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Reuters: Oddly Enough
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"Self-important and irritating"
Posted 2 days agoLONDON (Reuters) - England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warns tourists.
Book lifts lid on star of eerie first Dracula film
Posted 2 days agoBERLIN (Reuters) - The first screen portrayal of Dracula was so eerie, some critics asked whether the actor himself could be a vampire. But since his death, little has been done to resurrect Max Schreck's reputation -- until now.
Royal jewels, rare watches to test auction market
Posted 2 days agoGENEVA (Reuters) - Auction houses offering royal jewels and rare luxury watches in Geneva next week shrug off any suggestion that the global economic downturn will dampen what they say is still a strong market for high-end pieces.
Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler
Posted 2 days agoTORONTO (Reuters) - An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide media attention.
You want fries with that? YES!!!!
Posted 3 days agoBERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The Swiss government has agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes following fears that Euro 2008 soccer fans could face a shortage of French fries next month.
Sexy orchids do more than embarrass wasps?
Posted 3 days agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen -- they also seduce them into wasting valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday.
Safety in numbers for speeding drivers
Posted 4 days agoBEIJING (Reuters) - Speeding drivers in south China are getting clear away thanks to machines which switch the numbers on their licence plates in seconds, state media said on Tuesday.
Building boom drives dump truck thefts
Posted 4 days agoMOSCOW (Reuters) - Forget the luxury cars that cram Moscow's streets: Russian thieves are after dump trucks, cranes and asphalt pavers to feed a booming construction sector.
Big Think: The evolution of the World Bank
Posted -7 hours agoFormer World Bank vice president Jean-François Rischard talks about the libertarian culture of the institution and the differences between business in the U.S. and Europe.
Hip-hop is no longer cooler than me
Paul Kix
Posted -7 hours agoIt's a sad day when a farm boy from Iowa can say that about a musical genre he once loved. When will the awful dance crazes end?
Critics' Picks
Posted 1 day agoWhat you need to see, read, do this week: A lavish gay TV wedding, a moving movie memoir, the sound of schoolyard heartbreak.
If Austin Powers were French -- and funny
Andrew O'Hehir
Posted 2 days agoHe might be the star of "OSS 117," a deadpan, borderline-brilliant satire of postwar spy movies and preening Euro-idiocy in the Middle East.
"Speed Racer"
Stephanie Zacharek
Posted 2 days agoYou know a movie's heading nowhere fast when even its monkey doesn't make you laugh.
"What Happens in Vegas"
Mary Elizabeth WIlliams
Posted 2 days agoThis Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz romantic comedy needs fewer sunsets and more lap dances and tequila shooters.
Double shot of gloom for indie fans
Andrew O'Hehir
Posted 3 days agoLeading film-blogger Glenn Kenny is out at Premiere; Warner Bros. to fold its Picturehouse and Warner Independent subsidiaries.
Building a road from Bollywood to dullsville
Andrew O'Hehir
Posted 3 days agoHow can a gorgeous-looking movie about an adulterous interracial affair in 1930s India be so boring? Plus: The amazing Juliet Stevenson, sex symbol at age 51.
A star is born (at age 51)
Andrew O'Hehir
Posted 3 days agoAs a married woman meeting her ex-lover 25 years later, Juliet Stevenson transforms a Lifetime-level middle-aged rom-com into delirious comic magic.
The Iraq movie we've been waiting for
Andrew O'Hehir
Posted 3 days agoNick Broomfield's pulse-pounding "Battle for Haditha" turns the infamous 2005 civilian massacre into a haunting classic about the inhumanity of war.
10 to watch from Tribeca
Andrew O'Hehir
Posted 6 days agoA hot Swedish girlfriend (who's undead), a Spanish math thriller, getting high with Ben Kingsley and the rest of the best from NYC's spring fest.
