A modern production of Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhauser is causing a stir in Germany because of Nazi-themed scenes showing people dying in gas chambers and members of a family having their heads shaved before being executed.
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Little Wellington vid wins big
little wellington from Michael Jo on Vimeo. A rare burst of fine weather in Wellington last winter allowed Michael Jooss to capture the city’s charms – and it also scooped him first prize in an international student film contest
Sheen: Lohan is a genius
Charlie Sheen is “rooting” for Lindsay Lohan because he thinks she’s an “absolute genius” who lost her way.
Is this the weirdest Eurovision entry?
The Eurovision song contest has always been a breeding ground for some very strange performances. The Ukraine in 2007 sent drag queen comedian Verka Serduchka with Dancing Lasha Tumbai, last year Russia’s oldest girl-group warmed the cockles of our hearts, and there’s also Germany’s Guildo Hat Euch lieb.
Lohan keeps the party going
Lindsay Lohan has been out partying again. TMZ reports that the troubled actress went to a nightclub in Santa Monica, California on Saturday night with her rumoured new boyfriend Avi Snow.
Forget Fame! Eurovision Crowns No Names From Azerbaijan
In the run-up to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, celebrity contestants dominated the headlines and the bookies’ odds tables. Britain’s boy band Blue — who have sold 13 million records worldwide since 2001 — flew the British flag.
How Silvio Berlusconi Uses Women on TV
Standing in their uniform miniskirts and stilettos, three young women bend over ironing boards, pressing men’s shirts before a live studio audience.
A Tale of Two Priests
The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church traditionally couch even the harshest disagreements in decorous, ecclesiastical language. But it didn’t take a decoder ring to figure out what Rome-based Archbishop Raymond Burke meant in a late-September address when he charged Boston Cardinal Sen O’Malley with being under the influence of Satan, “the father of lies.” Burke’s broadside at O’Malley was inspired by the Cardinal’s decision to permit and preside over a funeral Mass for the late Senator Ted Kennedy.
Turkish reality show sparks scandal
Were nine attractive young Turkish women duped and imprisoned in a villa by Internet soft-core porn peddlers?
Chestnut chows down 68 hot dogs; sets record
Setting a world record, Joey Chestnut won Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday, solidifying himself to many as the greatest gustatory athlete of all time. For the third straight year, Chestnut beat out his main rival, Takeru Kobayashi.