Provides the latest RSS feeds for Arts News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Australian Herald.com http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/cat/bf7bedafac502d48/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:56 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:56 -0400 30 Jimmy Savile's history of sex abuses against children is to be made into a musical by a British scriptwriter. Punch and Judy will tell the "dark, irreverent tale" of how the "cheekiest chappy in the land" turned into a sex-hungry monster, the Daily Star reported. The musical will use song and comedy to look at how the late television presenter managed to rape and abuse vulnerable children. ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600060/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:50:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600060/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Under the baton of Placido Domingo, acclaimed Chilean writer Isabel Allende's short story "Una Venganza" ("An Act of Vengeance") emerges from the printed page as the opera "Dulce Rosa", a production with a Latin heart and Greek tragedy in its soul that premiered Friday in Los Angeles. "Dulce Rosa" is a further effort by the L.A. Opera, directed by Domingo, to bring lyric opera to a wider ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598215/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598215/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Film: "Neram"; Cast: Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nizam, Simhaa, Thambi Ramaiah, Nasser, John Vijay, Charlie and Ananth Nag; Director: Alphonse Putharen; Rating: "Neram" tops a list of films that come once in a while to make us believe that Tamil cinema is not dead. Surprisingly, it's the first-time filmmakers, not the veterans any longer, who are keeping this industry alive and redefining ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598209/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598209/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Acting on a tip off, Jharkhand Police have confirmed the seizure of a huge cache of explosives from a house in the state's Koderma District. The owner of the house from where the explosives were found has been identified as Ayodhya Prasad Mehta. "We have recovered 1500 detonators from the residence of Ayodha Mehta of Machgama village. However, we couldn't arrest him," police inspector Suman ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214596132/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:10:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214596132/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 HARARE Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday declared President Robert Mugabe's party "dead.rdquo; Tsvangirai said the African country's next elections will be a "formalityrdquo; and predicted a landslide victory. The lead vocalist is Zimbabwe's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai. The backing vocals are from the leadership of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214591602/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214591602/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Italy's Mauro Santambrogio celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Cervere to Bardonecchia, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Santambrogio won in a time of 4 hours, 42 minutes, 55 seconds in in rainy, windy and even snowy conditions, beating the leader of the race Vincenzo Nibali in a final sprint at the top of the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214604271/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:47:32 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214604271/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Socialite Paris Hilton was moved to tears during the premiere of The Bling Ring at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Thursday because it made her relive the "violating" burglary she was subjected to in the late 2000s. Sofia Coppola's new movie is based on the so-called 'Bling Ring' thieves, who snatched more than $3 million worth of goods from the Hollywood homes ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214604272/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:31:21 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214604272/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Jury member actor Christoph Waltz waves as he arrives at the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez on the eve of the opening of the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Jean-Paul ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214604273/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:31:21 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214604273/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Supposedly 'the quiet one' among the YBA generation, Gary Hume made his name with his household-gloss door paintings. Here is a selection of paintings from his solo show ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214604274/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:37 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214604274/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mauro Santambrogio took the stage victory but overall leader Vincenzo Nibali was the big winner as the poor weather dominated stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia. Organisers were forced to remove the day's major climb as snow, rain and fog hit, but Santambrogio and Nibali emerged from the mist at the mountain-top finish after launching a late attack from the peloton to reel in the remnants ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214603651/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:46:36 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214603651/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Skylight Music Theatre 's "Porgy & Bess." Directed by Bill Theisen - his last production as Skylight's artistic director - this "Porgy" relies on a chamber-ensemble cast and orchestra to tell a tale usually told with a huge chorus and full orchestra. The Gershwin brothers' opera is set on the southeastern American coast, in the impoverished, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214603624/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:42:39 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214603624/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Pop superstar Beyonce has taken aim at gossips speculating she is pregnant again by posting a defensive note on her Instagram.com account. The Crazy In Love hitmaker has refused to address ongoing reports she and husband Jay-Z are set to welcome a sibling for 16-month-old Blue Ivy, but she vented her frustration about the speculation on Friday. Beyonce uploaded a scathing note to her ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214603652/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:31:58 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214603652/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat May 18, 2013 1:03pm EDT (Recasts with company statement) By Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG May 18 (Reuters) - Operations at a chrome mine in South Africa owned by chemicals group Lanxess have been suspended since Thursday after some 470 workers started an illegal strike over bonus payments, the company said on Saturday. The dispute at the mine in Rustenburg, 120 km (70 miles) northwest of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214603653/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:03:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214603653/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The seven candidates for the GOP lieutenant governor nomination are taking turns addressing the delegates at the Richmond Coliseum. Former Rep. Allan West, R-Florida, introduced Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter, R-Prince William. West, as a young captain commanding a divisional rocket battery at Fort Riley, Kan., served under Lingamfelter, who was his commanding officer. Oliver L. North introduced ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602991/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:49:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602991/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 BARDONECCHIA, Italy ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602992/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:23:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602992/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 