The Spice Girls are together again! This time they are teaming up for a new musical where they will be singing their old songs in a show about about a girl obsessed with pop culture. The all girl band reunited in London on Tuesday to announce […]
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Early Shakespeare theatre unearthed in London
Shakespeare’s first theater has been discovered under a London Pub. Construction workers renovating behind a pub in London made an awesome discovery, the remains of a Shakespearean theater dating back to 1577. The Curtain, predating the more famous globe theater, was likely the spot of the first performances of Romeo and Juliet and Henry V. Dominic Dromgoole, Current Director […]
Amy Winehouse Is A VH1 Diva!
Lovely news! Just lovely! Amy Winehouse shall be remembered and honored at this year’s VH1 Divas ceremony! Some of the baddest bitches on the block will be paying their homage to the late great, singing her songs with their own divastic tudes. As for one of our personal favorites, we’re THRILLED to know Florence Welch […]
The White House: Someone’s in the Kitchen
An invitation to dinner at the French embassy in London is the dream of any true gourmet.
What Makes us Different?
You don’t have to be a biologist or an anthropologist to see how closely the great apes–gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans–resemble us.
Royal Pain: The Republican Case Against Britain’s Monarchy
During one of the royal pageants that periodically choke the streets of London, a conservatively dressed American approached me. “You must be so proud,” she trilled, and she became quite truculent when I told her I felt nothing but shame
Post-Tornado Tuscaloosa: Trying to Bring a City Back to Life
On Friday morning, walking through the Alberta area of Tuscaloosa, I saw a man sifting through the rubble of what used to be Affordable Mini Storage. He was going through the remains of his storage unit, searching for anything salvageable in the post-apocalyptic landscape of our home town.
Libya’s Crisis: Bad News for Oil Prices, Economic Recovery
Even before its outcome is known, Libya’s uprising could leave an indelible mark on the world economy: oil prices have rocketed since Tuesday and could rise even further amid the continuing turmoil that has prompted thousands of foreign oil workers to flee. Libya’s oil output, typically 1.7 million barrels a day, has fallen by more than half since Tuesday, and its energy exports have ground to a complete halt
Malaysia: The Quads
Quintuplets were expected, quadruplets appeared. That was the story in London last week when government and colonial leaders signed the birth certificate of a new British Commonwealth nation.
Will William and Kate Make Up for Charles and Di?
As the royal wedding approaches, I find myself thinking back to the other wedding 30 years ago that I helped cover as a young reporter in London and wondering from afar how the extravaganza on April 29 — and, beyond that ritual, the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton — will differ. During the summer of 1981, all of England seemed to have wedding fever, even my socialist pals.