The already slow pace of another Hollywood summer could grind into even lower gear today, as industry types let the phone ring while they whip through the biggest tell-all book in recent memory. Powerhouse: The Inside Story of CAA, released Tuesday, details the birth of the super-agency, its internal struggles and, in particular, extreme behavior by…
Renewed plans for an “open-range zoo” in Perth have been flagged by WA Premier Colin Barnett, who says it could become a reality in five years. Mr Barnett first mentioned a proposal to put Perth Zoo’s larger animals in an open-range zoo in 2013. He touched on it again at a tourism conference on Tuesday,…
Very much alive and well, author Elizabeth Greenwood faked her own death. ELIZABETH Greenwood was having dinner at a cheap Vietnamese restaurant, feeling sorry for herself over $100,000 in student-loan debt and the bad life decisions it fostered. She pondered the potential consequences: A Dickensian debtors prison or a life on the lam. Or, her…
Former president and CEO of Southeastern Stud & Components. Inc. was found guilty in Mat of lying to the bankruptcy court about how he paid off a $100K gambling debt Former business owner Kennon Whaley was sentenced to six years for bankruptcy fraud.(Photo: Wavebreakmedia Ltd, Getty Images/Wavebreak Media) Kennon Whaley will spend six years in…
Richmond president Peggy ONeal spoke passionately pre-match on Friday night about her unwavering commitment to the Club. Below is a transcript of Peggys speech. There are two things that I’d like to talk to you about tonight. First is football. To say season 2016 has been disappointing would be an understatement. We expected better than…
Kerry Johnson It is, admittedly, kind of a funny story. A guy goes into a casino at 10 in the morning and starts playing blackjack. Maybe he hits a losing streak. A few hours later, he saves his seat at the table, leaves the casino, robs a bank, returns to the casino, regains his seat…
Down a side street bracketed by massage parlours and cheap hotels in this city on the banks of the Yangtze river, a humanoid food service robot trundles around the corner of a table in a cafe, red eyes flashing in tune with synthesised classical music. The Wuhu Hands On Cafés waiter, named Hero, has no…
Our Olympic athletes bring us great pride and joy, but they dont actually pay back the AIS for any of the money we invest in them, even when they make the big bucks from sponsors. Picture: Matt King/Getty Images for Adidas WHEN Australias Olympic team entered the stadium in Rio in Saturdays Opening Ceremony, it…
Poor Christine! The IMF director and Parasitocrate Haute Gamme Ms Lagarde recently learned that she must stand trial for corruption charges in France. It concerns a complicated deal that went down while she was finance minister of France. Not worth trying to understand in detail But poor Christine who did part of her schooling in…
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging 46 defendants for alleged crimes as part of a massive, multi-state organized crime network. Prosecutors say the network stretches from Springfield, MA to southern Florida. Individuals named in the indictment are alleged to be involved with the Genovese, Gambino, Luchese, Bonanno,…