opened last week - not that the old one was ever fully closed, just partially boarded up by the gallery. After almost two years it's now possible to walk right round the museum and see the history of British art unfold before your eyes. That is the main claim, at any rate, but while the much-touted return to chronology cannot be denied - the start date of 1540 is set in gold on the floor, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602993/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:22:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602993/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Bollywood is celebrating its 100 years in existence, and one can't deny its effect on the masses in this time period. Here's a fond look at some of the old and new songs, which form an integral part of Hindi ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602402/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:42:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602402/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Food Security Bill in Parliament, and asserted the UPA Government was determined to enact the legislation for the benefit of people."I am sad that the Opposition is acting against the interests of the poor Indian... I can understand politics. But I cannot understand political parties hurting the poor of the country," Rahul told a party rally in Thiruvananthapuram."We have been ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602384/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:27:18 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214602384/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Manama, May 18. (BNA) -- The Social Development Ministry hosted the second meeting of the high committee of the Third Gulf Theatre Festival for People with Disabilities, due to be held in Bahrain by the end of this year. During the meeting, chaired by the Social Development Ministry's Undersecretary Hanan Mohammed Kamel and attended by representatives of GCC countries, the panel discussed ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214601329/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:32:12 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214601329/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 As tourists flock to the city, local heroes like the Undertones and visitors like BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend are helping to give it a feelgood ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214601330/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:19:24 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214601330/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 fter days of heavy rain, the sun finally arrived in Cannes on Friday just in time to celebrate a glittering day for Arab filmmaking at the glitzy French festival. In the morning, the Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's terrific love triangle ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600844/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:42:18 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600844/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 It's not often that the introductory notes of a rhythmic Argentine tango flavored with accordion, violin and percussion elicits a roar of excitement from a roomful of fifth-graders.The finals of St. Louis Dancing Classrooms is no ordinary affair.After 10 weeks of training twice a week, select St. Louis public and private schools from Normandy to Imperial competed for bragging rights as ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600862/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:40:48 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600862/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Amid rampant weeds and crumbling stones, Matteo Giunti makes his way to the tomb of Francis Horner MP, a Scottish Whig who co-founded the Edinburgh Review and died, in 1817, in what he would have known as the prosperous Tuscan port of Leghorn.But, as he reaches the once imposing grave, Giunti stops first at the Nike trainer and plastic bottle that have been left there overnight - not, presumably, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600863/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:17:31 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600863/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about conductor James Levine's return to the Metropolitan Opera after a series of health problems kept him away for two ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600348/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:35:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600348/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Actress Vidya Balan is on this year's Cannes jury and is fully conscious of the "august" company she is in. At Cannes, Vidya told NDTV's Noopur Tiwari: "It's extremely exciting and invigorating to be on the same jury as Spielberg, Ang Lee and others. It's going to be a great learning experience for me. It's also a very proud moment for me as an individual, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600383/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:18:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214600383/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Children take a dance class in a temporarily-erected tent in Lushan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 17, 2013. More than 100 children frequently participate in extra-curricular activities at this temporary school, which was opened on April 29 by volunteers and provides reading, painting and dancing classes to local children. The county was jolted by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214599447/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:26:36 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214599447/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Cornelia Parker came to public prominence she has been associated with an exceptionally wide variety of work. She was initially known for pieces in which she violently destroyed objects and then eerily suspended the resulting debris from gallery ceilings. ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214599449/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:26:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214599449/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The DA and the Mpumalanga Education Department on Friday condemned claims that the parents’ committee at the Hendrina Combined School in Middelburg decided on ';only-white'; and ';only-black'; matric dances, citing ';cultural ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598926/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:25:37 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598926/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Gillian Anderson is fired up in 'The Fall', but Whicher is suspiciously dull ; The former 'X-Files' star channels her inner Helen Mirren in a new crime drama set in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598927/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:25:04 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598927/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 People have a craving for knowledge about the lives of the great composers. Instrumental music is unequalled among the arts in its magnificent, even defiant abstractness. It suggests infinite possibilities, without offering any definitive answers. What could be more tantalising?But Schumann's music excites further curiosity, because it is not only lofty, but personal. Excruciatingly ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598928/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:24:14 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598928/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 From Da Vinci to a stuffed walrus to glass models of underwater worlds, a rich selection of objects is about to go display at the Turner Contemporary, as curator Brian Dillon ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598929/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:24:12 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598929/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 John Abraham admits when he was offered to play gangster Manya Surve in Sanjay Gupta's recent blockbuster Shootout At Wadala (SAW), he doubted his