The Third Man lives on in Vienna tours Oct 22, 2009
Aside from the aboveground walking tour, film fans can delve into the city's underworld by descending into its extensive sewer system to see where Lime met his dramatic demise, shot to death by Martins. Those with an aversion for damp and dingy surroundings can spend hours in a private museum crammed with photos, posters and other paraphernalia that grew out of a collector's love for all things related to "The Third Man.". (MSNBC -- Travel)
'Twilight' Fan Timbaland Wants Edward And Bella In His Video Oct 20, 2009
" Timbaland's twist would involve embracing the dark side of the vampire world while casting himself and friends in key roles, which he hopes will meld Forks with the aesthetic of Kate Beckinsale's hit vampire series. "It would be almost, kind of like, 'Underworld,' " he explained. "Kind of like that movie, you won't know what we are ... " Combining the what-are-they mysteries of the "Underworld" franchise with the romantic drama of "Twilight," Timbaland is convinced that RPattz and KStew could... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Crisis in Medellin Oct 18, 2009
Until earlier this year, Medellin's drug underworld was ruled by the so-called "Office of Envigado," named after a district of the Medellin metropolitan area. The "office" was a syndicate of the top cocaine bosses who agreed on the basic rules of doing business in the area. (CNN -- International)
Play 'eurydice' is a must-see Oct 16, 2009
An old Greek myth gets a fresh interpretation in Sarah Ruhl's version of "eurydice," the classic story of Orpheus following his dead wife into the Underworld. Fresno City College director Chuck Erven says Ruhl's interpretation -- which casts the lead character as a famous singer-songwriter -- is written as if the playwright has "filtered the myth through 'Alice in Wonderland' and Cirque du Soleil," resulting in a singular theatrical vision that is funny and deeply affecting. (Fresno Bee)
Daily guide to television and radio Oct 13, 2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 8:27 p.m. (STARZ) Prequel chronicles the blood feud between vampires and their enslaved werewolves. Michael Sheen. (Boston Globe)
Michael Sheen plays a legend of British soccer in new film Oct 11, 2009
Other screen roles include the werewolf Lucian in the Underworld franchise, whose first two installments starred former girlfriend Kate Beckinsale, with whom Sheen has a 10-year-old daughter. Sheen also plays the White Rabbit in Tim Burton s upcoming Alice in Wonderland and costars as vampire leader Aro in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. (Boston Globe)
Sunset & Symphony tickets now on sale Oct 11, 2009
With this year s theme, Fanfare for Opera, the Orlando Philharmonic will perform selections from Candide by Leonard Bernstein, The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach, Carmen Suite by Georges Bizet, The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini along with patriotic favorites and more under the direction of guest conductor Joseph Mechavich. Soprano Janette Zilioli will sing selections from La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini, The Merry... (Lake Wales News, FL)
Playwright Sarah Ruhl has works set for Boston, Broadway Oct 11, 2009
In Eurydice, which Ruhl was inspired to write after the death of her father, she reimagines the Orpheus myth from the point of view of the dead bride, who arrives in the underworld in a rain-soaked elevator, while a trio of Stones, acting as Greek chorus, hector and bray. In The Clean House, characters toss apples from a balcony into the sea, which also happens to be someone s living room. (Boston Globe)
When sceptics fight back Oct 7, 2009
FIVE CONSPIRACY THEORIES World Trade Center: Destroyed by controlled explosions or using thermate Pentagon: Hit by missile rather than airliner Princess Diana: Murdered rather than being killed by reckless driving on part of Henri Paul Apollo 11: Moon landings never took place, were staged on Earth JFK: Lee Harvey Oswald not acting alone, part of underworld or wider conspiracy. A decade after Princess Diana's death, one survey found a fifth of Britons believed she was murdered. (BBC News -- UK)
Supreme Court tackles animal-abuse tapes as free speech test Oct 5, 2009
The case pulls the staid high court into the underworld of dogfighting and features a clash of competing societal values: antipathy to animal cruelty vs. the right of free speech. More broadly, it presents a potentially defining moment for how the court regulates pictures of abhorrent conduct. (USA Today -- News)
Dragon Age Dwarf Commoner Oct 3, 2009
Enforce your will on the underworld. by. (IGN PC Games)
Bargain Bites 2009 Oct 3, 2009
Burlesque shows, fire dancers and a fluttering green fairy come to life in this large-scale, underworld that was once home to a power company (hence the name). A massive mural depicts this green goddess, and staff - decked out in zoot suits and fringe - are among the top mixologists in the nation. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Drug busts and a failing security system Sep 30, 2009
