An Australian film-maker who found two young virgins willing to sell their bodies to the highest bidder has scored again. Justin Sisely’s controversial documentary film Virgins Wanted is to be re-packaged for the small screen as a reality TV series.
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Wolverine is Superman 2 in disguise
The first full trailer for The Wolverine has been released, and it opens with an apology. Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is sorry.
Review: Wayne Brady
Review: Wayne Brady Opera House, Wellington, 7 May When Wayne Brady takes the stage, you can’t help feeling just a little excited.
World Battlefronts: The Philippines Stand
The Philippines were ready. For days before the war began, the guns had been manned and the planes had stood alert
The Global Village Finally Arrives
This is the typical day of a relatively typical soul in today’s diversified world. I wake up to the sound of my Japanese clock radio, put on a T shirt sent me by an uncle in Nigeria and walk out into the street, past German cars, to my office.
Why the Norwegian Krone Is the World’s Safest Currency
Investors keen to protect their precious cash have sought security in all the usual places in recent months.
Japanese Scientists Build a Perfect (and Fake) Pop Star
Eguchi Aimi is your typical Japanese pop star: perfect skin, high-pitched girlish voice, lithe figure, and a team of computer designers, photographers, and other pop stars artificially constructing her every movement. You read that correctly.
Italy Says No to Nuclear Power — and to Berlusconi
The fallout from Fukushima continues.
Grin and Bear It
By the time President Obama sat down with House Republicans on June 1 to talk about the exploding public debt, the economic data had been grim for days: another decline in home values, a new dip in consumer confidence and, just that morning, the lowest manufacturing-sector growth rate in more than a year and a dismal payroll report showing job growth far below expectations. In another era, these sorts of numbers would have led to a predictable chain of events for either a Republican or a Democratic President: rush to the cameras, empathize with those suffering the pain and declare that help is on the way.
Why Japan’s Whale Hunt Continues
It’s a ritual that boils the blood of whale-watchers everywhere. On Nov