Give 'Em Hill: Honoring the Golden Gate Bridge in the tackiest way possible - Inside Bay Area
25 May 2012, 1:55 pm
In essence, it's all about the kitsch. Such a form of recognition for our elegant Golden Gate Bridge may surely seem the height of tackiness, not to mention being obviously misguided -- after all, wearing flip-flops where the average summer ...

Tom Parfitt: A tale of tyranny that lurks behind kitsch of Eurovision - Independent
25 May 2012, 10:35 am
The building is shaped like a diamond-encrusted crown and studded with 45,000 light-emitting diodes. But as the annual festival of tackiness approaches, organisers are facing calls to confront Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, over his increasingly ...

A tale of tyranny behind the kitsch of Eurovision in Azerbaijan - Daily Telegraph
25 May 2012, 12:55 am
The building is shaped like a diamond-encrusted crown and studded with 45,000 light-emitting diodes. But as the annual festival of tackiness approaches, organisers are facing calls to confront Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, over his increasingly ...

Cannes Diary: A Tacky Triumph, And A Gloriously Painful 'Amour' - NPR News
23 May 2012, 3:09 pm
But the festival's refined peaks are also accompanied by astonishing displays of tackiness. The Cannes Carlton Hotel, with its $1,000-a-night price tag and starlets cocktailing on the patio, sure sounds nice, until you walk by and see Sacha ...

What media deals await our most-talked about inmate - heraldsun.com.au
23 May 2012, 8:14 am
THE Schapelle Corby story was bathed in tackiness from the outset. When she landed in Bali on October 8, 2004, she'd been sinking beers. She might have been just another Aussie tourist on a cheapo holiday. She might have been just another Aussie tourist on ...

Defacing race and culture: The Spear and politics of representation - Mail & Guardian Online
23 May 2012, 5:37 am
From a few metres away, I could hear him muttering about the tackiness of the artworks on display; the neo-fascist associations they dared to make; and how the gallery deserved to be burnt down … yes, “burnt down”. His outbursts didn’t end there.

'American Idol' finale: The winner and the show's top moments - Los Angeles Times
22 May 2012, 6:52 pm
Someone named Ace Young proposed to someone named Diana DeGarmo, and the two apparently have never grown out of "American Idol" tackiness. "Will you," Young said to DeGarmo, as he paused dramatically, "marry me?" DeGarmo said yes, screamed ...

Fuji Seal International Inc: Packaging Company Profile, SWOT & Financial Report - new company profile report - Transworld News
19 May 2012, 11:42 pm
The company is involved in the planning, development, manufacturing and sale of packaging systems including shrink labels, soft pouch tackiness and labels. Moreover, the company through its subsidiaries manufactures and retails various packaging materials.

Steel Advice: Reserve judgment, and send a wedding gift to friend - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
14 May 2012, 11:05 pm
Rules of etiquette and customs change over time, but the one constant is that we are gracious. Don't be angry over your friend's tackiness. You didn't attend the first wedding and you are not going to attend the shower; there may never by a "formal wedding ...

Erasing the Regifting Taboo - Wall Street Journal
8 May 2012, 6:55 pm
Regifting is often presented as synonymous with tackiness, but the taboo on the practice is partly the result of a misunderstanding: Recipients of gifts think the givers are far more offended by regifting than they truly are. Givers assume that ...