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Dame Edna tribute in royal show to Arlington's Regent Theatre
Tampa :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Walters as Dame Edna' comes to the Regent Theatre in Arlington. Arlington, Mass. The clothes, the hair, the attitude Dame Edna Everage is easy to recognize and hard to resist, with her delusions of grandeur, outlandish wit and inimitable sense of
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Cutting the apron strings
Sydney :: Australia | over 2 years ago
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To contemporary Australians, the Ashes is just one more sporting contest, albeit one that's keenly fought because of its history and what it used to mean to the ex-colonies. As recently as a generation ago, the Ashes were viewed as a measure of our
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Celebrity memoirs for Christmas - review
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Expectations (and no doubt advances) are accordingly lower for the class of 2010, who have come up with a variety of responses to the perennial problem: how do you write about fame and other celebrities?...A popular tactic, since it worked for Kay,
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Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - reviews
Melbourne :: Australia | over 2 years ago
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Barry Humphries makes me laugh; Dame Edna Everage, his alter ego, doesn't. Or at least not as much as the author describing how a suburban housewife took over his life...Without Humphries switching from Edna's famously strangulated falsetto to his
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Barry has a brilliant train of thought
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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City of Melbourne asked train commuters for their travel memories for the Southern Crossings arts project, you would expect an avalanche of narky gibes about late trains or the myki non-ticketing system running even later. But Rick Reynolds has a gem
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Social satirist who gave us 'Bex and a good lie down' dies, aged 80
Sydney :: Australia | over 2 years ago
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Clare Morgan September 15, 2010 The man who wrote his way into the Australian vernacular courtesy of his 1960s show A Cup Of Tea, A Bex and a Good Lie Down has died. Comedy writer John McKellar died on September 6, aged 80, having fuelled Australia's
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In the frocks of the dame
Melbourne :: Australia | over 2 years ago
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Steve Meacham September 15, 2010 As Sir Les, left, and before a Soho show in 1963. Photo: Penny Bradfield, Lewis Morley Anne Pender had been researching the life and creations of the entertainer Barry Humphries for a decade, but was amazed when she
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Eric Clapton, Tom Jones to perform at charity gala
Mumbai :: India | almost 3 years ago
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Comedians Rob Brydon, Alistair McGowan and Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage will host the Prince's Trust Rock Gala. The Prince's Trust Rock Gala was originally formed to raise money for disadvantaged young people. It will take place at the Royal
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Horror on home turf
Canberra :: Australia | almost 3 years ago
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THE mythological creatures that fill today's horror literature and movies hail from faraway lands. Zombie tales originated in the Caribbean, while European folk tales gave us vampires and werewolves. But a vastly more terrifying creature lurks much
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Charge for Warriors Joel Moon
Kapiti :: New Zealand | almost 3 years ago
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Audio Reid on appointing Mooney as Otago coach Wednesday, 16 December 2009 07:38 +1200 Radio Sport reporter Tim Evans talks with Otago Rugby CEO Richard Reid about the appointment of Australian Phil Mooney as coach of the provinces Air New Zealand
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