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Burn After Reading: Forget After Viewing?
1pointsEnjoyed the Coen brothers' film 'Burn After Reading' a lot. Hard to say whether it’s a spy thriller or a lifestyle comedy. Let’s settle for social satire. It’s not a deep experience but it pokes fun at modern America in a range of winning ways.
Ex-pollies banned from ABC, SBS boards
1pointsThe public will be invited to apply for vacancies on the boards of the ABC and SBS, while former politicians and senior political staff will be banned in a bid to depoliticise appointments.
ABC flagship radio shows axed
1pointsA raft of the ABC's flagship radio programs have been axed at the same time the national broadcaster moves to sack dozens of employees elsewhere in the organisation.
New AC/DC album leaked online
1pointsAustralian hard rock fans who have waited eight long years for the latest outing from AC/DC can obtain the band's new album, Black Ice, a week early after it was leaked in full on illegal download websites.
All Tomorrow's Partys
1pointsThe first announcement for the inaugural All Tomorrow's Parties festival
Lemon Tree: a bitter sweet film
1pointsLemon Tree is another foreign languages film which is well worth the cinema trip. The film is about the things that unite as well as those which have created walls, both literal and figurative, in the Middle East.
Stage star Rob Guest dies after stroke
1pointsRecord-breaking performer Rob Guest, who played the Wizard in the sell-out musical Wicked, has died in hospital after suffering a stroke at his home on Tuesday night.
Reports that Paul Newman has died
1pointsThere is a rumour that Paul Newman has died and that his own foundation has released a statement honoring him. The story is not on any news sites yet, so this remains unconfirmed.
Petrov affair brings novelist in from the cold
1pointsLast night Document Z won him the $50,000 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under 35, and a publishing contract.
Mash-up makers move into the mainstream
1pointsThink it, find it, match it, mash it! That's the process being adopted by an increasing number of so-called 'creative' artists, who are rapidly expanding 'mash-up' culture and making the controversial phenomenon massively popular.
Concerns Beyond Just Where the Wild Things Are
1pointsMaurice Sendak, creator of Where The Wild Things Are turns 80 and reflects on his life and upbringing. " He is not, as children’s book writers are often supposed, an everyman’s grandpapa."
Spore DRM only gets 1-star on Amazon!
1pointsGame players savage EA's new, long-anticipated, Spore game on Amazon.com, giving it a 1-star rating, due to the game's nasty Digital Rights Management (DRM)!
Waltz with Bashir: dance with death
1pointsAri Folman's 'Waltz with Bashir' is an animation with a difference: a personal, political, psychological documentary about the 1982 invasion of Lebanon by Israel and the massacre of Palestinians refugees by local militia.
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