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- Wow, what a story! (Toronto Sun)
Whopping $1.25-million advance just the beginning for Winnipeg author's first novel
- An appreciation of Pixar's Wall-E (rediff.com)
On the whole, Wall-E works in the same way that Charlie Chaplin does: an unlikely trampy hero embarks on a silent-movie romance with an elegant, far more attractive female. The odds are stacked against them, the protagonist is klutzy beyond repair, and the poetry found in their impossible dalliance is banal, slapstick -- and, quite simply, timeless.
- Leader sent to war crimes court (Sydney Morning Herald)
A SERBIAN judge has decided to hand over the arrested former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
- Safety Valve: Letters from readers - The Wenatchee World Online
Safety Valve: Letters from readersThe Wenatchee World Online, WA - 1 hour agoIn my most recent book “Rhymes and Reasons,†I begin the collection of poetry with a tribute to my dad with a piece “A Certain Someone. ...
- The hustler - Guardian Unlimited
Russell Simmons is in reflective mood. The 50-year-old music mogul, fashion entrepreneur, community activist, jeweller and philanthropist is frequently portrayed as somewhat self-absorbed. Perhaps it's the fast-approaching appointment with his London ...
- The tangled legacy of Jacques Brel - The Independent
The Belgian singer Jacques Brel in Paris in 1976, two years before his death from cancer at the age of 49 The 30th anniversary of the death of the greatest popular singer in the French language has generated an avalanche of tributes this week – and ...
- Artsbeat (The Ithaca Journal)
“More True Lies,†a themed reading featuring Fred Wilcox, associate professor of writing at Ithaca College, and an Ithaca College writing student, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, in the College's Handwerker Gallery. The event is free and open to the public.
- Poet Tennyson collection displayed thanks to £50000 grant - Louth Today
Poet Tennyson collection displayed thanks to £50000 grantLouth Today, UK - 7 hours agoThe project will also allow for the preservation of a collection of the proofs to the illustrations to Tennyson's poetry published in 1957 which is now one ...
- Paul McCartney - Guardian Unlimited
Billed as an evening with playwright Willy Russell and friends, this event deteriorated into a media circus for the launch of Paul McCartney's new career as a poet. McCartney, it was announced, would fill the last spot in the event (ostensibly a ...
- UK Hip Hop - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
The UK has a legacy of producing successful commercial music, but with a history full of poetry and a nation clued up on youth culture, why is the UK Hip Hop scene still failing to rhyme to the beat? Let’s begin what is bound to be a controversial ...
- E-Mail To Obama: Dishonest TV AD Hits Wrong Group - The Bulletin
Perhaps it's because Barack Obama has never run a competitive race against a Republican. Now, facing John McCain's blistering ads, Mr. Obama seems unable to fight fire with fire. The Democratic rank and file are furious (while simultaneously ...
- Booker Prize? Who wants a literary award anyway? - Telegraph.co.uk
Booker Prize? Who wants a literary award anyway?Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 5 hours ago... (and gullible book groups) who feel a novel isn't "valid" unless it's a) a bit hard to read, b) weighed down with purple prose or poetry, ...
- New Rep Breathes Life into ‘Eurydice’ - Broadway World
New Rep Breathes Life into ‘Eurydice’Broadway World, NY - 2 hours ago... and understated choice - strike resonant chords that find their way through Ruhl's perambulating poetry to communicate simple yet powerful truths. ...
- Step right up to McCain's three-ring circus (Portsmouth Herald)
One of the strangest excuses I've ever seen from a politician came from Republican presidential hopeful John McCain who, much to his credit, laments the drop in rhetorical quality of the presidential campaign. According to McCain's diagnosis, the main...
- It takes two stars to capture Chanel's extraordinary life - Denver Post
It takes two stars to capture Chanel's extraordinary lifeDenver Post, CO - 7 hours agoThe dialogue has Chanel's declamations jumping off the screen, begging for quotation marks: "The poetry of fashion lies in the creation of illusion, ...
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