ability. He was strongly convinced that his macho image would come in the way of the dramatic role at hand."I was worried, stressed and scared but I said this was a make-or-break situation for me in life. If I can play Manya Surve, I will ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598312/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:06:01 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598312/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 This photograph of my father and me was taken on holiday in 1947. For 50 weeks of the year, he paid into the holiday club at the engineering factory where he worked so we always had a summer holiday.We stopped going to stay in seaside boarding houses after visiting one called the Pendennis. Those were the days when the landlady waited at the door to make sure everyone left the premises before ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598313/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:01:55 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214598313/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 . She's gotten divorced and remarried, absorbed the shock of losing her father in a plane crash and watched her daughter, Zoe, grow up from a kindergartener to a middle-schooler. Last year, McDonald returned to New York, starred ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597620/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:19:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597620/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 PORTLAND -- More than 45 acts will be presented as part of PortFringe 2013, the five-day, cutting-edge theater festival taking place in Portland's Arts District from June 26-30. The line-up features original musicals, one-man (and -woman) shows, puppets, vaudeville and burlesque. In addition to fostering new and experimental work, PortFringe also encourages creative cross- pollination. This ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597621/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:16:14 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597621/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Singers (from left to right) Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green pose during a media event for "The Voice" in Los Angeles March 15, 2011. (REUTERS/Mario ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597622/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:04:51 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597622/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications.The Sunnyvale, California, company's board of directors will meet Sunday evening to consider approving a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing site Tumblr in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597623/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:01:37 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597623/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A new distribution center is expected to bring as many as 100 jobs to Jacksonville in its first year, a board member with the Jacksonville Economic Development Corp. said.Board member Barry Hughes said local Stage Stores Inc. intends to purchase or lease a facility at North Bolton Street and U.S. Highway 69, which would be used as a new distribution center. The property is the former Astro Air ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597624/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:51:19 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214597624/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 SAN JOSE, Calif. | Tejay van Garderen raced to a dominating individual time trial victory Friday in the Tour of California to extend his overall lead over Australian Michael ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214596971/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:18:32 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214596971/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Linda Munk was married at 19 in dreamy resplendence, right down to hand-stitched Parisian lace and a ballroom filled with the elite of Toronto. It was 1956.A handful of years later, she had shrugged off her Dior skirts and Yves St. Laurent gowns, peered from beyond the house of marriage and stepped into an independent future. Her husband, Canadian businessman and philanthropist Peter Munk, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214596230/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:12:54 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214596230/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mark Cavendish secured his second stage win in a row after a gruelling stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia on Friday.The Omega Pharma - Quick-Step rider built on his 100th professional victory on Thursday to secure his fourth stage win of the race with a time of 6:09:55, thanks, in part, to a well-timed sprint finish.It clearly took a lot out of the British rider, who collapsed with exhaustion ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214595522/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:05 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214595522/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Digital painter Len Krenzler poses with one of his prints with Second World War airmen Don Laubman and Doug Lindsay (both Red Deer residents), who will be joining Krenzler at his opening Spitfire Aces at Editions Gallery West Edmonton Mall, Saturday, May 18, 2-5 ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214595523/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214595523/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Members of Congress grilled acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller about the agency's targeting of conservative groups. Nancy Cordes reports on the four-hour barrage of bipartisan disgust; And, Steve Hartman reports on how a school assignment to interview a vet turned into a personal mission to get him long-overdue ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214595524/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:06 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214595524/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 She was backstage doing what concert promoters do: Making sure the catering was perfect, making sure the road manager was happy and writing checks to the night’s star, security people and everyone else who helped stage the concert. But Sue McLean wanted to go out and catch a few songs of k.d. lang at the O’Shaughnessy. The promoter went to the back of the auditorium, ducked into a ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214594862/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:57:01 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214594862/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 San Diego Mayor Bob Filner deserves credit on two fronts this week: elevating the role of the arts in the life of the city, and better protection for the seals that have no idea what a fuss they started years ago when they made their home at the Children's Pool in La ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214594005/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:48:36 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214594005/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Both sides of the story ; MISS NIGHTINGALE Theatre RoyalAmber Topaz has worked in theatre, television and West End musicals including Les Miserables - and in burlesque, where in 2008 she was chosen to represent Britain in Las Vegas' Miss Exotic World Burlesque Hall of Fame. Erik Petersen caught up with her during rehearsals for Miss Nightingale How did you end up moving from West End ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214594006/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:42:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214594006/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A SYDNEY dance teacher is accused of trying to groom a child for sex and having a large cache of child porn. The 39-year-old man, who runs a dance studio on Bibby Street in Chiswick, was arrested about 6pm (AEST) on Friday, police said in a statement. Police had launched an investigation after a large amount of child porn and evidence of grooming was found on a computer in April. The man was ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214594007/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:46:14 