Named after its leader, Michael Hurley, who was described in the Wood royal commission as the ''head honcho'' of Sydney's underworld, the Hurley gang ran a ''wide range of criminal activities including the importation of prohibited drugs, manufacture and distribution of prohibited drugs, armed robberies, large-scale thefts and money laundering. Clark had already met a key Hurley gang member, Les Mara, a former Tigers rugby league five-eighth, during his playing days. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Let me go on like a blister in the sun Sep 30, 2009
Since the bottom fell out somewhat of the electronica-dance scene the BDO dancehall, the Boiler Room, which once trumpeted the presence of Underworld, Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers and the like, has lacked the fizz that attracted even rock fans into the dark room to shake a limb or two. Still, if electronica has passed, electropop channelling the '80s has been selling records and Kiwi Ladyhawke will be among the DJs, as well as British hip-hop star Dizzee Rascal, in the Boiler Room. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Video: FAME Premiere Attendees Get 'FAMEUS' With LG Mobile Phones Sep 26, 2009
Founded in 1994 by Chairman and CEO Tom Rosenberg, Lakeshore has produced more than 60 films including the Academy Award winning MILLION DOLLAR BABY as well as RUNAWAY BRIDE, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, the UNDERWORLD franchise, EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, CRANK, THE GIFT, AUTUMN IN NEW YORK and ARLINGTON ROAD. Lakeshore's current and upcoming releases are the romantic comedy "The Ugly Truth" starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, directed by Robert Luketic through Sony Pictures; "Gamer" a... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Sep 25, 2009
Underworld is open daily from 9pm, closed on Mondays. Happy Hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays before midnight. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* THE VINYL WORD Sep 25, 2009
If you dont know that the legendary group Underworld performs here tomorrow, then you probably shouldnt be going, and let someone who cares try getting one of the gold dust tickets ... Should you still be feeling the love after seeing Underworld, or taking off somewhere else tomorrow night, there are worse places to be than Fly come 4am on Sunday ... If the above doesnt tickle your nether regions, The Other Side is throwing an Underworld after-party. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Constellations bring shining stars to Athens Sep 25, 2009
With a newly signed, four-album record deal with Virgin Records in tow, the band is about to embark on a tour that will take them through the heartland and back down the East Coast with hopes of bringing an only-in-Atlanta cast of underworld characters to life for those not fortunate enough to have firsthand knowledge of the "dirty South." ... With a newly signed, four-album record deal with Virgin Records in tow, the band is about to embark on a tour that will take them through the heartland... (Athens Banner-Herald)
* The stigmata of Herbie Greenfish Sep 25, 2009
Their first show was at the Lost Lagoon party in Wulai at the end of last month, and they have gigs scheduled for Bliss, Riverside Cafe, Tone 56 and Underworld in Taipei, Light Lounge and 89K in Taichung, Join Us in Kaohsiung, and at the Red Wolf in Tainan. The music is quite bizarre, with more than a passing nod to video game culture X more of a total physical response, in fact, with Nintendo-infused sound. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
‘The Mad Ones’ looks at the renegade behind ‘gangster chic’ Sep 25, 2009
It s no wonder Crazy Joe Gallo and his breakaway mob clan made for the best tabloid copy since the bad days of Prohibition, writes the author of this fresh take on the criminal underworld of New York at midcentury ... THE MAD ONES: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld By Tom Folsom. (Boston Globe)
Rapper LL Cool J to Star in "NCIS" Spinoff Sep 23, 2009
LL Cool J is opposite Chris O'Donnell, who plays a chameleon agent "G" Callen, who transforms himself into whomever he needs to be to infiltrate the criminal underworld. "Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith commented that the chemistry between the characters seems almost like a "bromance.". (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Anita Shreve to read from her latest novel at Brookline Booksmith Sep 22, 2009
LA NOIR West Coast crime novelist James Ellroy discusses Blood s a Rover, the 600-page epic that concludes his Underworld USA trilogy, tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. Tickets are available at , Harvard Book Store, and at 617-661-1515. (Boston Globe)
