Word: australian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sweaty, gut-wrenching, hair-flinging concert, what does he like to knock back? A Red Zinger or Lemon Zinger tea, apparently. Or Cherry 7-Up and Raspberry Ginger Ale. And when he gets a hankering for something harder, he pops peanut M&Ms. We know this courtesy of Australian concert promoter Michael Coppel, who's suing Bolton for allegedly backing out of a deal to tour that country for $1.2 million, and who thoughtfully included a list of Bolton's backstage demands in his court papers. "His management said, 'The dates that you're doing aren't going to sell...
Astrologer Gillian Helfgott should thank her lucky stars. Her husband, the mentally skewed Australian pianist David Helfgott, whose story is told in the affecting movie Shine, has sold out his 11-city North American tour; Shine has received seven Oscar nominations; chaotic though it is, Helfgott's recording of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto (the "Rach 3" of the movie) is a hot seller, and Love You to Bits and Pieces, Gillian's fuzzy-warm book about how she rescued this lost soul and lofted him to stardom, has 185,000 copies in print. "It's almost...
...That really was a landmark for getting American astronomers into radioastronomy," Pound said, adding that British and Australian scientists had traditionally dominated the field...
...last week broke the world record for nonstop solo circumnavigation of the world in a yacht, had plenty of bad moments over the almost 106-day journey. Only half of the 12 competitors in the Vendee Globe are expected to finish the race. Two were rescued by the Australian navy; one is still missing. "Finding your way through a field of icebergs," Auguin told Paris Match, "is like Russian roulette." While Auguin said he got used to the icebergs, 25-ft. waves and the solitude, his solo Magellan phase is fini. "Once was enough...
...Australian cast will provide some welcome discoveries to American audiences. Often Bossell successfully seems Jim Carrey-like in his facial expressions and awkward unpredictability. And the coyly acted romance between Young and Burrows, along with their good looks, may set a romantic heart or two aflutter...