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Saturday, 27 September 2014
The patterns of the universe
Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi is interested in string theory. The lalava or lashings that form the basis of traditional Tongan buildings have, in his hands, been turned into three decades of sculpture, drawings and paintings and a theory...
Friday, 26 September 2014
Shirley MacLaine: Beaming in from the golden age
Shirley MacLaine has been a star for nearly 60 years. She's been an author for nearly 45. Her screen career stretches from Hitchcock to Downton Abbey. She's gone from ingenue to Rat Pack It Girl to mother figure - like her Oscar-winning...
Marvel settles with family of superhero creator
NEW YORK (AP) Marvel has settled a lawsuit bound for the Supreme Court that pitted the comic-book company against the family of the artist who helped create such iconic superheros as Spider-Man, Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk.Heirs...
Movie review: The Equalizer
There are many reasons why The Equalizer isn't a good movie. But it's still kind of a good time.Well it is, if your prefer your Denzel Washington in badass mode.No, that doesn't often make for good films - as the likes of Safe...
Big numbers for ABC's night of Rhimes
NEW YORK (AP) ABC's night of Shonda Rhimes has gotten off to an impressive start, and it was the newcomer that led the way.The network has filled its Thursday schedule with three series from Rhimes' production company. The latest,...
Kelly Brook announces engagement to David McIntosh is OFF
Coverband: Even losers get lucky
So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star?*Then listen now to what I say: just get an electric guitar and take some time and learn how to play. Then, maybe, if your hair's combed right and your pants fit tight, you'll have a big hit...
Tina Turner exhibit opens at old Tennessee school
BROWNSVILLE, Tennessee (AP) A restored one-room schoolhouse where Tina Turner attended classes opened Friday as a museum honoring the singer's career and recalling her childhood in this small West Tennessee town.More than 100 people...
Asterix artist, daughter call truce in family feud
PARIS (AP) The artist behind the famous French comic book Asterix has ended a years-long family feud over control of the valuable cartoon icon.Albert Uderzo, 87, said in a statement Friday that he and his daughter "have decided...
Verity Johnson: Big booty a black fashion statement, but how does that work?
I was a squashy and bookish teenager, with berserk hair and pimples that were bigger than my boobs. Hence, PE was as fun as giving a grizzly bear a body massage. Weekly, I was hauled into the Sweaty Pit of Squeaky Doom, the gym, to...
Lohan's shot at redemption
"I know what it is to be bad. I've been bad, I know what it is to be lost."These are the first lines Lindsay Lohan will speak, all things being well, when she makes her West End debut in David Mamet's play Speed-the-Plow at the...
Work of art includes mystery cab ride
A work of art which asks its viewers to be escorted by a security guard down the Auckland Art Gallery goods lift and through the loading dock to a taxi, which then takes you on a circuitous route to a surprise destination, has won...
Michele Hewitson interview: Urzila Carlson
I think," said the comedian Urzila Carlson, "I'm girlier than most girls ... in my situation." Giggle, giggle, she went. Giggle, giggle, I went. Quite a bit of this girly giggling went on. She has a terribly contagious giggle which...
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