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...talk to, everything I hoped for as a fan. But how could the actor and writer who--first in The Office, then in Extras--mastered the cringe comedy of unaware arrogance have earnestly quoted Keats at me? This is a man who starts his latest stand-up comedy tour, to be aired on hbo on Nov. 15, by walking out in a cape and crown as giant letters spelling out his first name explode in the background. Could it be that Gervais takes the piss out of arrogance because there's so much of it in him? Because when...
...Relying on sources like pro-am tournaments as a source of funds so heavily that they determine tour policy may seem like selling out, but the devil has been at the door for women’s sports for a long time. Female professional athletes traditionally have fewer fans and far less media coverage than their male counterparts; according to the Women’s Sports Foundation, women-only sports articles account for only 3.5 percent of all sports stories, and 94 percent of local television news sports coverage goes to men. The last thing the LPGA wants...
...combined with threatened legal action, was enough to pressure Bivens into rescinding the rule last week. She was quoted as saying that, “after hearing the concerns, we believe there are other ways to achieve our shared objective of supporting and enhancing the business opportunities for every tour player...
...past - "Ostalgia" as the phenomenon is known - has come into vogue in Berlin recent years. Visitors to the once divided German capital can browse souvenir stores selling "authentic" GDR memorabilia; stay at the "Ostel", a hostel decorated in GDR fashion; or take a "Trabi-safari," which involves a sightseeing tour in the notoriously rickety Trabant, ubiquitous passenger car of the GDR. Just last week, former Berlin Senator for Cultural Affairs Thomas Flierl denounced as "tasteless mockery" the service that allows tourists at the old "Checkpoint Charlie" crossing between the two sides of Berlin to be photographed with actors dressed...
...Coming in the afterglow of last month's Beijing Olympics, the Sept. 7 legislative election was widely forecast to be a rout of the democrats by Hong Kong's pro-Beijing parties. Only a week before voters went to the polls, China?s gold medalists made a triumphal tour of the city - a move some saw as an attempt to drum up support for pro-Beijing politicians. Hong Kong's government denied the athletes' visit was connected to the election. But pro-Beijing candidates couldn't help but benefit from association with the victorious Olympians. "China is rising in international...