Hold on to your hankies: this is my last column here (although I'm still going to hang around like a mad swell, reviewing theatre). And so, to end on a high note, here are some awards celebrating the superlative and the superfluous...
Saturday, 13 December 2014
Classical CD: The generosity of music
Beethoven sonatasMichael Houstoun (Rattle) Our leading pianist and cultural icon revisits Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas, following a successful national tour. The 14 CDs are housed in a slipcase with a generous book, and Steve Garden's...
Friday, 12 December 2014
Every picture tells a story
Creamy Psychology: Photographs by Yvonne Todd(Victoria University Press $60) One of the
Big Hero 6: It's a boy's own gentle giant
Sometimes it seems as if every studio in Hollywood is making superhero movies. If their recently announced schedules are to be believed, then Marvel, Warner Bros, Sony and Fox will collectively release more than 20 such blockbusters...
Can Amy Pascal's career survive Sony cyberattack?
LOS ANGELES (AP) " Amy Pascal, one of the most powerful women in the man's world that is Hollywood and the force behind such critical and commercial hits as "The Social Network" and "American Hustle" has had better daysThe co-chairman...
Aretha serenades Swift as Billboard honors both
NEW YORK (AP) " It'll be hard for Taylor Swift top this as a birthday gift: A birthday serenade from none other than the Queen of Soul.Aretha Franklin arguably had the best performance of the afternoon as the legend gave an impromptu...
Block homes still empty a month after auctions
Almost a month after The Block's finale, new owners are yet to move into the four houses featured on the hit TV3 reality series.The Pt Chevalier homes were auctioned on November 14, with buyers including two professional couples...
Motown's Temptations, Four Tops visit Oval Office
WASHINGTON (AP) " Two legendary Motown groups "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" for a little access at the White House.Actually, there probably was no begging involved for members of the Temptations and the Four Tops to get into the Oval...
Cuba: Rappers targeted by USAID program 'victims'
HAVANA (AP) " Cuban rappers targeted by a clandestine U.S. program are "victims" unknowingly swept into an effort to spark an anti-government youth movement, the Cuban government said Friday in its first reaction to an Associated...
Review: Kindle Voyage – is Amazon’s new premium e-reader a Christmas must-have?
THE Kindle Voyage is the best e-reader on sale today - unfortunately this premium device comes with a pricetag to match.
Northern Bass: The Goldie touch
If there's one man who could be justifiably jaded about drum 'n' bass, it's Goldie. The genre pioneer has been at the forefront of the underground for more than 20 years and has seen many a slump and rise in the popularity of one...
Pop goes the easel
In the early 60s just before the Beatles conquered America through a combination of art, smarts and image - and thereby shifted the coordinates of popular culture to Britain - America was the nexus of global pop culture and political...
VIDEO: Sam Smith's stunning new video for Like I Can
TEAR-JERKER Sam Smith is looking good in a stylish tux as he breaks our hearts again in the brilliant video for new single Like I Can
Cuba: Rappers targeted by USAID program 'victims'
HAVANA (AP) " Cuba says that rappers who were targeted by a clandestine U.S. program are "victims" unknowingly swept into an effort to spark an anti-government youth movement.In its first reaction to an Associated Press investigation...
Beyoncé releases short film Yours and Mine one year after releasing surprise album
SHE'S a keen advocate of worldwide female rights.
Museum displays rare portrait by Winslow Homer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (AP) " A rare oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer has been given as a gift to a Massachusetts museum.Clark Art Institute in Williamstown says the 1878 commissioned portrait of Charles Prentice Howland...
Weather porn? Storms take over evening news
NEW YORK (AP) " The correspondent most frequently seen on either ABC, CBS or NBC's evening newscasts this year doesn't work out of the White House or some overseas trouble zone. It's Ginger Zee, ABC's chief meteorologist.Weather...
Can stand-up provide refuge for Bill Cosby?
LOS ANGELES (AP) " For five decades, Bill Cosby maintained a busy stand-up career even as his TV visibility rose and fell and new generations of comedians took center stage.But the renewal of sexual assault claims that have soured...
Garden of the Week: English Heritage’s Wrest Park
A 158-YEAR-OLD tree at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire could be Britain’s oldest surviving Christmas tree, according to English Heritage.
Director mourns 'Side Show' closing on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) " Show business is fickle. Just ask the folks in "Side Show."On the same day that the Broadway musical landed a coveted spot on the "Today" show, it announced it was closing.Emily Padgett and Erin Davie on Friday...
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