October 26, 2005

Article on architect Frank Gehry's building in Paris, opened in June 1994 as new home of American Center of Paris in June 1994 and, lacking financial support, closed just 19 months later; French government has bought building for about $21 million and spent another $40 million in renovations to convert it to headquarters of Cinematheque Francaise film center; photo (M)

Infinity Broadcasting abandons quest for single 'game changer' to replace Howard Stern, who is moving to satellite radio; will use array of hosts for different regions of country; David Lee Roth, former lead singer of Van Halen, will be based in New York and comedian Adam Carolla will broadcast from Los Angeles; company plans to overhaul morning shows in 27 markets and introduce variation on talk format, FreeFM, on nine stations; list (M)

JOËL ROBUCHON and his creations travel very nicely, thank you. His newest venture, Joël Robuchon at the Mansion, which opened on Monday in the MGM Grand hotel here, represents a leap back into the rarefied realm of haute cuisine, from which he ''retired'' in 1996. During the tryouts preceding its official debut, the restaurant served the best food in Las Vegas, by a decisive margin, and some of the very best French food I have ever eaten on this continent.

McDonald's plans to provide information on calories and fat content on packaging of most of its food items starting in 2006; says new packaging will be in 20,000 of its 30,000 restaurants worldwide by end of that year; move comes as McDonald's continues to face criticism for contributing to rising obesity rates and other health problems (M)

Imagine a world in which 9/11 never happened. That was the strange, almost surreal world of a courtroom in Manhattan yesterday, as lawyers gave their summations in a case that took almost 12 years to reach a jury. It will determine whether the owners of the World Trade Center were negligent in allowing the 1993 truck bombing by Islamic terrorists that killed six people and wounded 1,000.