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214594007/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Lucius Malfoy never got to keep his 'Paris Hilton wig'. Or rather Jason Isaacs wasn't allowed to take home Malfoy's so-named, blond hairpiece when they finally wrapped the last Harry Potter ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592966/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:24 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592966/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 NBC's Luke Russert reports on IRS acting commissioner Steven Miller's testimony in front of Congress on Friday regarding the IRS scandal. Rep. Earl Blumenauer of the House Ways and Means Committee also joins The Cycle to ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592968/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:23:13 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592968/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Hangover star Justin Bartha is engaged, according to U.S. reports. The actor, 34, proposed to fitness trainer Lia Smith while on vacation in Big Sur, California in early May, and she said yes. A source tells UsMagazine.com, "They're the cutest couple. She was completely surprised by the whole thing." A representative had yet to respond to requests for a comment as WENN went ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592969/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592969/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Model-turned-actress Jenny Mccarthy gave members of her studio audience an eyeful while pre-taping her raucous Friday night chat show earlier this week by flashing her boobs. Guest Lil Jon dared the former Playboy pin-up to bear her breasts for the cameras and she duly obliged. He said, "I will give you $100 if you show off your t--ties to everyone over there..." McCarthy stood up, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592970/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:52 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592970/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 NYSEJ.C. Penney Co., down 78 cents at $18.01Still reeling from its former CEO's turnaround plan, the department-store chain said that its loss in the first quarter widened.Stage Stores Inc., down $1.89 at $24.19The department-store operator's first-quarter loss widened as it spent to consolidate some facilities and struggled to get shoppers in its doors.Nordstrom Inc., down 45 cents at ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592977/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:03:24 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592977/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Planning a trip this summer? Choose your dates carefully - there are more than a few reasons to stick close to home instead. Denver reaches for new heights this season with a brilliant bill of theater, opera, dance, classical music and art. Here is Denver Post arts and entertainment critic Ray Rinaldi's summer opera ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592978/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:03:09 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592978/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry in a late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins at the homes of Hollywood celebrities, French officials said Friday. The robbery at the Novotel hotel took place in the room of a representative of Chopard, the Swiss-based watch and ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592902/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:50:49 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592902/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Gorgeous nature photography has been abundant on television for a while now, so those who assemble programs from it need to have more than just a string of how-did-they-shoot-that images. A point of view would be nice. Or a narrative sensibility. Anything, really, that connects the oceangoing turtles, migrating butterflies and Labrador caribou, other than that ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592976/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:47:13 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592976/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The network upfronts are about entertainment, but how do they stack up as entertainment? Go to one of them ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592863/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:43:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592863/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 If you have an hour to spare, compete in one of the tournaments at Bridge Base Online. You will play 12 boards and can win American Contract Bridge League masterpoints. In many of them a human plays North or South at a table with three robots, as the computer programs are called. Since the robots bid and play very quickly, the pace is ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592975/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:37:38 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592975/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 WASHINGTON -; The White House says President Barack Obama has met with Daniel Werfel, the new acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214591836/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:54 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214591836/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 LOS ANGELES - Years of staying up late on Saturday nights to make the nation laugh have apparently left Bill Hader a little sleep-deprived. Hader, who announced earlier this week that he’s leaving "Saturday Night Live" after eight seasons when the show wraps its current season, revealed his plans for the future in an interview with GQ. From the sound of things, he’s ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214591837/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:06 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214591837/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Metropolitan ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592974/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:12:45 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592974/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592913/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:02:36 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592913/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Young Concert Artists, which for 52 years has built a solid record of fostering the careers of gifted instrumentalists, vocalists and, since 1994, composers, presents a popular series of recitals in New York. But the organization typically ends the season with a gala benefit concert in which, after some celebratory speeches onstage, three recent winners of its international auditions play ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592912/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:15 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592912/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Ruth Ellis Center helps about 5,000 young people each year. If you're a homeless young adult, chances are good that you're gay, bisexual or transgender. And if you live in the Detroit area, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590572/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:17:13 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590572/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The House Ways and Means Committee became the first oversight panel in Congress to weigh in on the IRS tax-exempt group controversy on Friday ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590573/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:17:12 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590573/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A review of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the touring comic ballet troupe affectionately known as "The Trocks." It entertains audiences at Meany Theater through Saturday, May ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590574/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:11:03 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590574/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 For old-timers who still go to record stores, flip through bins, buy albums and dig into the liner notes, the experience of streaming songs