Does Woody Allen have regrets His new film, Blue Jasmine, amplifies the air of concentrated self-examination that has long been a hallmark of his work. Though marked by buoyant moments of wry humor, the film is devastating in its intense survey of a life in the free fall of mental and emotional collapse
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Michael dodges criminal charges
George Michael won’t face criminal charges for falling out of a moving vehicle in England last month.
Drugs found on Bieber tour bus
The list of troubles linked to Justin Bieber’s tour of Europe grew again after Swedish police said they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer’s bus. No arrests were made since the bus was empty at the time, Stockholm police spokesman Lars Bystrom said.
COROnation show: The word on the street
COROnation Street Civic Theatre, Auckland A giggling gaggle of women a third his age cluster around William Roache at the bar.
Risky Business: When Pakistani Journalists Take on the ISI
Najam Sethi is no stranger to official harassment and death threats. Since the 1970s, the prominent Pakistani journalist has been charged with treason three times
What Is LOVE?
What is this thing called love? What?
The Hidden Secrets of the Creative Mind
What is creativity?
Did DSK Benefit from French Media Obsession with Elites?
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Le Monde.
Yemen in Crisis: Last Impasse Before the Storm?
The President of Yemen had been under intense pressure. First, from the U.S
In Israel, the Shadow of a New Gaza War
Israeli officials say it so often they’ve taken to apologizing for using the example, acknowledging it’s become a clich: Israel and Hamas can lob shells into and out of the Gaza Strip indefinitely without risking actual war, the explanation begins. Each side wants to appear tough, and over four years the call and response has grown as delicately calibrated as a minuet.