Fame and Glory well down the field
Racing: Twice Over made it second time lucky and provided the legendary Henry Cecil with a Group One win on his home turf in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes at Newmarket.
The 10-times champion trainer has enjoyed a resurgent couple of years, and
Jim Benedek Next Into Walk of Fame
FC Dallas has announced the next inductee into the Texans Credit Union Walk of Fame at Pizza Hut Park and it?s the late Jim Benedek, former Dallas Tornado player and SMU head coach. Benedek was the first soccer coach at SMU, was a member of the 68
Ranulph Fiennes: the chilling and thrilling truth about my family
Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is scuttling crab-like across the floor
on all fours, unfurling pages and fitting them together until they cover
half the carpet. ''And that,'' he says, pointing at his paper jigsaw
triumphantly, ''is the Fiennes
A Q&A With Carey Mulligan
The much-lauded actress talks about living on the brink of fame.
Mulligan plays Jenny, a '60s British teenager who grows up fast, in An Education. She spoke with Ramin Setoodeh.
What kind of education did you get while making this movie?
From Peter [
Pady Blackwood: Jim Henson called master puppeteer "gifted"
Pady Blackwood was a Renaissance puppeteer. Jim Henson called him "one of the most gifted and innovative artists in the field of puppetry."
During Blackwood's 60-year career, he made puppets come alive for television, movies and Broadway. In 2002, he
Balloon Boy's Dad Is Sketch, Say Peeps Who Know Him
The police may not think that the now famous Balloon Boy incident was a publicity stunt, but other people keep coming out of the woodwork to say otherwise.
The boy's father, Richard Heene, seems to have some enemies (or friends equally as eager to gain
Jenson Button fighting losing battle for public acclaim in pursuit of Lewis Hamilton's title
Drivers' driver: Jenson Button, more appealling to the connoisseur than the hysterical public
Photo: EPA
Consider Lewis
Hamilton and the man likeliest to inherit his world title. Hamilton
nearly won at his first attempt in 2007, and succeeded in
Do Limbaugh and Beck Believe What They Say?
Andrew Sullivan directs attention to this fascinating query:
All of this gets me to Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Both of them have been in the news a lot for their outspoken and controversial views. And once again, people don?t seem to understand that
Jenson Button a winner at last?
Back in the days when he was ambling around the Formula One circuit looking like the spare heart-throb in a boy band, likeable, lanky Jenson Button would talk, talk, talk. But as his career has accelerated, so, sadly, his mouth has slowed down. To the
Dublin says goodbye to Stephen Gately
Band members including Ronan Keating carry the coffin of Stephen Gately in Dublin after the funeral of the Boyzone singer. Photograph: Jeff Moore
Before the hit singles and record deals, before the sell-out tours and worldwide fame, Stephen Gately was
