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Swarovski The Gallery at Harborplace, 200 E. Pratt St. 410-605-0233, swarovski.com Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday The glimmer coming from the Swarovski store in the Gallery at Harborplace can be spotted as soon as you enter the mall, and the sparkle becomes even more intense as you step inside the tiny store. While the space is small, you'll find all kinds of Swarovski crystal merchandise ranging from a tiny $25 pacifier keepsake figure to a hefty vase that sells for $2,750.

His shop is a hot destination on Kings Road in the heart of London's trendy Chelsea district. But British designer William Yeoward is considered a style-maker on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Yeoward's antiques and designs - in fabric, crystal, china, furniture and home accessories - always seem fresh. Whether it's color (often bold or unexpected combinations), pattern (familiar but edgy), texture, finish or form that make them special, his handcrafted pieces stand out in the design world.

LANDOVER -- You've seen him dancing on promotional spots for ESPN's "SportsCenter." And you've seen him pushing a fictitious "Gheorghe Muresan Cologne" in a hilarious Snickers ad.But are you ready for Gheorghe Muresan, movie star?Get ready, because the Bullets' 7-foot-7 center will join athletes such as Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal when he stars in a movie "My Giant" that will begin filming in Italy in June. The project has been talked about for nearly two years. Actor Billy Crystal broke the news to Muresan on Saturday that they are ready to move forward with the project.

Whenever Crystal Durant read news stories about people dying in raging fires, she always wished she could have been there and done something to help. She got her chance early Saturday.Durant and her brother Reginald, 15, were driving home from a friend's house about 2 a.m. and were southbound in the 3200 block of Loch Raven Blvd. when they saw that a 1988 Plymouth minivan had crashed into a tree and caught fire.Other motorists drove by, rubbernecking but not stopping. But the Durants, who live in the 1200 block of Valley St., stopped and ran from their car and pulled an 18-year-old Morgan State University freshman from the vehicle.

Archbishop Spalding's Crystal Ray didn't just shut down perennial Washington-area power Pallotti, 9-0, on two singles and no walks in Severn yesterday.She blew away the Panthers at Randazzo Field, striking out 13 and allowing only one runner to reach second.The 5-foot-11 senior right-hander had the Laurel team's hitters waving at changeups, curves, fastballs, rise-balls and knuckleballs."We see some good pitchers in our league," said losing Pallotti pitcher Andi Miller, who had one of the two hits off Ray. "But no one has that much speed, and they don't move the ball around as much as Crystal does."

One of the most intimidating high school softball pitchers in Anne Arundel County history, Crystal Ray, has chosen to attend the University of Maryland-Baltimore County on a full scholarship."

The thinking behind "Fathers' Day," Ivan Reitman's new comedy, is diabolically obvious: put all-universe funnymen Robin Williams and Billy Crystal on the same screen, and theaters across the country will be rendered oxygen-deprived from laughter.Hold the calls to 911. "Fathers' Day" is a perfectly pleasant buddy film, but it lacks the merciless, rat-a-tat hilarity that leaves you gasping for air.Williams and Crystal are not the weaknesses. They could each make balancing the checkbook into high entertainment.

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge granted an injunction yesterday blocking Richard P. Crystal, the former chief executive officer of the failed Merry-Go-Round clothing chain, from getting a $1.9 million payment he says he's owed under his contract.The U.S. Trustee Office, which is overseeing the liquidation of the once high-flying clothing retailer, sought the injunction, arguing that Mr. Crystal shouldn't be allowed to withdraw the money until the trustee has had time to present to the court evidence on several key issues tied to the liquidation of the company and Mr. Crystal's performance as CEO.The company collapsed Feb. 2 after a two-year struggle to pull out of bankruptcy.

Nothing was left to chance on the morning of Monday, Jan. 29, as Chief Executive Officer Richard P. Crystal hunched over his crescent-shaped desk and gave his last instructions before his merchandise buyers left for Las Vegas.They knew there would be questions. The Vegas trip was more than a vendors' show where retailers bought merchandise. It was a grand spectacle to be seen and to talk shop -- and quell rumors in the case of Merry-Go-Round Enterprises Inc., the national chain of teen-age-apparel shops threatening to collapse.

With murmurs of shock and betrayal, more than 400 displaced Merry-Go-Round workers waited yesterday in an unemployment line that snaked on for hours, their thoughts wandering painfully to children, mortgages, the uncertainty of it all under the chandeliers of the Richlin Ballroom in Edgewood.It was a place more appropriate for happy occasions. But there was little else to do for employees thrown out of work after Merry-Go-Round Enterprises Inc. announced less than a week ago that it was going out of business.

