More “Oh no, Silver!” than “Hi-ho, Silver!”, Johnny Depp’s Western romp The Lone Ranger has bombed at the box office. The much-hyped blockbuster, which reportedly cost more than US$225 million (NZ$292 million) to make and another
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‘Australia is most comfortably racist’
Australia has been described as “comfortably racist” by a reporter from the popular American satirical current affairs program The Daily Show. John Oliver, a long-serving presenter with the series, described the country as a “a coastal paradise surrounding a rocky hell” after filming here last week, reports Mumbrella website
Gang jailed for fake movie
Five people have been jailed in Britain for pretending to make a Hollywood movie in a scam to defraud tax authorities of millions of pounds. The fraudsters were convicted earlier this month of attempting to bilk the government of
Mindy McCready farewelled
Mindy McCready’s time in Nashville was filled with music, and her memorial service in Music City reflected that.
Jupiter, Mars and the Moon will all be visited soon
Like pretty much every other agency in the government, NASA is likely to be hurting for money over the next few years.
It Won the Confidence Vote, but Greece’s Government Still Has Everything to Lose
For Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, winning the vote of confidence in Parliament was the easy part. His ruling Socialists hold a slim majority, and last week’s cabinet reshuffle elevated party hardliners to keep rogue deputies in line
AIDS Whistle-Blower
AIDS was the last thing Gui Xien expected to find in the remote peasant villages of China’s Henan province.
Tiger Woods, Sex Rehab: How Clinics like Pine Grove Work
The calls for Tiger Woods to get help did not go unheeded.
Mothers In Prison
April Rivera, a four-year-old from Miami, is singing the theme song to Barney with her mother. “I love you
Eat Your Greens
If you really want to go green, the conventional thinking goes, buy a hybrid.