A Doll's House: two wildly different productions agree on gender inequality
Brisbane’s La Boite and Sydney’s Belvoir St theatres tackle Henrik Ibsen’s seminal feminist play and arrive at the same conclusion • Full coverage of Brisbane festival 2014 Helen Christinson as Nora in...
View ArticleAnna Nicole, Royal Opera House - music review
Anna Nicole Smith was a Houston lap-dancer and Playboy centrefold whose fame and wealth sky-rocketed when, at the age of 26, she married an 89-year-old oil billionaire, who died 13 months later. Her...
View ArticleToronto Festival 2014: Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan on ‘The Last Five Years’
The stars of the musical “The Last Five Years” discuss their roles in the film....
View ArticleAnna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan on ‘The Last Five Years’
The stars of the musical “The Last Five Years” discuss their roles in the film....
View ArticleAllison Janney Tackles ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Course on ‘Ellen’ (Video)
Allison Janney may have just won two Emmy awards for her performances on “Masters of Sex” and “Mom,” but she accomplished an even more impressive achievement on “Ellen” … at least as far as physicality...
View ArticleWith Bookbridgr, bloggers can become a Headline act
Headline’s new website recognises how crucial bloggers now are to publishers’ publicity campaigns The Readables' 'book haul' on YouTube: 'a taste of things to come'. It’s no surprise when books that...
View ArticleTony Abbott heads to North East Arnhem land for the week
The Prime Minister has stuck with his pledge to govern from remote North East Arnhem land this week despite the developments in Iraq. The Government is negotiating with Indigenous communities about how...
View Article10 Ways To Help Your College Student Avoid The "Financial 15"
You may remember the infamous freshman 15: too many slices of pizza plus too few trips to the gym equals a few extra pounds in the first semester. But what about the freshman financial 15? By our...
View ArticleHome Protect’s £400 price hike for ‘no subsidence’ and another person’s claim
My parents buildings insurance policy was cancelled for non-existent problems ...
View ArticleMiss America 2015 is Kira Kazantsev, who channeled Anna Kendrick
The Miss America pageant certainly loves New York: For the third year in a row, the crown went to the contestant from that state in a night that included cup-tapping, ventriloquism and a flash of white...
View ArticleRoger Goodell names four women to guide NFL domestic violence policy
As the Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants made final preparations Sunday for their NFL game, a small plane circled MetLife Stadium towing a banner that read "Goodell must go." Ten miles east, on...
View ArticleBT’s still failing to deliver on its promises over fibre optic
I renewed my contract and feel it was mis-sold as I still haven’t got the service ...
View ArticlePolice Chief Quits Over Child Sex Abuse Scandal in English Town
Commissioner Shaun Wright said he was retiring after a report found that as many as 1,400 children had been sexually abused in the northern town of Rotherham....
View ArticleA Blood Test For Depression Proves The Illness Is Not A Matter Of Will
Screening for depression might soon be as easy as a blood test. A new test that identifies particular molecules in the blood could help doctors diagnose patients with clinical depression, according to...
View Article19 ways to beat malaria
Prevention, treatment, research and diagnosis - our panel say we need to invest in them all to eradicate the disease ...
View ArticleMeryl Streep's Sinister Side Comes Out on New ‘Into the Woods’ Poster (Photo)
The new “Into the Woods” one-sheet will have Meryl Streep haunting your dreams. The poster features Streep in character as the witch in the highly-anticipated release based on the Tony-winning musical...
View ArticleHow restorative justice is steering young offenders away from crime
In a small workshop on an industrial estate, Jordan Lee Caffyn is putting the finishing touches to a beautifully handcrafted wooden memory box. The box is the culmination of several days' graft that...
View ArticleDo You Love Liberals Or Conservatives? The Nose Knows
Instead of asking new mates about where they stand on key political issues, you could just lean forward and take a big whiff. In a study recently published in the American Journal of Political Science,...
View ArticleFAFSA and the Middle Class
In one of my recent blogs, the question was raised about whether a performing arts college degree might only be affordable for the wealthy. Here are a few less-than-heartening examples of why this...
View ArticleHow Has Obamacare Impacted Substance Abuse Treatment?
On paper, it sounded so good: all insurance companies had to provide substance abuse treatment and there would be no more discriminating against those with pre-existing conditions. What could go wrong?...
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