Spam surge drives net crime spree Sep 13, 2009
Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager for McAfee's Avert Labs, said some of the other reasons behind the rising tide of junk mail provided a good summary of how the digital underworld had developed in 2006. To begin with, he said, the software tools that hi-tech criminals use to put together spam runs and craft their messages have in the last 12 months got much easier to find and use. (Yahoo News -- Spam & Junk Email)
A life salvaged, offering few lessons Sep 13, 2009
Much of the memoir is set at the college Rao attends, an expensive, prestigious (unnamed) New England school where he manages to become ensnared not only in the college s drug culture but also in the nearby underworld of junkies, drug dealers, and even murderers. This central narrative, which consists of Rao again and again wreaking havoc on others lives as well as his own, is interrupted by leaps forward to his desperate arrival at a Chicago halfway house and by even greater leaps into Hindu... (Boston Globe)
Andy Lau kept girlfriend a secret due to mafia threats Sep 12, 2009
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Parish farewells father and friend Sep 12, 2009
Few of the 600 mourners were from his underworld. Some sent flowers or family. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Andy Lau held at gun point, forced to act in mobs movie Sep 11, 2009
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau had four guns pointed at his head when he was forced to act in a movie financed by a powerful underworld leader in the 90s, reported major Chinese dailies. He finally gave in when the thug threatened to harm his girlfriend. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Kate Beckinsale Braves The Freezing Cold For 'Whiteout' Sep 11, 2009
While films like "The Golden Bowl," "Nothing but the Truth" and "Laurel Canyon" have underperformed, the "Underworld" films have coupled with "Van Helsing" to make her the queen of fanged, sexy cinema. This week, Beckinsale returns with "Whiteout," an ice-cold thriller based on the beloved 1998 comic book of the same name. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Some frozen stiffs, but few chills in ‘Whiteout’ Sep 11, 2009
Beckinsale is her usual lovely and brittle self, but it says something about this capable British actress that she can go slumming in the funkiest of genre films - the Underworld series, the tatty motel horror film Vacancy - without ever appearing to enjoy herself. Why does Beckinsale keep taking these roles. (Boston Globe)
United States of Paranoia Sep 11, 2009
To ignore the apocalyptic strain in America or to reduce it to an underworld peopled by pro-life extremists, white supremacists, or the media Right who egg them on is too simple. The idea of the U.S. as destiny s redeemer nation, after all, has forever shaped its development. (The American Conservative)
Jockey strike whips up carnival fear Sep 11, 2009
Meanwhile, Mr Hulls said the Government had already advertised for a Racing Integrity Commissioner, who would be employed soon, following The Age s report that the underworld has infiltrated racing. Advertisement. (The Age, Australia)
Review: `Beckinsale on Ice' in `Whiteout' Sep 11, 2009
Beckinsale has shown flashes in films like "The Last Days of Disco," "Laurel Canyon" and "Snow Angels," but her blockbuster efforts such as "Underworld" and "Whiteout" feel like desperate grabs for above-the-line stardom. Surely by now, she's earned the right to avoid unnecessary shower scenes. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
• Season 31 Sep 10, 2009
She travels into the Underworld and Orpheus, inconsolable, begs to be allowed to bring her back to the land of the living ... In her version of the story, Eurydice meets her father in the Underworld prior to Orpheus' arrival, and, as he has no memory, tries to remind him of who she is. (Juneau Empire)
Dog fashion to dye for? Sep 9, 2009
However, O'Day insists she is doing no harm: "It actually seems like such a taboo weird thing nowadays, but if you research online, you will see a whole underworld of dogs who are dyed. I do it like anyone would color hair. She sits on my lap, and I have a brush, and I paint it on and use foils.". She says she makes her vet approve any dyes before using them. (USA Today -- Life)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
The beefy conclusion to Ellroy's "Underworld U.S.A." trilogy, after "American Tabloid" and "The Cold Six Thousand.". A Change in Altitude. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Accident' director Cheang seeks reinvent Hong Kong thriller and his directing style Sep 6, 2009
To devise feasible accidents, Cheang said he consulted not the Hong Kong underworld, but college professors. He said they advised him against his original plan to use sonar waves to make glass shatter in an opening scene, which they said would have to be very, very, very loud to work. (FOX61, CT)