on a service like Spotify or Rhapsody can be dismaying. Listen, say, to Michael ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214591839/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:06:05 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214591839/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The woman onstage appears to be struggling. The sounds that are coming out of her are wordless, labored and worrying. A wheezing inhalation. A whispered ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592910/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:03:20 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592910/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Techno beats, over-the-top stage antics and pop stars of the past return to the spotlight in Malmo, Sweden this weekend as the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest ramps up to its showy finale. The unabashed celebration of European pop music excess heads into its climax this weekend, with 20 countries joining the six automatic qualifiers: Britain, Italy, Spain, France, Germany and this year's host ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590553/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:39 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590553/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A man has been arrested at the Cannes Film Festival in France after allegedly firing a gun and brandishing a fake grenade near a waterfront TV studio on Frida. The suspect's weapon was filled with blanks, but the incident was enough to cause a big scare on the Croisette seafront, where crowds had gathered to watch hosts from French channel Canal + present special festival coverage. No one ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590575/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:34 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590575/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 For every musical genre there is usually an event that more people claim to have attended than could possibly have been there. In rock, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969 leads a long list of touchstones. Many would cite Benny ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592911/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:59:23 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592911/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592972/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:57:13 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592972/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 BEAUMONT, Tex. ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590576/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:33:55 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590576/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 By the time the pianist Yuja Wang had played a fifth encore to cap her exhilarating concert on Thursday evening at Carnegie Hall, I confess that while perhaps 90 percent of my attention was on her precise yet exuberant playing, a crucial 10 was on her skintight flame-colored dress. It seems that a high-minded, conscientious music critic should pay Ms ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592909/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:20:09 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592909/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 In 1988, when Peter Martins choreographed ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592971/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:16:37 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592971/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 May 17, 2013 The singer-songwriter performs intense, poetic Americana songs with a rock-tinged twist. Hear five songs from Steve Forbert, recorded live on the campus of West Virginia University in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589310/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:05:15 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589310/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 NEW YORK -- Singer Bob Dylan was made an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, joining the ranks of leading writers, composers and artists in the prestigious 115-year-old group. Henry Cobb, the president of the academy, said honorary members are people of great distinction in the creative arts. "For more than 50 years, defying categorization in a culture beguiled by ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589311/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:57:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589311/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 IRS scandal takes center stage on Capitol Hill. What new comes out? … The White House is in damage-control mode – how they’re managing the three controversies … GOP tries to tie IRS to health care … Obama needs to fix IRS because credibility of government and his second-term agenda is at stake … From New York to L.A., two mayor’s races will be a focus ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589312/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:51:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589312/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 President Barack Obama will appoint a White House budget officer to the be the new acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner, an announcement made following a fresh declaration from the president that he knew nothing about the inspector general’s report detailing improper IRS actions until it was leaked.After announcing the resignation of acting IRS Director Steven Miller on Wednesday ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589313/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:51:57 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589313/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Moviemaker Baz Luhrmann has branded himself an "idiot" for turning down the chance to direct the Harry Potter films in favour of shooting movie musical Moulin Rouge! The Australian director was contacted by producers of the wizarding franchise while they were planning the first big screen installment, 2001's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He turned down the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589315/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589315/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 LOS ANGELES - The number of Americans who watched vocal powerhouse Candice Glover win the American Idol title sank to 14.2 million, a decline of 31% from last year’s record low, according to ratings data on Friday. The singing competition, now in Season 12, was once a TV industry juggernaut for Fox that brought in more than 30 million viewers for its finale in the peak years of 2006 and ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589316/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589316/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Ol' Dirty Bastard's widow has filed a motion to prevent organizers of the upcoming Rock the Bells Festival from bringing the late rapper back to life in the form of a hologram. Promoters are planning to raise the tragic Wu-Tang Clan member from the grave to 'perform' at the 2013 touring hip-hop festival, which kicks off in the U.S. in September (13), but now his wife Icelene ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589314/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589314/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 20: Actor Vincent Kartheiser arrives at the Premiere of AMC's 'Mad Men' Season 6 at DGA Theater on March 20, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589306/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:39:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589306/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Patrice Bergeron , it helps to have a Pavel Datsyuk, Jonathan Toews or Patrice Bergeron.The three finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy for the NHL's best defensive forward are all in the playoffs, and it's no coincidence. The league's top teams count on their forwards to also pressure the opponent's top scorers, not only for defensive purposes but to create chances on the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590203/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:28:17 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214590203/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Unlike