He will soon be regarded as our arch rugby enemy, but last night Crusaders coach Robbie Deans was honoured by a host of big sporting names for his huge contribution to the New Zealand game.
Deans, who has led his beloved Canterbury franchise to a record four Super rugby titles, controversially missed out on the All [...]
Indiana’s controversial photo identification rule may not have made a major dent in the state’s high turnout, but it did frustrate a small group of voters more accustomed to divine law.
About 12 elderly Roman Catholic nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place because they didn’t have state or federal identification bearing a photograph.
Sister [...]
Described as “the Zen Buddhist Will Self of the former Evil
Empire”, Victor Pelevin is a star of contemporary Russian
literature. The Sacred Book Of The Werewolf is an
extraordinarily accomplished piece of contemporary writing that
mashes up an assortment of genres: horror, humour, romance,
fantasy, satire and post-modern self-reflexivity and sampling. The
result is something that has to be classified [...]
It’s difficult, if not impossible, to imagine the political
scientist Robert Manne, so urbane and measured in mien, physically
giving anyone a one-fingered salute. However, when it comes to the
printed page, that’s another matter.
The inspiration or intention behind this collection of 20 essays
might not have been to niggle the rusted-on supporters of the
Howard Government and conservative media [...]
In Martin Amis’s Yellow Dog, maximum disgust is
reserved for Clint Smoker, a spectacularly cynical tabloid hack
whose byline gives the novel its title. Clint is a devotee of
pornography. Indeed, his house (in Foulness, no less) is a shrine
to pornography “in all its forms”. Plus, of course, there’s the
World Wide Web, his nightly forays into which are [...]
Who or what is God? Does he, she or it exist? What happens after
you die? Is there any meaning to life? What does the wisdom of the
ages teach us? And what about love? These are some of the questions
canvassed in this rambling monster of a novel, a family saga (of
sorts) spanning three generations.
All this sounds [...]
As the morning sun pours into his studio, designer Robert
Rodriguez shows off luxurious lace dresses and silk tops with
cascading flowers, a far cry from the street wear so prevalent on
the Los Angeles streets outside.
His modern showroom and atelier reflect the upscale aspirations
of this city’s apparel industry, which is yearning to raise its
profile - even though [...]
I LIKED the ‘80s. In fact, I loved them. It was a formative
decade for us gen Xers. It’s inspiring that we, as a people, were
open-minded enough to embrace stonewash as a fashion statement.
Yet, just as we have consigned that fashion faux pas to the
sartorial scrap heap, so it is our mission to ensure it is [...]
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Semi-Pro
Will Ferrell wrestles a bear in Semi-Pro, another
sports comedy from America’s favourite beady-eyed fool. I know it’s
wrong of me but I was hoping the bear would win.
Being attacked by wild animals is nothing new for Ferrell - a
cougar had its chance in Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky
Bobby and I seem to remember [...]
She left Summer Bay in a flood of tears last week but Home
And Away stalwart-turned breakfast radio host Kate
Ritchie claims she doesn’t want the sympathy vote to win her
the TV Week Gold Logie for the second year running. “Just because
it happened before it doesn’t make it any less exciting,” Ritchie
told SiT yesterday of her nomination [...]