Billy Crystal practically sprints onto the National Theatre stage to begin his autobiographical one-man play, "700 Sundays," passing through the front door of a set designed to look like the house where he grew up on Long Island. He plunges into rapid-fire reminiscences of his early years with the eagerness of a puppy, barely pausing for breath, and certainly never stopping to wonder whether anyone might not be interested. As it turns out, he has a most engaging tale to tell, and a long one. At nearly three hours, Crystal's 2005 Tony Award-winning vehicle is perhaps too much of a good thing, but it's hard to resist the combination of humor and nostalgia packed into the show.

Suddenly on May 13, 2009, loving son of Suzanne Ellis (nee Lloyd) and Fred Lenwood Ellis and his wife Crystal (nee Frances), loving brother of Stacey Zielinsky and Casey Riczwick and cherished grandson of Mary Lou Sherpinsky and Frederick C. and Elizabeth Ann Ellis. Also survived by many other loving relatives and friends. A funeral service will be held at the CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME OF ESSEX, 300 Mace Avenue on Monday at 1 P.M. Visiting hours Saturday and Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens.

Microsoft for 360 $15 video games Every once in a while, a game comes completely out of left field, catching everyone off guard and knocking them right off their feet. Today, that game is Castle Crashers. It begins with selection of one of four knights, each with his own set of magic. The Blue Knight controls ice, the Orange Knight has fire, Red is the zap master and Green just seems gassy. A gray knight tumbles down stairs with an arrow in his back, and the knight (or knights as the matter may be)

Andrew Marshall is one of Crystal Palace FC USA's most dangerous players because even as a defender, he has the ability to quickly move forward and support the team's attack. Marshall (Towson University), who recently was named to the United Soccer Leagues' Second Division Team of the Week, again played a vital role and made several strong runs in last night's 2-0 victory over the Wilmington Hammerheads in front of an announced 1,824 at UMBC. Co-head coach Pete Medd said well-rounded players such as Marshall have been the difference in the turnaround of his team, which improved to 3-0 and has yet to allow a goal.

I probably won't make the four-hour drive to see comedian Billy Crystal make his exhibition debut for the New York Yankees tomorrow in Tampa, but I'll definitely check the box score to see whether he goes deep against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Crystal isn't the first celebrity to suit up with a major league team in the spring, but he might be the oldest. Thursday is the day before his 60th birthday. I'd be in favor of something similar taking place at Fort Lauderdale Stadium, but I'm afraid if a big star showed up at Orioles camp, Andy MacPhail would try to trade him for five prospects.

Swarovski The Gallery at Harborplace, 200 E. Pratt St. 410-605-0233, swarovski.com Open 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday The glimmer coming from the Swarovski store in the Gallery at Harborplace can be spotted as soon as you enter the mall, and the sparkle becomes even more intense as you step inside the tiny store. While the space is small, you'll find all kinds of Swarovski crystal merchandise ranging from a tiny $25 pacifier keepsake figure to a hefty vase that sells for $2,750.

His shop is a hot destination on Kings Road in the heart of London's trendy Chelsea district. But British designer William Yeoward is considered a style-maker on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Yeoward's antiques and designs - in fabric, crystal, china, furniture and home accessories - always seem fresh. Whether it's color (often bold or unexpected combinations), pattern (familiar but edgy), texture, finish or form that make them special, his handcrafted pieces stand out in the design world.

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Tired of that boring white iPod? How about that bottom-of-the-line phone you got with your wireless plan? Maybe you should put some bling on that thing. You know, ice it with a little python skin or dress it up with a Christtian Dior antenna trinket. "Pimped," "iced," "blinged out." Whatever you want to call them, decked-out gadgets -- as well as couture and luxury models -- are reaching ever-escalating heights of outrageousness. From Gucci iPod cases to emerald-laden Treos, they've gone far beyond the Swarovski crystal-encrusted cells made famous by status-obsessed starlets such as Paris Hilton.

On October 17, 2005 HARRY J. CRYSTAL dear brother of the late Rose Marie (nee Crystal) and her husband Jerome C. Trueschler; loving uncle of Jo Marie and Thomas J. Trueschler; cherished grand-uncle of Hannah and Jo Ellen Trueschler. Relatives and friends may call on Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel, at which time a funeral service will be held. Interment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 43025, Balto.