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Former boy band Take That back as a trio on 'III'

Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 15:52 Last update: about 13 years ago

What to make of Take That? The 1990s boy band was adored by a generation in its native Britain. When Take That returned in 2005 as a grown-up "man band," fans embraced the group as if it had never...

Good performances can't save 'Miss Julie'

Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 15:40 Last update: about 13 years ago

The battle of the sexes and classes rages on in director Liv Ullmann's adaptation of August Strindberg's infamous 1888 play "Miss Julie." One tempestuous Midsummer's Eve finds a vast country estate...

Denis Johnson explores dark side in Africa

Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 15:31 Last update: about 13 years ago

Denis Johnson, winner of the National Book Award for his Vietnam-era opus "Tree of Smoke," has jumped genres again in "The Laughing Monsters," a new thriller set in Africa. Johnson has done...

Unique Baroque Christmas Concert in Żabbar

Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 11:05 Last update: about 13 years ago

Teatru Manoel has combined the festive season, one of the most beautiful baroque churches in Malta and one of Europe's leading ensembles to present a Baroque Christmas Concert on Saturday 20 December...

Citadel Cinemas install Malta’s first 4K digital projectors

Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 10:54 Last update: about 13 years ago

Yet another good reason to visit Gozo: Citadel Cinemas has gone digital and with the biggest of bangs.  White Light Pictures Ltd, in association with Sound Associates Ltd of the UK and Sony...

Jacqueline Woodson responds to racist joke

Monday, 15 December 2014, 15:34 Last update: about 13 years ago

Author Jacqueline Woodson addressed Daniel Handler's (aka "Lemony Snicket") racist joke, Friday, with an unflinching response in The New York Times. Handler previously made offhanded comments...

'Prizefighter' shows Yearwood's range

Monday, 15 December 2014, 15:28 Last update: about 13 years ago

Trisha Yearwood returns with her first new recordings in seven years with "Prizefighter," which combines 10 of her best-known hits ("XXX's and OOO's," ''She's In Love With The Boy") with six new...

Novelist Ben Okri wins Bad Sex in Fiction prize

Monday, 15 December 2014, 15:06 Last update: about 13 years ago

Booker Prize-winning Nigerian writer Ben Okri has won the uncoveted Bad Sex in Fiction Award, a prize for erotic literary encounters that push all the wrong buttons. The writer took the...

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