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...that it was BAFTA's fault: all it can do is send out the invitations and keep its fingers crossed. There's no excuse, though, for the limp material that host Jonathan Ross, the BBC's high-priced answer to Jay Leno, was tossing out all night. His running gag - that the writers' strike had left him with nothing but a bunch of lame puns - is a shtick Leno used months ago. And it doesn't make sense anyway, since Britain's writers aren't on strike. The evening's evidence does suggest, though, that in sympathy with their...
...Boston Center for the Arts’ Cyclorama is a unique venue—circular and warm, it was built in the late 19th century to house a 450-foot wide and 50-foot tall painting of the battle of Gettysburg. It does seem appropriate, then, that it should host a show that comments on another war. But maybe not this one.“The Divine Reality Comedy,” performed at the Cyclorama from Feb. 4 to 10, is a complex production by the Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater, featuring both masked and unmasked actors, elaborate...
...world's richest and most popular soccer league announced Thursday that it's pursuing plans to play 10 competitive games abroad beginning in the 2010/11 season. The matches - staged over a single weekend, and involving all 20 of the League's teams playing in cities overseas who bid to host games - would add to the existing 38-game fixture list. "The clubs," Premier League chief exec Richard Scudamore beamed Thursday, "are excited...
...plan is still in its infancy, however, and has not yet been adopted. The League would pick five host cities from bidders around the globe, each one staging two games over a January weekend. And it's expecting a scramble among would-be hosts, given the universal TV popularity of the English league. "The world's most pervasive game is the game that's going to benefit most from globalization," Scudamore told reporters at a central London hotel. "The Premier League is in a prime position to take advantage of this. The 'international round' is a response to that ever...
...League must develop a detailed plan before the proposal is adopted. Scudamore suggested fixtures could be matched to a host city through a ballot. So, although Manchester City is owned by former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a strong bid from Bangkok wouldn't necessarily be enough to land a match involving that particular club. (And given the weather in January, don't expect Chelsea - owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich - to head for Moscow.) Don't expect much enthusiasm, either, from the English fans who sing their lungs out every week watching their teams play, home and away...