the glitz and glam of events you might find in Hollywood that honor the latest and greatest in fashion or movies, last nights St. Louis Business Journal event put the best financial stewards the area has to offer in the spotlight. More than 150 people came out to Windows on Washington to honor the Business Journals 2013 CFO Award winners. Henk Derksen of Belden Inc., David Levinson of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589153/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:24:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214589153/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 For the big Hollywood film studios, this summer could turn out to be "Apocalypse the Day after Tomorrow: Clash of the Blockbusters." Or maybe "Armageddon 2 -- Revenge of the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587768/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:53:34 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587768/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 THE company behind the demolition of the heritage-listed Rex Theatre and a real estate agent associated with the project are facing hefty fines after pleading guilty to undertaking the work without council ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587971/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:27 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587971/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 nonetheless stirs up difficult memories from his working-class, post-war upbringing. The rock legend travelled to Stratford, Ont. this week to preview the revival by friend, Tony-winning stage creator and former festival artistic director Des McAnuff. "They're an extraordinary company. They certainly know how to rock. The technology is great. The show looks great. I'm in a sense ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587972/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:04 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587972/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 "I cry all the time -- at work, at the shrink's. The Notebook killed me. Up destroyed me. Up was like the animated Amour ... When you feel like an oddball, it never really leaves you. Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves, the misfits." Star Trek Into Darkness star Chris Pine might be overselling the 'sensitive guy' ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587974/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:56 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587974/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The big American TV networks put together one hell of a 2003 upfront presentation this week. Wait ... what year is it? Of course, it's 2013. But with all the familiar faces associated with the new shows, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes, the overriding message was, "Hey, remember how great TV used to be?" The good news about the new shows is that there are a ton ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587973/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:56 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587973/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A series of small but challenging climbs late on Friday's stage of the 2012 Giro d'Italia could not stop Britain's Mark Cavendish taking his fourth stage win and second in two ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587975/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:41 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587975/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 BANAUE Miclat. Photo by Amads Ma. Guerrero Singing actress Banaue Miclat was born in China and spent her first seven years there, because her parents Mario Miclat (the writer) and Alma were leftist activists. In the home, she and older sister Maningning spoke Tagalog, switched to Mandarin when they ventured out, and learned English in an international school there. Eventually the Miclat couple ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587976/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:38 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214587976/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Artist concept of OSIRIS-REx. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is to launch in 2016, reach asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36 in 2019, examine it up close during a 505-day rendezvous, then return at least 60 grams of it to Earth in 2023. (Credit: ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586635/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:28 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586635/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Broadway producer Ken Davenport, fresh off the plane from a fund-raising trip, ditched his packed bags in his office on Forty-ninth Street and began to lecture about the theatre business. ';While it’s true that I have a couple of very close friends in the Palm Springs and Southern Florida area that I visit—I’m going next week!—this is a cliché,'; he ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586490/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:39:52 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586490/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mark Cavendish flew home on Friday, one literally, the other metaphorically. As Wiggins returned to his adopted Lancashire to tend his cold and patch up his confidence, Cavendish soared in the finish straight here to score his fourth victory of the race, and arguably the hardest finish of the 14 stages he has won in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586491/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:35:06 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586491/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Peter Sagan of Slovakia sprints to a Stage 3 win and Colombian Janier Acevedo maintains the race lead on Tuesday as strong winds replaced the heat at the Tour of California. Cannondale rider Peter Sagan completes the 110.3-mile Palmdale to Santa Clarita road race in 4 hours, 20 minutes, 31 seconds and is victorious by less than half-bike ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586492/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:34:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586492/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Excuse me, but I feel sorry for John Singleton. He's done nothing wrong in the Waterhouse bunfight and he's the only one who has so far been fined - A$15,000 ($18,000). Although that might change when Gai Waterhouse faces stewards with a couple of charges on Monday. Okay, Singo might have picked a better place than the Randwick birdcage to vent his spleen to Gai Waterhouse when he learned he was ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592967/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214592967/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Seth MacFarlane is cheating on Family Guy with The Simpsons. Literally. In the season finale of The Simpsons, airing Sunday, May 19 on Fox and Global, MacFarlane provides a guest-voice on the legendary series for the first time. MacFarlane, of course, is the creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show. The Simpsons empire and the MacFarlane empire are friendly rivals - friendly ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586494/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:13 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586494/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 LIZ BRAUN: The baby bump is the latest celebrity accessory. As we are all aware, everyone from Kim Kardashian to Halle Berry is expecting a baby this year, and there's no end of photos as proof -- look for ever-blossoming pictures of Fergie, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Simpson, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Dewan Tatum and everybody else. Or better yet, don't look. How about a moratorium on the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586495/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:13 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586495/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Pop sensation Justin Bieber is facing a massive bill from an animal sanctuary for looking after his pet monkey while he was on tour. The Baby hitmaker was forced to hand over Mally the capuchin to customs officials in Munich, Germany in March