Iron Curtain Parted For High-Profile Murder Trial
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 19, 2008
A Russian court has decided not to ban reporters from the trial of three men accused in the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya - paving the way for an open trial where details of the much-criticised investigation will be made public.
Politkovskaya, who was slain in her Moscow apartment building in 2006, reported on human rights [...]
Curtain Call Looms For Egoli
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 12, 2008
THE stars of Egoli, South Africa’s longest running soap opera, are “going to miss the show dearly” but they still have a full year in which to shoot more scenes of deception and tangled love.
M-Net and Franz Marx Films have decided to pull the plug on the country’s first home-grown soap opera because of “changing [...]
Ramirez Ends Silence and Dares Red Sox
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on July 31, 2008
Manny Ramirez was standing behind a blue curtain that separated the Red Sox clubhouse from the trainer’s room. He was off limits to reporters, whom he had already dodged, and was continuing his silent stance regarding his feud with the organization.
But in typically unpredictable fashion, Ramirez emerged from behind the curtain, grabbed a drink and [...]
Call breezes on Epsom downs
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on May 30, 2008
Curtain Call, bidding to give trainer Luca Cumani a third Vodafone Derby victory, had a first look at Epsom with a spin as the feature of the track’s Breakfast With The Stars morning.
Ruled out of the Lingfield Derby Trial three weeks ago when the ground was too quick, the ex-Irish-trained colt was slightly delayed in [...]
Pudsey singer to bring curtain down at Leeds City Varieties
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 15, 2008
Pudsey’s Lawrie Briggs has played Leeds City Varieties so often she is almost part of its fixtures and fittings.
Now the popular performer says she is proud to be singing at the former music hall for one last time before its multi-million pound refurbishment.
Her Varieties history dates back more than 20 years to when she appeared [...]
Behind the Curtain: City museum hosts one-woman show
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 7, 2008
The last time a museum in Attleboro hosted theater it was the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, which rented a wing to Attleboro Community Theatre to stage plays along Union Street for a decade or more.
ACT eventually moved out and, after a three-year stay at a Firearms School in North Attleboro, settled into a splendid small [...]
Speakout Voices: Cigarette display ban
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 21, 2008
We asked you whether you think covering up cigarette displays will make smoking less appealing to young people. Here’s what you had to say.
Hiding cigarettes puts health first? How about putting solar panels on every grid-tied roof in the province so we can finally close down our coal fired power plants? How about banning idling, [...]
World Traveller says TSA forced her to remove nipple piercings
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES%26ndash;A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation. I wouldn%26#39;t wish this experience upon [...]
OSU keep taking curtain calls
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on March 27, 2008
When Ohio State beat Dayton 74-63 on Wednesday night to advance to the semifinals of the NIT, it was the final home game at the Value City Arena for Shawnee High School graduate Jamar Butler.
Two and a half weeks earlier, he had hoped OSU’s regular-season finale against Michigan State would be his last time on [...]
Sports Prospects for Canadian skating much brighter
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 21, 2008
VANCOUVERIt’s a skewed perspective, nationals, because every medallist is a Canadian. Yet there was more than a glimmer of something shiny this way coming dovetailing nicely with the Vancouver Olympics two years hence in the showtime arrival of a new figure skating generation for this country. Not a moment too soon.A sport that for years [...]