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Sepp Blatter's book about life at FIFA set to be published

Thursday, 10 March 2016, 14:34 Last update: about 12 years ago

The website of Swiss publisher Werd & Weber has said "Sepp Blatter: Mission Football" will cost 39 Swiss francs (US$39) and intended to make it available in February. Blatter previously said...

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' latest a 'Mess,' indeed

Wednesday, 9 March 2016, 16:33 Last update: about 12 years ago

There are plenty reasons -fair or not - that people dislike Macklemore, and his latest album alongside Ryan Lewis, "This Unruly Mess I've Made," makes one reason painfully clear: Macklemore is an...

Crooked cops gone worse in muddled 'Triple 9'

Wednesday, 9 March 2016, 15:14 Last update: about 12 years ago

This tale of gangsters and crooked cops in Atlanta has got a murderer's row of acting talent - Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, and Woody Harrelson among them - an alluringly dark...

Ex-cop pens keen-eyed police drama

Wednesday, 9 March 2016, 14:34 Last update: about 12 years ago

The first novel in a planned series, "Out of the Blues," introduces an appealing new character in the police drama genre, Atlanta Detective Sarah Alt. Detective Alt - she goes by her nickname,...

Sam Smith on new album: 'I'm going even deeper'

Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 16:32 Last update: about 12 years ago

If you thought Sam Smith was deeply honest on his first album, expect him to take it a step further on his sophomore release. "It's (expletive) great. It's really deep (stuff) that's coming out -...

Casting Saldana as Simone inflames ideas of race, beauty

Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 15:12 Last update: about 12 years ago

If there was any doubt about how Nina Simone's family and fans feel about the upcoming biopic starring Zoe Saldana, recent social media posts make it clear they are not pleased. A fresh round of...

Adam Johnson wins $20,000 Story Prize for short fiction

Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 14:31 Last update: about 12 years ago

Adam Johnson's eclectic story collection "Fortune Smiles" is this year's choice for the Story Prize. The announcement was made at a ceremony Wednesday night in New York. The other finalists were...

Red Electrick's new album: ‘Inside You’

Monday, 7 March 2016, 14:39 Last update: about 12 years ago Mathias Mallia

Last weekend marked the two launch dates for Red Electrick's new album, 'Inside You'. It goes to show how big a band has become in Malta when they need two consecutive release dates because the...

Orphée et Eurydice at Teatru Manoel

Monday, 7 March 2016, 14:37 Last update: about 12 years ago

For the first time in Malta Teatru Manoel is presenting, as part of the BOV Performing Arts Festival, a new production of 'Orphée et Eurydice' (1859 Berlioz revision) on the 16, 17, 19 and 20...

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