after failing to secure permission to take the primate into the country. Earlier this month it emerged Bieber has decided not to reclaim his odd pet ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586493/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:13 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586493/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A NEW YORK theatre critic got so fed up with an audience member's texting, he smashed her mobile phone -prompting her to smack ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586497/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:12:19 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586497/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Martini's paintings go on show at the National Gallery to celebrate the Barber Institute's 80th birthday, and Gerhard Richter sets a world record ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586500/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:37 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586500/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 From Havana to New York: your best pictures on this week's theme, skylinesThe next topic is sowing (to appear June 1). Email a hi-res image (one per entry), plus a sentence or two about what inspired you to take your photo, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586499/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:36 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586499/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Each week, the Guardian Weekend magazine's editorial team choose a picture, or set of pictures, that particularly tickle their fancy. This week, their choice is Boushra Almutawakel's Mother, Daughter and ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586498/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586498/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Weekend interiors team picks their five favourite high-street finds each week. So whatever you're looking for to brighten up your home - be that a new lampshade, a great candle holder or a groovy chair - check out their wish list. This week, their choice includes a floor lamp, a hand mixer and a ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586501/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:34 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586501/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Magnus Pettersen and his girlfriend, fashion designer Ella Jones. The living room is a small space, but clever zoning with a sofa, table and desk makes it feel larger. In one corner is Pettersen's 'study' - the desk is from eBay; the old school chair is from Brick Lane market; and the lamp is ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586502/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:33 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586502/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A lone figure, possibly Thor Heyerdahl, perches on the mast of the Kon Tiki. He sailed the balsa wood raft with five fellow adventurers from Peru to Polynesia in 1947, in an attempt to prove that prehistoric South American seafarers could have made the same ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586503/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:32 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586503/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Summaries for the week of May 13-17. The Bold and the Beautiful: Brooke and Hope wallowed in their romantic woes. Liam was every bit the doting husband to Steffy. Bill went out of his way to ensure no Spencer would ever be crossed. Rick again tried to end things with Caroline. Days of Our Lives: An unknown assailant attacked Rafe, leaving him near death. Will and Sonny confronted Nick about ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586504/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:03:09 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586504/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 By Alasdair and Fotheringham CHERASCO, Italy, May 17 - A series of small but challenging climbs late on Friday's stage of the 2012 Giro d'Italia could not stop Britain's Mark Cavendish taking his fourth stage win and second in two days. Italy's Vincenzo Nibali remained overall leader but it was sprinter Cavendish who stole the show again after compatriot and pre-race favorite Bradley ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586489/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:38:42 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214586489/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Tony Awards will be distributed on Sunday, June 9, but one show that won't be in the running in any category is Rebecca, the Musical. That's because Rebecca, which is based on Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel and is already a hit in foreign-language versions overseas, has experienced one calamity after another on its tortuous path to Broadway. For the June issue of V.F., I wrote ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:25:32 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 There was no change among the leaders as sprint king Mark Cavendish won the 13th stage of the Tour of Italy, his fourth win in this year's ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584811/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:21:48 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584811/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Britain's Mark Cavendish won his second successive stage and fourth of the 2013 Giro d'Italia on Friday. Giacomo Nizzolo of Italy finished second in the bunch sprint that decided the 254-kilometre stage from Busseto to Cherasco, the longest of this year's race. Slovenia's Luka Mezgec was third. Italy's Vincenzo NIbali remains in the overall lead on a day when 2012 ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584812/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:21:29 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584812/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The premiere of the film Jodhaa Akbar, by director Gowariker Ashutash opened the Indian Cinema Week in Cuba, which pays homage to one of the more productive industry of the so called seventh art. The exhibition, which will run until May 22, began with Jodhaa Akbar, a historical drama (2007) ranked among the highest grossing films in that country, that year. The film ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584705/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584705/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Bringing the PM up to date ; We hear from the writers of Yes, Prime Minster about creating a stage version of the popular political comedy 23 years after the TV series came to an end Starring Tunbridge Wells' own Michael Fenton Stevens, who had a small role in the last tour and who has now been promoted to the lead, Yes, Prime Minister comes to the Assembly Hall at the end of this month. The ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584814/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:15:40 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584814/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 By PATRIC BAIRD; ANDREA MCVEIGH Ulrich Schnauss The Menagerie, Belfast Tonight, 8.30pm Mix shoegaze, beeps, bleeps and Tangerine Dream and what do you get? German electro DJ, producer and musician Ulrich Schnauss, that's who. He's cut incredible records for years, from all-out techno to drum 'n' bass He's been influenced by the likes of the Cocteau Twins and My Bloody ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584813/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:15:39 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584813/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Troubled actor Edward Furlong has been arrested again after allegedly breaking a restraining order. The Terminator 2: Judgment Day star was sentenced to 180 days jail in March for violating the terms of his probation stemming from a 2010 offence of breaking a protective order obtained by his estranged wife Rachael Kneeland. He was freed soon after the sentence was handed down but was back ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584815/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:01:41 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584815/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sun-catching Pringle ... the