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Outback pub toasts David Bowie, its most famous visitor

Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 16:53 Last update: about 12 years ago

Drinkers at a dusty Outback pub raised their beer glasses Tuesday to the pub's most famous visitor, David Bowie. More than three decades ago, the mercurial musician made the 650-kilometer...

Jennifer Lawrence carries ambitious, imperfect 'Joy'

Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 15:43 Last update: about 12 years ago

The Oscar winner is in every frame of David O. Russell's new film, shining even among a star-studded cast with a performance that brings continuity to the writer-director's ambitious but flawed story...

Detectives dig up frozen clues in 'The Girl in the Ice'

Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 15:12 Last update: about 12 years ago

When homicide chief Konrad Simonsen is called to investigate the murder of a woman whose body was concealed in ice for 25 years in Greenland's vast, brutal landscape, he quickly notices some eerie...

10 defining moments in the career of David Bowie

Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 16:51 Last update: about 12 years ago

It took years of hard work for David Jones to become David Bowie. The aspiring artist was a teen popster, a hippy-ish folkie and a purveyor of novelty records ("The Laughing Gnome," best forgotten),...

In 'The Big Short,' a bet against America pays off

Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 15:40 Last update: about 12 years ago

In Adam McKay's comic and clear-eyed adaption of Michael Lewis' "The Big Short," a handful of finance speculators __ outsiders and oddballs __ predict a downturn in the housing market only to realize,...

Crime novel 'American Blood' moves at brisk pace

Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 15:11 Last update: about 12 years ago

Ben Sanders' "American Blood" is an intense, action-packed crime novel that smoothly unspools the background of its enigmatic lead character. To call Marshall Grade the hero of the story is a bit...

Music video for Maria Lewis’ Fire of love launched

Monday, 11 January 2016, 15:46 Last update: about 12 years ago

The music video for the song Fire of love performed by local artist, Maria Lewis, was launched recently. This original song, composed by Ivan De Battista and written by Anne Lewis, was...

A Champagne Concert for 2016

Monday, 11 January 2016, 15:41 Last update: about 12 years ago

Abraham Borg   The President's New Year Concert, held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre on Sunday, 3 January, drew a sizeable and appreciative audience to an excellent performance...

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