French filmmaker assassinated week before documentary release Sep 5, 2009
"The most probable thing is that he was the victim of one of the gangs he was investigating, a murky underworld that even the local authorities have no handle on," said Jean-Francois Julliard, head of Reporters Without Borders. President Mauricio Funes, a former journalist who knew Poveda, said he was "dismayed" by the death, which he "strongly condemned.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Art of the long view Sep 5, 2009
Kennedy plays lightly with the myth of Persephone - teenage Sophie - abducted into the underworld and emerging transformed but with the promise to return every year. Almost like a custodial arrangement,'' she says with amusement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Meet The Stars Of 'Clash Of The Titans' Sep 5, 2009
Liam Neeson plays Zeus, Ralph Fiennes is underworld overlord Hades and other castmembers include Liam Cunningham, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicholas Hoult and Gemma Arterton. The production spent six weeks on the sun-drenched island of Tenerife "Margaritas for breakfast!" Cunningham laughed before shifting to the less sunny Wales location. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Bad Blood: The Bikie Wars Sep 1, 2009
Underworld turf wars or avenging ancient enmities. Dylan Welch explains why there's bad blood between Australia's outlaw bikie clubs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The dream truly does live on Aug 31, 2009
Murdered by a hit-man, he exposed the monster of a criminal underworld, the tentacles of which reached even into the Kennedy government. When the Warren Commission failed forthrightly to tie these threads into a larger narrative, the nation knew it was not being told the full truth, leaving it vulnerable to one of two conclusions: either a conspiracy controlled our destiny, or we were at the mercy of something worse - a people thrown into the abyss of meaninglessness by absurd and violent death. (Boston Globe)
On demand television picks Aug 28, 2009
(Encore on Comcast) Richard Widmark in one of his best film noir roles, a glib, jumpy tout on the run from the London underworld in the most stylish film Jules Dassin ever made (unrated; runs through Sept. 3). THE LAST SUPPER. (Boston Globe)
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on House, Bones, more Aug 28, 2009
JennyAusiello: A former frat boy, a wannabe father at a fertility clinic, and an underworld hitman, to name just a few. Question: The other night I dreamed that I kissed the actress Ming-Na at a huge banquet of some sort. (MSNBC -- Television)
Sheriff backs racing's police to do the job Aug 21, 2009
Schreck says it is far too easy for the likes of Lewis and those within the police force to make broad statements linking racing with the underworld. Lewis has stated jockeys and trainers were paid by organised crime figures to supply inside information. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Collapse of civilization, with every human infected or dead Aug 20, 2009
Or Kate Beckinsale in Underworld. Yeah, give me a stone-cold vampire babe any day over some flesh-falling-off-the-bone zombie. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The birthday trip to call ‘crazy’ Aug 16, 2009
3-mile-long river cave that the Mayan believed led to the underworld and so used for religious ceremonies between 200 and 900 AD. The perpetual darkness and spookiness beneath the cave s stalactite ceilings - disturbed only in the past 10 years by tour groups helmet headlamps - preserved hundreds of pottery vessels and shards and 15 crystallized human skeletons. Six of the skeletons belonged to infants, the rest to 18- to 40-year-olds. (Boston Globe)
Peter Jackson's District 9 - Sci-Fi... Aug 15, 2009
To do so, they must team up together against common enemies, that includes a ruthless and bigoted MNU mercenary (David James), and Nigerian underworld kingpin (Mandla Gaduka). Now this explosive science fiction action-adventure really accelerates. (Suite101.com)
McKinney Police Report Aug 11, 2009
Stolen Property: ICE CREAM BARS , ICE CREAM , COWBOYS JERSEY , UNDERWORLD. DVD , BRIDEWAR DVD. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Lawyer for Mexican underworld killed Aug 10, 2009
The Sierra Vista Herald. Last updated on Monday, Aug 10, 2009 - 02:16:15 am MST. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
DVD Report: This week's new releases Aug 9, 2009
There s ultimately no flash but a lot of grit on display, as the film takes the gutter atmosphere of Leigh s Naked and applies it to underworld drama. Uncomfortably lurid at points, but thoroughly convincing. (Boston Globe)
Moses to take on Heaven and Earth Aug 3, 2009
