Saturday, October 24, 2009

Flotsam & Jetsam

Spitting Image

9:16AM Brian Moylan | [Two seemingly identical dancers from New York's all-male Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo troupe splash in a fountain in Sydney to mark the start of their Australian tour later this week. Image via Getty]
Big Screen

Saw And Antichrist To Terrorise Moviegoers

6:15AM Richard Rushfield | It’s Halloween season at the cinemas; which means that if today’s brand of torture-centric “thrills” is not for you, the movies offer few reasons not to stay in your house and barricade the doors. More »
Big Screen

$US300M In Ticket Sales Puts Zero Dollars In Bono’s Pocket

3:18AM Richard Rushfield | The goblins taking over the big-screen for our annual, mandated block when Only Scary Movies Can Be Released. And in the counting house, the scarier news that even U2 may have money troubles. More »
Print

Graydon Carter: Not So Special Any More?

1:34AM Hamilton Nolan | Amid all of the carnage at Conde Nast this month, rumours were floating that Si Newhouse was sheltering his three most precious magazines: the New Yorker, Vogue and Vanity Fair. Well, the part about Vanity Fair, at least, was wrong. More »
People

Deadbeat Photographer Takes Official White House Family Portrait

1:28AM John Cook | The White House has released the official Obama family portrait, which was taken by Annie Leibovitz. What do you think that gig pays? More »
People

Roman Polanski Is One Step Closer To Justice

1:12AM John Cook | Nearly a month after Roman Polanski was jailed in Switzerland, the US has filed a formal demand for extradition so he can face sentencing for charges of unlawful sex with a minor. Litigation over the request could take six months.
People

Which Actress Has A Famous Gay Boyfriend?

12:53AM Brian Moylan | The best things in Hollywood are hidden: contracts to stay with a gay lover, condoms in clothes and handbags, celebrity couple threeways, and a sex tape…with a goat! Here we are bringing these things to light. It’s God’s work. More »