Mixx: Entertainment:
David Tennant, the outgoing Timelord, dons a Hawaiian-style garland, a straw hat, and shades his eyes with a pair of sunglasses for the Christmas special of Doctor Who. (Read More)
Digg thePuck:
The latest in a long line of Doctor Who-related programmes. A brand new animation starring David Tennant, available from today on the BBC website. (Read More)
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Like A Love Child Of Ebay And Couchsurfing.Com Or Craigslist Airbnb Lets Anyone That Owns Space Fit For Accommodating Travelers - Be It ...
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Like a love child of eBay and CouchSurfing.com or craigslist, AirBnB lets anyone that owns space fit for accommodating travelers - be it a couch in a small apartment or the master bedroom of a 19th-century castle - post that space as a listing on its website and connect potential renters to its respective owners... (Read More)
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#NaNoWriMo #BadCoNovel Now that I've slowed down writing my new novel Dirty Pop for NaNoWriMo, my mind is beginning to return once again to that '07 NaNo novel that has defeated me repeatedly: Bad Company. The novel I'm now subtitling "A Corporate Horror Story" (because, remember, the villainous corporation tried to invade (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Science:
Would we have had Alien, Planet of the Apes and The Time Machine if it weren't for a certain bearded Victorian?Darwin, Evolution and the Movies is a one-off festival of film and live comedy to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species on 24 November 1859. Over this weekend the f (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
This past year or two I've been revisiting what you might call my cultural roots. Because I was distracted almost daily by treatment for a wounded foot and unable to work much, I began re-reading the PG Wodehouse, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Sexton Blake stories I enjoyed as a kid. From these I went on to movie and TV favourit (Read More)
asp.usatoday.com:
I know we've had a long time to prepare, but I'm still not quite ready to say goodbye to David Tennant on Doctor Who. He has been my favorite Doctor -- and I'm not just saying that because we wear the same shoes.
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guardian.co.uk Film:
CinemaScore is the audience-reaction research tool of choice for the film industry - because of its uncanny accuracy. Not good news for Richard Kelly, whose latest film The Box has just been awarded a rare-as-Ed-Wood's-teeth F-gradeThere can be no doubt that Cameron Diaz's new film has flopped. The Box, a horror thriller ad (Read More)
The Guardian:
Henry's left hand was so fast it proved impossible for four Swedish men to see it in actionA quiet week for Irish football, then, the highlight of which for me was probably when I was on BBC's Newsnight accepting David Ginola's apologies from an embarrassed French people. So, y'know, the usual.And while 82% of French people (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Cathy Ashton's meteoric rise has surprised many, but not those who know her bestWhen Cathy Ashton arrived in Brussels at short notice just over a year ago she had to attend to some urgent business: removing traces of her predecessor, Peter Mandelson.In her first act Ashton took down a large painting of a bare-breasted woman (Read More)
The Guardian:
The real challenge to the biblical literalism held dear by creationists is in the Bible itselfAn academic conference in Louisville, Kentucky, provided me with an opportunity to visit the Creation Museum in nearby Petersburg with a friend who is also an Anglican priest. Opened in 2007, this $25m museum's mission is not only (Read More)
The Guardian:
Thierry Henry's calculated handball showed football is all about getting away with what you can when you canIt is understood that the canonisation of Thierry Henry has been postponed indefinitely. During his eight years at Arsenal Henry came to represent what football ought to be about, yet in the space of barely a heartbea (Read More)
The Guardian:
Many Belgians fear chaos will return as the stabilising influence of Herman Van Rompuy is removedBelgium is celebrating like it's already New Year's Eve. The European heads of state have reached an agreement on who will become the European Union's first permanent president. And yes, the man's from Belgium.From January onwar (Read More)