British stars outshine their bling rivals
The News Review:
- British stars outshine their bling rivals
- Muslims plan to train British-born clerics to lead prayers in English
- Ruck contest holds key
- Farmers offer olive branch.
- The Hidden Festival: Telluride 2005
British stars outshine their bling rivals
Times Online – Sep 23, 2005
Used on article pages to rotate the images of a story. Any feelings of inferiority were cast aside at the Royal Albert Hall as home-grown acts declared themselves ready for an assault on the US charts. Lemar Obika, a former Fame Academy contestant, confirmed his rise to credible R&B singer, defeating the high-maintenance Mariah Carey and the rising US star John Legend to take the Best Album award. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter, who has sold 1. 3 million albums, also won UK Act of the Year at the tenth anniversary of the awards. Lemar, who was born to Nigerian parents, spent five years trying to break into the music industry, even working as a NatWest Bank accounts manager, before being given his chance on the BBC talent show.
Muslims plan to train British-born clerics to lead prayers in English
The Independent – Independent – Sep 23, 2005
It was among proposals from several working parties appointed by Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, after the July 7 bombings. Mr Clarke signalled his support for the moves and also hinted that a public inquiry could eventually be held into the causes of the attacks of 7 and 21 July. Lord Ahmed, convenor of the mosque and imams working party, announcing the creation of a National Advisory Council of Imams and Mosques, said: “One of the roles it will have is to train young, suitable candidates who will become our home-grown imams. “For the first time we’ve had a debate in the Muslim community and.
Ruck contest holds key
NEWS.com.au – news.com.au – Sep 23, 2005
The ruck contest shapes as one of the most fascinating of the grand final, with West Coast’s two young home-grown big men up against Sydney’s two imports, one of whom was a premiership winning Eagle. In Dean Cox and Mark Seaby, the Eagles boast an emerging ruck pairing that would be the envy of almost every club. But Sydney’s pair, Jason Ball and Darren Jolly, has proven to be extremely canny during the finals series. Cox said this week that Ball, a West Coast premiership player in 1994, and Jolly, formerly of Melbourne, were the sort of challenge that he and Seaby thrived on. “Every player does,” Cox said.
Farmers offer olive branch.
Free with registration – Planning – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 23, 2005
They are now a familiar sight on supermarket shelves from May to mid-autumn. Largely due to the use of polytunnels, UK fruit growers have been able to thwart the unpredictable climate and claw back a market once dominated by imports from Spain, France and America. The significance of this turnaround is reflected in a 130 per cent increase in UK supermarket sales of home-grown berries in the past four years. Although the contribution of agriculture to the national economy might appear slight at 0.
The Hidden Festival: Telluride 2005
PopMatters – Sep 23, 2005
As studios become more outlandishly paranoid about the proliferation of cell phone sized video cameras, the festival’s ability to continue showing home grown features such as Brokeback Mountain and Capote seems harder and harder to maintain. The day may come very quickly when the organizers have to decide between herding their audience through an actual security checkpoint and just giving the films a miss. Telluride’s advisory council reads like a who’s who of arts luminaries including such greats as Werner Herzog, Laurie Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, Errol Morris and Salman Rushdie. There is an implicit guarantee that, while everything might not be to your taste, you can trust in the quality and sincerity of the program. It is also exclusive in the sense that it’s not easy to attend… I stand firmly behind a festival that forces its audience, before a single screening has occurred, to watch the majestic show of the Southwest unfold. The other major advantage of exclusivity is, and I’d like to capitalize this, exactly the opposite of what it seems it will be; the Telluride Film Festival is purposefully unpretentious. This particularly hit home watching a giggling cast of characters in one of the free picnic seminars in the park – William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Liev Schreiber, Helena Bonham-Carter and Aaron Eckhart. How, you may ask, can a large group of undeniably famous actors talking about their art be unpretentious? If you take away paparazzi and the red carpet, stars are just ordinary people. When they’re in a picnic in a park, not being glamorized, it’s easier for them to loosen up. The Telluride press office does not court the press; they do not give out press passes or announce guests in advance.