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The supporters of The New Globe Theater--the proposed Castle Williams arts center on Governors Island--already have lots of famous friends. (Moby! Pacino! Amy Sacco! Philip Seymour Hoffman! Moby!!).

But nothing helps like bedding secretive right-wing billionaire Bruce Kovner. The Lincoln Center vice-chairman has joined the board, where he'll rub elbows with the aforementioned celebs while ogling Lord Norman Foster's pretty plans.

And there's more: Lord Ralph Voldemort Fiennes has not only "shared his enthusiasm and insights into theater design over coffee" with the New Globe folks, but has added his name to their list of supporters.

- Max Abelson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/34964#comments Real Estate Amy Sacco Bruce Kovner Governors Island Philip Seymour Hoffman Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:00:03 -0400 Observer Staff 34964 at http://www.observer.com Neoconservatism: A Brief Tour, With Paranoid Fumes http://www.observer.com/node/33201 Let's talk about the neoconservative network, and make a few connections, then a theoretical leap. Start at the top. Lately Vanity Fair has reported that Vice President Dick Cheney travels everywhere with a biological and chemical suit. No more specifics than that. It's not like Cheney invited VF into his closet. (He's more closeted than his daughter.)

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