There is a ‘girl power’ void in new books for Kiwi kids, according to judges on a children’s book awards panel. Finalists for The New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards were released this morning, with 19 books picked out of hundreds to contend for awards across four categories.
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Campion’s fine mystery lost on UKTV
Without for a second denigrating its excitingness and eerie atmospherics, the biggest mystery of Monday’s new Top of the Lake thriller is why it’s on UKTV.
“Breaking Bad” Dominated the Writers Guild Awards
Dark drug drama “Breaking Bad” dominated television nominations for the annual Writers Guild Awards on Thursday, with “Modern Family” leading the way in the comedy category. A trio of HBO newcomers – Lena Dunham’s “Girls,” Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom,” and political satire “Veep” – will compete in the new series category, along with network comedy […]
Jessica Simpson Shares Her Fun New Weight Loss Strategy
Jessica Simpson Shares Her Fun New Weight Loss Strategy. Jessica Simpson has been tackling her weight loss step by step – literally.
Woman Who Holds World Record for Largest Breasts (And Their Natural!) Pleads For a Fitting Bra
Woman with Largest Breast ever recorded to Dr. Drew she making a request to his show for a fitting bra. Annie Hawkins-Turner admits she blows the horn every time she gets into her car and that she has burned out a few mammogram machines in her life, but she still grateful for her nearly 90 pound bosom. […]
Katy Perry Sparkles in Gold Couture at the Part Of Me 3D Film Premiere in London
It was a huge turnout and many Stars attended the Katy Perry: Part Of Me premiere Leading lady Katy Perry looked absolutely stunning in a gold ballerina-inspired dress at the London premiere of her 3D movie Katy Perry: Part Of Me. […]
A modern Approach to Communicating with Little Girls
Author and blogger Lisa Bloom finds herself in quite the conundrum each time she is introduced to a new little girl “I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time. Little Maya was all curly brown hair, […]
Medicine: Patients’ Progress
TRANSPLANTS Four little girls, bright-eyed and decked out in their best dresses, met the press last week at Colorado General Hospital in Denver. Ranging in age from 16 months to two years, all four were gravely ill, and the University of Colorado doctors who described their cases were guarded in discussing the children's prospects for recovery
No Early Return from Iraq for U.S. Troops
Girls for All SeasonsSir: There are no words to describe the immense pleasure and happiness your cover story on Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave [March 17] gave me. Having seen Georgy Girl three times and Morgan! once, I can understand why the world is in love with these two fantastic artists.SUZANNE R
Getting Tough
If tough love is your thing, you can find a lot to love about Joe Clark. Bullhorn cradled in one arm, a stack of books and papers resting in the other, the 48-year-old principal of Eastside High in down-at-the-heels Paterson, N.J