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...deal will be "beneficial for all of us," Prime Minister Helen Clark told New Zealanders last week, though her careful phrasing suggested the benefits might fall short of early hopes: "I am confident that we got the very best deal we could." Dairy and timber exporters are expected to profit most, but manufacturers like white-goods maker Fisher & Paykel and fashion house Icebreaker also stand to gain from easier access to China's low-cost factories as well as to its fast-growing middle class. The projected $300 million annual income boost from the free-trade agreement "is obviously worth...
After playing royals ancient and modern, a hard-nosed cop and all manner of fantasy females, the Oscar winner has written a memoir, In the Frame. Helen Mirren will now take your questions...
...Helen Pickett’s “Eventide,” for example, was wondrously cosmopolitan. Pickett, one of the three female choreographers, merged classical East Indian music with that of Western composers for her score. The merger directed the movement. Dancers displayed quick, sharp footwork, but then surprised with slower, sensuous pair interactions. The piece culminated in a kinetic explosion. Set against the backdrop of an abstract expressionist painting, the corps and the principal dancers responded almost instinctively to musical cues. They splattered and dripped with the flick of Pickett’s brush...
...that manifests itself not only in each individual photograph—be it through the time it takes to amass a record collection, or to consume a bottle of liquor—but also in “Long Life Cool White” as an exhibit. Organized by Helen Molesworth, the first Houghton Curator of Contemporary Art, the retrospective examines the past 20 years of Davey’s career as a photographer. In the same way that Davey’s camera contemplates objects that are often overlooked, Molesworth sheds light on a lesser-known artist...
Sometimes Brits get Oscars because, as everyone knows, they give the best acceptance speeches. Swinton managed six witty, well-formed remarks in her minute or so on stage. Day-Lewis, upon ascending the stage, knelt before his presenter, Helen Mirren, who'd won last year for playing Elizabeth II in The Queen. "That?s the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood," he said, flashing something we never thought this magnificently intense actor was capable of: a broad, blinding smile...