Something Wicked this way comes [ The Age ] Jun 21, 2008  Casting the performer according to the cloth is par for the course in the extravagant Wizard of Oz prequel, in which the real stars are the phantasmagorical costumes. Read More ...

Arash Markazi UFC takes major leap into [ Sports Illustrated ] Jul 02, 2008  LAS VEGAS -- All the training Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson had put into his fight against Forrest Griffin was unraveling right before his eyes. Read More ...

UK Queens Birthday Honours List 2008 [ Scoop.co.nz ] Jun 14, 2008  The Queen's Birthday Honours list 2008 is published today, paying tribute to outstanding achievement and service across the entire community. Many of those honoured today have been involved in charitable or voluntary work, or undertaken extra-curricular activities linked to their professions. Read More ...

John Walsh Tales of the City [ Independent ] Jun 23, 2008  Are we about to see a spate of match-fixing at Wimbledon? Last month, a report commissioned by tennis's ruling bodies claimed 'criminal elements and possibly organised gangs' were preparing to corrupt and/or bribe players and officials. Should we brace ourselves for a fusillade of deliberate double-faults, a tsunami of comically inept passing shots, a flood of fatuously over-pitched lobs and ... Read More ...

Be green to be seen [ Sydney Morning Herald ] Jun 26, 2008  Casting the performer according to the cloth is par for the course in the Wizard Of Oz. Read More ...

Ladies' fashion to get star rating at Ki [ Irish Examiner ] Jun 30, 2008  YOU'RE A Star TV show presenter Brian Ormond and his girlfriend, model Pippa O'Connor, will judge the Queen of Fashion competition at Killarney Races, on July 17. Read More ...

Museums announce lecture series [ Portsmouth Herald ] Jun 23, 2008  YORK, Maine — The 19th Museums of Old York Decorator Show House will open to public Saturday, July 19, through Aug. 16. The newly renovated 1890's shingle style home on Gerrish Island, Kittery Point, Maine will feature 20 spaces decorated by the... Read More ...

Kimbell exhibit expected to make impress [ Fort Worth Business Press ] Jun 30, 2008  The arrival en masse of the Impressionists on June 29 at the Kimbell Art Museum will confront a Southwestern audience with sweeping new vistas of artistic possibilities — no small accomplishment for a movement that flourished and evolved during a largely forgotten century. Read More ...

Hidden Gardens of Paris [ New York Times ] Jul 03, 2008  Parisians can dine at garden cafes like La Muscade at the Palais Royal. NEXT to the Palais de la Découverte, just off the Champs-Élysées, is a flight-of-fancy sculpture of the 19th-century poet Alfred de Musset daydreaming about his former lovers. Read More ...

A split second changed everything [ Grand Bend Strip ] Jul 3, 2008  Grand Bend resident Denis Shackel lives in Oakwood Park with his wife, photographer Mary Lynn Fluter, and their home is among eight locations on the Grand Bend and Area Horticultural Society's Home and Garden Tour, which takes place Saturday. Read More ...

Finding Amanda [ New York Times ] Jul 03, 2008  If the title 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' didn't already belong to Hunter S. Thompson, it would perfectly fit Peter Tolan's viciously funny satire, 'Finding Amanda.' Read More ...

Book Review The Lincolns Portrait of a [ The Columbus Dispatch ] Jun 11, 2008  A Lincoln book divided against itself cannot stand. Yet so many books about this most revered and mysterious of presidents try to do two things at once and end up making a hash of both. Read More ...

Media, Fashion Elites Introduce Us To 'S [ Gawker ] Jul 02, 2008  When the winter snows retreat and the spring gives way to the warming rays of the summer sun, urban gentlemen customarily carry an extra handkerchief to dab the sweat that accumulates within their... Read More ...

4th of july hats [ NJ.com ] Jul 02, 2008  91256. i dont know who all have been aware or have seen these new hats. All teams with be wearing these hats this weekend and on Sept. 11th. All teams hats are blue and have the american flag design execpt for the Blue jays which has the canadian flag instead Read More ...

NASCAR's money game [ Yahoo! Sports ] Jul 02, 2008  Properly funding a single NASCAR team costs around $20-25 million - a price tag that puts NASCAR on the same sponsorship level as Formula One. Read More ...

Philipp Rosenthal leitet „Digital Serv [ Portel.de ] Jul 01, 2008  Zuletzt Manager SmartShopping bei United Internet Media AG Read More ...

Fashions at Dior show pay homage to Vogu [ Arizona Daily Star ] Jul 03, 2008  PARIS — The Christian Dior show in Paris held Monday should make even notoriously icy U.S. Vogue editor Anna Wintour crack a smile. Read More ...

Motorola's worldly Q9 'Napoleon' breaks [ Engadget ] Jul 3, 2008  Filed under: Cellphones , Handhelds It looks like Motorola and Verizon are getting ready to take a third crack at the Q9 form factor, following up the Q9m and Q9c -- and this time around, there's a little something extra in store. On top of the EV-DO Rev. A radio, the so-called 'Napoleon' features GSM, because -- surprise, surprise -- businesspeople who use ... Read More ...