But gradually they fell out and then Soderbergh discovered that a project he had unearthed and
But gradually they fell out, and then Soderbergh discovered that a project he had unearthed and developed – Quiz Show – was something that Redford had manoeuvred away for himself. And yet Redford claimed to be bewildered that Soderbergh was upset.Power, ego and money can do strange things in Hollywood – and Redford had [...]
It can bring you great material rewards and celebrity as well as artistic satisfaction And it’s part
“It can bring you great material rewards, and celebrity, as well as artistic satisfaction And it’s part of the glamour of the arts. You ask, ‘How do I crack this, to make money and contribute to culture?’ I think that James felt that, too.”James, like many of his creative heirs, craved mass-market fame but [...]
But now even she felt she had to fly out to join Amir’s father uncles and
But now even she felt she had to fly out to join Amir’s father, uncles and cousins at the ringside. The club has 2,300 of the town’s youths through its doors in any given week and tonight as many of them as the fire regulations will allow will cram inside to watch and cheer.
For [...]
This Leonora looked like a brassy waitress and sounded laboured uneven
This Leonora looked like a brassy waitress and sounded laboured, uneven. Most of the singers were quite clearly second rate, but you could imagine Tito You, the elegant baritone who sang the part of Luna, in a more glossy cast. Near the climax, Azucena’s nostalgia for her homeland (“Ai nostri monti”) is sung in [...]
It’s the Olympics it only happens every four years so I knew I
It’s the Olympics, it only happens every four years so I knew I had to finish it.”Explaining the accident, he said: “I’m very disappointed at the moment, really upset. During the last 3km, the New Zealanders pulled away, turning it into a straight Kiwi fight for gold. Docherty was 7.87sec behind Carter.”I felt relatively [...]
Steve is another old stager who has worked hard to achieve success for so
Steve is another old stager, who has worked hard to achieve success for so long – I’m not sure people realise the effort it takes to come out and campaign season after season as he has. Now he, too, will say farewell at an Olympic final, a great way to retire. All athletes want [...]
It was a fine week for European players with David Howell
It was a fine week for European players with David Howell, Sergio Garcia and two locals, Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke, all on the leaderboard.Woods, who started the week with back trouble, finished ninth, and now no longer holds a strokeplay title for the first time since his maiden professional win. He left for [...]
Three strikes in four minutes – and the 33-year-old’s first goal for nine years
Three strikes in four minutes – and the 33-year-old’s first goal for nine years.Goals Yakubu (37) 0-1; Huckerby (63) 1-1; Berger (65) 1-2; Charlton (67) 2-2.Norwich City (4-4-2): Green; Edworthy, Charlton, Fleming, Drury; Jonson (McVeigh, 72), Holt, Francis, Bentley; Huckerby, McKenzie (Svensson, 79). Substitutes not used Ward (gk), Doherty, Helveg.Portsmouth (4-4-2): Hislop; Griffin, Primus, [...]
Rooney was not even the best 18-year-old on the pitch an honour won by
Rooney was not even the best 18-year-old on the pitch, an honour won by James Morrison, a member of Middlesbrough’s FA Youth Cup-winning side, whose cross presented Stuart Downing with a goal that ought to have given them a fourth Premiership victory at Old Trafford.That United salvaged a point at all was due to [...]
Gloucester rugby folk do not hold the Georgian city of Bath in particularly high
Gloucester rugby folk do not hold the Georgian city of Bath in particularly high regard – “a warm welcome to our friends from the arsehole of the universe” screamed the front page of the Kingsholm fanzine a few seasons back – and it is all they can do to pass through the god-forsaken place [...]
