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ONE FOR THE LADIES

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Best known for his portrayal of Stringer Bell in the The Wire and once named ‘the most beautiful man in the world’ by renowned German cultural critic Diedrich Diederichsen, Idris Elba just released an EP under his DJ name of Driis, titled High Class Problems Vol 1.

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ANTIPODEAN

Sunday, December 20, 2009

While everybody in the Northern Hemisphere is worried about what else they can put on to feel warmer, our editor Sarah is on her way to Australia right now, where she can expect problems of the opposite kind: What else could I take off – it’s over 30 degrees!
There are some funny Australians who can [...]

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HURT FEELINGS

Monday, December 14, 2009

It’s sad and official: There won’t be a third season of Flight of the Conchords.
Bret, Jemaine and James (co-creator/director) said “we’ve noticed the less we say about the future of the show, the more people want to talk about it, so in an effort to reverse this trend we are today announcing that we won’t [...]

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PRIME TIME CLASSIC

Friday, October 30, 2009

There has been much talk about the reinvention of television during the past few years with the rise of HBO and high quality-TV series such as The Wire, The Sopranos or West Wing, that fully used the potential of a narrative that could stretch over weeks and months, taking their time to develop multi-layered characters [...]

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ALL IN THE GAME

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Happy 40th birthday Dominic West a.k.a. Jimmy Mc Nulty. He was famously starring in THE WIRE, an American television drama series set in Baltimore, Maryland, where it was also produced. Created, produced, and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the [...]

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DISTRACTIONS

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Whether you want to escape art fairs weekend (art forum, art berlin contemporary, preview berlin, berliner liste, berliner kunstsalon etc.) or are too excited about the German federal election, 2009 that will take place tomorrow, here’s a way to distract yourself. The outrageous but brilliant tv series Curb Your Enthusiasm just started a seventh season [...]

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