Chan said the drama series, produced by K.Y. Chik, would touch base with viewers as it evolves around Hong Kongs underworld of triads and gambling, stock markets, politics, love and relationship entanglements. He also had to shed about 15kg for the role and had to undergo training in Thai kickboxing for his role in the new series which will be aired next month. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Art and soulless Aug 2, 2009
In the turf wars between the criminals of Sydney and Melbourne for the hearts and minds of the Australian people, the numbers may have favoured the latter, but there is a certain quality to Sydney's underworld feuds that Melbourne just can't equal, writes Charles Waterstreet. 14 Jun. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Tiger Lillies Jul 24, 2009
They seem like the result of a twisted experiment to combine avant-garde, bohemian Berlin and the gritty, bizarre underworld of London 00004000 in the form of a gypsy-troupe cabaret ... " Jacques has come a long way from days as a "punch punk" in the seedy underworld of Soho, yet his songs still encapsulate that disturbed spirit. How have the band survived without commercial support? Jacques says the band's cult following has thrived because of their "weird and wonderful audience" rather than... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Click to read:Katie Couric Reports: "The Lost Girls" Jul 24, 2009
(CBS) Behind the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip, there's a seedy underworld. "So how many dates tonight?" a vice investigative officer asks a girl. (CBS News)
Heartfelt songs lift spirits Jul 20, 2009
He says the Orpheus myth, which climaxes with a walk back from the underworld to the light, is perfect for the choir. "That's a great metaphor for rehabilitation from whatever, whether it's drugs or alcohol or mental health issues or violence.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Terrorist linked to Dawood held in Bangladesh Jul 19, 2009
DHAKA: Bangladesh authorities claim that an Indian militant arrested here has been living in the country since 1995 and has links with Pakistan-based terrorist groups as well as underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, media reports said on Saturday ... Merchant was nabbed in May while hiding in a village in eastern Bangladesh and has made confessions of his underworld and militant links in a court here ... According to reports, Bangladesh claims they have arrested an Indian terrorist who has links with... (India Times, India)
* PLANET POP Jul 13, 2009
The 35-year-old star of films like Pearl Harbor, Underworld and Van Helsing was not in court for the settlement of her action against Express Newspapers, the Press Association reported. Her solicitor said that the story in the Express last month was entirely false and had caused considerable embarrassment and harm. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Good to be bad Jul 10, 2009
Taipei Times - archives. Enter your search terms. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Book Reviews Jul 5, 2009
While her book does not serve up a detailed guide to the ins and outs of Japan's fabled underworld, it's a candid, deeply personal and often graphic account of life in the country's underbelly. - Bertil Lintner (Dec 7, '07). (Asia Times Online)
Concert band returns to park this week Jul 5, 2009
Chris Werner, La Crosse Central High School band director, will conduct the concert, which features Strike Up the Band, Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld, Begin the Beguine, American Salute and The Black Horse Troop. Jerry Kember, La Crosse School District superintendent, will be guest conductor for the children s march, The Freelance Children s March, by John Philip Sousa. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Daily TV and radio guide Jul 3, 2009
Underworld: Evolution 9 p.m. (FX). The vampires and werewolves continue their feud in this gory sequel. (Boston Globe)
Tent of Iniquity (792) Jul 3, 2009
They include a passive-aggressive clown who pulls hats out of rabbits, a dwarf with an attitude problem and several ominous high-flying performers coaxing her to experience all that the Underworld has to offer. The show opens with our heroine engaged in a tightly choreographed funeral dance, her introduction to the afterlife. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Blipsters' Bust Jun 30, 2009
By the time you get to B**** Baby, one of the better cautionary tales about the misadventures of a drug dealer, SA-RA becomes way too ironic at gunpoint with the heavy emphasis on dark, ghetto underworld contrasting, knowingly, with their cosmopolitan flair for metrosexual fashion. . (Slate)
VH1 and History(TM) Unite to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock With an Original Documentary Event 'Woodstock: Now & Then' Jun 25, 2009
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Tender Krishna Jun 24, 2009
From September for a third of the year Persephone is forced to stay with Hades in the underworld by the diktat of Zeus. During this period Demeter goes into a depression and does not allow crops to grow on the earth. (Suite101.com)
