Bollywood princess Natalie Portman The Boston Globe | Natalie Portman plays a Bollywood princess in her boyfriend Devendra Banhart's new music video. | The 'V for Vendetta' actress - who has been dating the Venezuelan folk singer since April - wears full Indian costume, complete with a bindi, and must be saved from peril by Devendra's "rebellious bea...
The really Wilde show: Matthew Bourne takes on Dorian Gray The Independent | "I'm actually quite scared of Dorian Gray," says Matthew Bourne, whose new dance-theatre version of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece is tipped as the hot ticket at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Surely it's not the adaptation that worries him? Bourne's ability successfully to marry dance a...
Mealtime with the Megastar The Philippine Star | What is dinner with Sharon Cuneta like? Champagne and caviar for her, bread and water for us common folk? Hardly. | It's the opposite, in fact. Sharon is trying to lose weight quickly for her Aug. 8 "Megathirty" concert at the Araneta Coliseum, so ...
Push for review of child art classifications The Australian | THE NSW Government is pushing for a national review of restrictions controlling images of children in art, following the furore over work by Australian artist Bill Henson. | With the Australia Council for the Arts already developing a new set of pr...
Thongs in the wrong The Australian | AUSTRALIA'S embassy in Washington DC might be sovereign territory, but it seems to have lost its cultural moorings. | At a beach party-themed happy hour held by the embassy's social club last Friday a ridgy-didge scandal erupted. Call it Thong-gate...
For an ambitious project commissioned by Arthouse, Matt Stokes digs up the past and the ... Austin American Statesman | Matt Stokes is having a much better time in Texas than the first time the British artist landed in the Lone Star State in 1996. | Back then he was overcharged at a tollbooth in Houston ("I think they heard my accent and figured I didn't know any be...
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A rare Tibetan critic sues China's government The Boston Globe | BEIJING—The poet Woeser has long been a rarity -- a Tibetan living in China who doesn't flinch from publicly criticizing the Chinese government. Now the activist is taking ...
Polly Want A Cracker? Some Barbecue? A Beer, Maybe? Asbury Park Press 24 THURSDAY | BARNEGAT | — Children ages 3-6 and their older siblings are invited to the Barnegat branch of the Ocean County Library, 112 Burr St., for crafts and stories in the pr...
McKibben: 350 The Most Important Number Common Dreams | PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire - The most important number on the planet is 350, according to writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben. | At a Monadnock Summer Lyceum lecture at the Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church Sunday, McKibben said res...
Obama, McCain and their uneven gifts of gab Wtop By CALVIN WOODWARD and ANN SANNER | Associated Press Writers | WASHINGTON (AP) - If the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already. | Barack Obama soars, John McCain struggles. Obama beams, McCain grins at the wron...
Review: TextBuyIt fun, easy to use, but limited Wtop By RACHEL METZ | AP Business Writer | NEW YORK (AP) - TextBuyIt, a recently launched shop-by-cell phone service from Amazon.com Inc., seemed like the ultimate comparison shopping tool _ perfect for an unabashed bargain hunter like myself. | As it tur...
The really Wilde show: Matthew Bourne takes on Dorian Gray The Independent | "I'm actually quite scared of Dorian Gray," says Matthew Bourne, whose new dance-theatre version of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece is tipped as the hot ticket at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Surely it's not the adaptation that worries him? Bourne's ability successfully to marry dance and story-telling has worked to quirky perfection i...
The really Wilde show: Matthew Bourne takes on Dorian Gray The Independent | "I'm actually quite scared of Dorian Gray," says Matthew Bourne, whose new dance-theatre version of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece is tipped as the hot ticket at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Surely it's not the adaptation that worries him? Bourne's ability successfully to marry dance and story-telling has worked to quirky perfection i...