building nestles behind earthen berms. Photograph: Paul Raftery The origins of his design for the Maggie's Centre are now framed on the wall of the reception, where watercolour sketches show a pagan sunburst, with a curious crimson face, beaming health-giving rays down over the building. A circular roof arches upwards to catch the sunbeams, forming a ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584818/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:34 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584818/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Peter Doig's prices are as abstract as his paintings. Attempts to verify this picture - and boost its value by millions - show the art market has survived the recession with ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584817/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:33 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214584817/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Arts Council has launched a mission to find the next Arctic Monkeys after announcing a major shift towards funding aspiring rock ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583152/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:54:50 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583152/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Germany's Jens Voigt wins the fifth stage of the Tour of California on Thursday and American Tejay van Garderen surprisingly took the overall lead a day earlier than expected. The stage comprised of a windy 115.4-mile course from Santa Barbara to Avila ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583229/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:54:24 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583229/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Singer George Michael, pictured ahead of his sentencing for driving under the influence of drugs at Highbury magistrates court, was injured in a car crash last ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214582910/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:52:21 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214582910/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Jewelry due to be lent to movie stars at the Cannes film festival and worth about $1 million has been stolen from a safe in a Cannes hotel room, said a French police official. Cmdr. Bernard Mascarelli, a judicial police spokesman in the nearby city of Nice, said a culprit or culprits ripped the safe out of the wall of the Novotel hotel room overnight where an employee of the Swiss-based watch ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583231/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:13 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583231/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Seth MacFarlane is cheating on Family Guy with The Simpsons. Literally. In the season finale of The Simpsons, airing Sunday, May 19 on Fox and Global, MacFarlane provides a guest-voice on the legendary series for the first time. MacFarlane, of course, is the creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show. The Simpsons empire and the MacFarlane empire are friendly rivals - friendly ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583232/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:07 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583232/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Marlene Castro knew the tall blond woman only as Laurene, her mentor. They met every few weeks in a rough Silicon Valley neighbourhood the year that Castro was applying to college, and they emailed often, bonding over conversations about Castro's difficult childhood. Without Laurene's help, Castro said, she might not have become the first person in her family to attend college.It was ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583233/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:38:46 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583233/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Piada CEO Chris Doody has plans to expand outside the Midwest and test new menu items just three years after opening the first restaurant in Columbus. Pretty soon, Piada Italian Street Food wont have to explain what a piada is anymore. The Columbus-based fast-casual Italian chain, a few months shy of its third birthday, is at 10 restaurants with as many as nine more set to open by early 2014. Its ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583166/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583166/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 California's Fiscally Disciplined Budget Positive Fitch Ratings views California's fiscal 2014 budget as continuing the disciplined approach to fiscal management shown by the state in recent years. California's economic outlook cautiously forecasts that the expiration of the federal payroll tax holiday and federal sequestration cuts will have a modestly negative impact on personal ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583236/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:32:25 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583236/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 IT'S perhaps a measure of Angela Lansbury's superb acting ability that, even at 87, she doesn't let her exhaustion show on stage. "Eight performances a week is exhausting," the Driving Miss Daisy star said ahead of last night's premiere at Her Majesty's Theatre. "However, I think we have all taken care of our health, and we are always lifted up by the audience ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583235/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214583235/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 LONDON (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets rebounded on Friday, with Paris jumping above 4,000 points for the first time since July 2011 as traders went bargain-hunting after earlier losses, dealers said.In late morning deals, the Paris CAC 40 rallied to 4,009.15 points, which was the highest level since July 7, 2011. It later stood at 3,992.65 points, up 0.34 percent from Thursday's ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581768/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:48:16 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581768/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Quote ) Friday reported a wider loss for its first quarter, reflecting mainly a charge related to consolidation of its South Hill, Virginia operations. Sales increased 3.5 percent from last year. The company maintained its adjusted earnings per share outlook for fiscal 2013, while lifted its sales view. Looking ahead, the retailer remains optimistic about the prospects for the remainder of the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581769/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:44:51 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581769/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fresh IE8 vulnerability used in watering hole attack on Chinese dissidents A new watering hole attack targeting Chinese dissidents has been uncovered by researchers. It exploits a fresh vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 - just days after Microsoft released a ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581770/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:38:57 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581770/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Cast member Carey Mulligan's jewels is pictured as she arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film The Great Gatsby and for the opening ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Photograph: Regis ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581689/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:09 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581689/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 LAS VEGAS -- In the bustling casino, 18 floors below the room at Caesar's Palace where Bradley Cooper and I chat, there's a The Hangover-themed slot machine. Cooper hasn't played it, although he says his mom has. (And Ed Helms claims he won $200 on it the same night he saw the Rolling Stones last week). The slot machine could be a metaphor for Cooper's payout from The ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581771/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:26:57 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214581771/scat/bf7bedafac502d48