Saturday, October 24, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam
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]
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 »
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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
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.
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