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So You Think You Can Dance

Posted in Television, tagged , on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There are a couple of things that have been bugging me about Ten’s latest reality TV hit and I’m not talking about Nat Bass’s hair (how big was it last week!?).
For starters, does anyone know what the winner receives, apart from the title of “Australia’s favourite dancer”?!?
I asked Ten’s PR department when the series started [...]

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I Don’t Like It, part two

Posted in Random musings, tagged , , on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Barking dogs. My dog barks when people arrive at the door and sometimes  when there’s a racket in the street (as is often the case, unfortunately) and that’s about it.
Don’t you just hate it when you live near a dog that barks endlessly for no real reason and ups the ante when you dare to [...]

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Definitely, Maybe

Posted in Movies, tagged , on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I just googled myself and found my review of Definitely, Maybe. It appeared in The West on Monday.
You will find it online  here

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Suite Francaise

Posted in Books, tagged , , on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have just finished reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. I chose it as part of my induction/initiation into a new book club.
Everyone seemed to enjoy it (as much as you can given it is set during the German occupation of France during WWII and the author died at Auschwitz) so I guess I passed [...]

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Vindicated!

Posted in Television on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Monster House, that lame-o excuse for a TV show, has been dumped by Nine after just two episodes.
After 10 years of critiquing TV, this one screamed “dud” the moment I saw it in Nine’s 2008 showreel. What were they thinking trying to come up with a “reality sitcom” (add an H in there and you’ll [...]

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