexandra Robbins, author of "The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth," in New York, May 4, 2011. Robbins has built a career giving voice and shape to the l...

The kitchen of Allee Willis', a Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter, home in Los Angeles on May 6, 2011. Willis' love of kitsch, once shared by other...

Allee Willis, a Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter, with her cat Niblet in and alcove full of vintage African-American memorabilia at her home in Los...

Allee Willis, a Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter, in the living room of her home in Los Angeles on May 6, 2011. Willis' love of kitsch, once shared...

The backyard and main entryway of Allee Willis', a Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter, home in Los Angeles on May 6, 2011. Willis' love of kitsch, on...

David Brooks of Just Bulbs in New York, who has a customer who is ordering thousands of pink incandescent bulbs in secret, at his store on May 23, 201...

A pile of incandescent light bulbs in New York on May 20, 2011. As the first deadline for the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 looms, cons...

Darren Henault, a New York decorator who has filled a basement with silver-bottomed incandescent bulbs, in his bathroom in Millbrook, N.Y. on May 22,...

Bryan Batt, the actor/decorator from New Orleans who travels with several four-packs of 60-watt incandescent light bulbs, at home in New Orleans on Ma...

Darren Henault, a New York decorator who has filled a basement with silver-bottomed incandescent bulbs, in his bathroom in Millbrook, N.Y. on May 22,...

A broken incandescent light bulb in New York on May 20, 2011. As the first deadline for the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 looms, consum...

Darren Kitchen of Hack5, a website which offers a weekly video show about computer hacking, left, with the host of his webcast, Shannon Morse, in Rich...

The "submarine room" at Allee Willis', a Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter, home in Los Angeles on May 6, 2011. Willis' love of kitsch, once shared...

Baked gluten free pizza. (Andrew Scrivani/The New York Times)

Baked gluten free pizza. (Andrew Scrivani/The New York Times)

Locals sell chai tea at their stalls in the market of Puttaparthi, India, May 17, 2011. Last month, guru Sai Baba, who as a teenager declared himself...

FILE -- Callista Gingrich, wife of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich who appears to be wearing a Victoria Graduated necklace from Tiffany & Co...

The intensive care area of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, in Puttaparthi, India, May 17, 2011. Last month, guru Sai Baba, wh...

Devotees participate in a service at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram devoted to guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who as a teenager declared himself a "living go...

A photograph of guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who as a teenager declared himself a "living god," hangs above the entrance to the Sri Sathya Sai Institute...

The town of Puttaparthi, which was merely a small village when guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba opened an ashram here, in India, May 17, 2011. Last month, gur...

Devotees participate in a service at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram for guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, seen on wall poster, in Puttaparthi, India, May 17, 20...

An auto rickshaw drives toward the entrance to the town of Puttaparthi, India, May 16, 2011. Last month, guru Sai Baba, who as a teenager declared hi...

Devotees participate in a service at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram devoted to guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who as a teenager declared himself a "living go...

An memorial in the main street of guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in Puttaparthi India, May 17, 2011. Last month guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who as a teenager...

The entrance foyer to the Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, in Puttaparthi, India, May 17, 2011. Last month, guru Sai Baba, who as a teenager decl...

FILE -- Callista Gingrich, wife of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, right, attends a screening of the movie "A City Upon A Hill," in Washing...

FILE -- Chilean President Salvador Allende with bodyguards at the presidential palace before his death during a coup in Santiago, Chile, on Sept. 11,...

A deckhand on an antique ferry that crosses Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland, May 14, 2011. Croissant-shaped Lake Geneva is the largest, deepest a...

Emirates flight attendant Zorana Simeunovic holds an amenity bag onboard an Emirates A380 plane that flies to Dubai, at JFK Airport in New York, May 2...

An Emirates flight amenity bag for a woman, at JFK Airport in New York, May 22, 2011. The amenity bags given to premium-class travelers reflect an air...

Emirates flight attendants Yvonne Wanjala holds an amenity bag for a woman onboard an Emirates A380 plane that flies to Dubai, at JFK Airport in New Y...

An Emirates flight amenity bag for a man, at JFK Airport in New York, May 22, 2011. The amenity bags given to premium-class travelers reflect an airli...

Emirates flight attendants Yvonne Wanjala holds an amenity bags for a woman onboard an Emirates A380 plane that flies to Dubai, at JFK Airport in New...

Emirates flight attendants Yvonne Wanjala, left, and Zorana Simeunovic hold amenity bags onboard an Emirates A380 plane that flies to Dubai, at JFK Ai...

Emirates flight attendants Yvonne Wanjala, left, and Zorana Simeunovic hold amenity bags onboard an Emirates A380 plane that flies to Dubai, at JFK Ai...

FILE -- Padma Lakshmi, left, and Theodore Forstmann at a party at Four Seasons Hotel in New York, Nov. 11, 2010. Forstmann, who helped create the leve...

Senator Isabel Allende, daughter of former president Salvador Allende, at her home in Santiago, Chile on May 20, 2011. The remains of her father were...

Senator Isabel Allende, daughter of former president Salvador Allende, at her home in Santiago, Chile on May 20, 2011. The remains of her father were...

A photo of former Chilean President Salvador Allende with Fidel Castro in the library of Senator Isabel Allende's home in Santiago, Chile, on May 20,...

Senator Isabel Allende, daughter of former president Salvador Allende, at her home in Santiago, Chile, on May 20, 2011. The remains of her father were...

Senator Isabel Allende, daughter of former president Salvador Allende, at her home in Santiago, Chile on May 20, 2011. The remains of her father were...