IAN VERRENDER Sep 19, 2009
The onetime prime ministerial hopeful John Hewson seems to be having his very own Oscar Wilde experience. Tuesday July 01, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Paris Hilton's wisdom immortalized in book of quotes (Reuters) Sep 12, 2009
Paris Hilton's wisdom immortalized in book of quotes - Yahoo. Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
In Revealing New Memoir, a Friend Remembers Rehnquist Sep 5, 2009
"He was very funny, in a sophisticated way; he would have enjoyed a dinner party with Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward, but not Jay Leno.". The book, published by Simon & Schuster, is called "." Obermayer is 84, born 12 days earlier than Rehnquist, who died in September 2005. (Law.com)
Tarantino’s most fractured fairy tale Aug 30, 2009
He is our Walter Pater, our Oscar Wilde: the compleat aesthete. (Think of all that blood and gore as so much swan s down and peacock feathers. (Boston Globe)
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It felt strange attending a Shakespeare festival and not seeing any Shakespeare, but the Bard s influence could be sensed in most everything we did see, from the aforementioned musicals to classic plays by Anton Chekhov, Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare s contemporary Ben Jonson. What could be more Shakespearean than a comedy of mistaken identity, as is the plot behind Wilde s comic masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Charm of ‘Sick’ lies in dysfunction Aug 29, 2009
And as the sacrificial victim Sarah, captive to what Oscar Wilde called the tyranny of the weak, Brooksher displays equal parts vulnerability and backbone. You ll root for her - and perhaps, like her smother-mother, worry over what her future holds. (Boston Globe)
Knife to the dark heart of politics Aug 28, 2009
The Judas Kiss is his play about Oscar Wilde; Via Dolorosa is his great monologue about Israel. Now he's drawing on Christ's vigil in the Garden of Gethsemane for a play that pitches decent doubt against the determination - for good or ill - to plough on. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bloggers learning of limits Aug 26, 2009
When Oscar Wilde observed that the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about, he could not have imagined the Internet. The wild frontier we now know and (mostly) love called the Blogosphere is a not-always-OK corral where Free Speech is armed and often dangerous. (Albany Times Union)
Sasha Frere-Jones: The Pet Shop Boys’ Pandemonium tour. Aug 24, 2009
Tennant and Lowe are part of a great tradition of slipping intense emotions into an envelope of wit that runs straight from Oscar Wilde to Noel Coward to the Boys. But they are still a pop act, and they know that shows should be shows. (New Yorker)
New Bedford’s Korolenko leads literary tour in Greenwich Village Aug 23, 2009
Over the past year, two Spanish-language bookstores and the Oscar Wilde Bookshop, purveyor of gay and lesbian literature, have closed, but there is good news, too. Last spring David Del Vecchio left his job at the United Nations to open Idlewild Books. (Boston Globe)
Company of Thieves at Copperfield’s Aug 19, 2009
Oscar Wilde is associated usually with literature, but Company of Thieves borrowed from a Wilde essay to come up with an album title: Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. (Boston Globe)
‘Trials’ and tribulations of Oscar Wilde Aug 5, 2009
Trials and tribulations of Oscar Wilde - The Boston Globe ... Trials and tribulations of Oscar Wilde ... A toned-down Ryan Landry, of the Gold Dust Orphans theater troupe, stars as Oscar Wilde. (Boston Globe)
A Pinch of Salt: Play it, Sam Aug 4, 2009
Oscar Wilde once expressed his definition of a gentleman as "someone who knows how to play the accordion and doesn't." Well, we all know that Oscar was a pretty smart guy. For one thing he was smart enough to change his name to Oscar Wilde from Fingal O'Flaherty Willis, a name that would have made him friends in a pub called the Shamrock Inn but was unlikely to get him a refill of Moet et Chandon at a stately home in England. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Maurice Grimaud; hailed for handling of Paris uprising Jul 24, 2009
He was buried Tuesday at the city s Pere-Lachaise cemetery, the resting ground for famed statesmen and artists including Oscar Wilde, Frederic Chopin, and Jim Morrison. Mr. Grimaud won posthumous praise from both France s law-and-order president and a leftist leader of the 1968 revolt. (Boston Globe)
Kissing, chewing -- 'germiest' attractions Jul 22, 2009
Oscar Wilde's tomb in Paris, France is covered with an array of lipstick kisses ... Oscar Wilde's Tomb in Paris, France ... Author and playwright Oscar Wilde's body rests in a tomb speckled with lipstick marks from visitors from all over the world showing their literary appreciation. (CNN -- Travel)
Skip Gates Speaks Jul 22, 2009
It reminds me of Oscar Wilde describing his arrest. I hope Mr. Gates has a sense of humor and can eventually look on the bright side. (Slate)
Why we love vampires Jul 19, 2009
He bases his Dracula on a personage with seductive wiles, undoubtably using his close friend Oscar Wilde as a template, maintaining this friendship even after Wildes scandals rocked the British empire. A keen student of the American west, he inserts a ''Texas cowboy'' into the role of one of Lucys suitors, looking out of place in the staid British Victorian era with Winchester and ten-gallon hat. (MSNBC -- News)
Leiber and Stoller write about music legacy Jul 19, 2009
" Leiber and Stoller have been dusting off a couple of their own musicals. Their Oscar Wilde piece is getting some serious contemplation - Leiber says the libretto is 90 percent finished - and there is also that old musical based on "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. " They sold their extensive music publishing holdings, excluding their own songwriting, to a Japanese firm for hundreds of millions of dollars a number of years ago and last year sold half-interest in the publishing of their own... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Fans pay lip service to an unlikely dish Jul 18, 2009
One post says: "I also love his 'Oscar Wilde' look, with his hair and the way he dresses.". Another writer adds: "I love his wardrobe and that white suit, very swish! He's cool as well!". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'West End Horror' is more about Sherlock Holmes than murder Jul 16, 2009
Among the more recognizable are George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Gilbert and Sullivan, and a young H.G. Wells. "For a little while, I think the audience is going to say 'Wow. This is not what I expected,'" said Wes Hennings, who plays several roles, including Wilde and Sir Arthur Sullivan. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Tin-eared 'rag' Misses Chance Jul 15, 2009
IMAGINARY encounters have fired up play wrights' imaginations for a while: Friedrich Schiller dreamed up a confrontation between the Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I in "Mary Stuart," and Tom Stoppard's "The Invention of Love" threw Oscar Wilde in A.E. Houseman's path. Now comes Mark Saltzman's "The Tin Pan Alley Rag," in which two music titans hold a most pedagogical meeting. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
* [ SOFTCOVER: US ]: Cao Naiqians dark, raunchy vision of the Cultural Revolution Jul 12, 2009
Last week I read Peter Ackroyds The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde and was in seventh heaven when engaging with its panache and literary wizardry. My days raced by. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Can Dems win governor’s office? Yes. Will they? Well, that depends Jul 8, 2009
I am talking about what Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, Hemingway, and countless others did in Paris. There was all kinds of paraphenalia involved. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Mike Carlton Jul 5, 2009
Oscar Wilde said of Charles Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop that "one would have to have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing". I feel the same way about the death of Opes Prime. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
From the Editor: In California, we've bounced back before Jul 5, 2009
Along with the plummeting property values and other bad news came serialized fiction and poetry (Oscar Wilde) and social news: "Mrs. Essex Entertains Her Sister.". On the front page, the paper reported on President Franklin D. Roosevelt in London working to stabilize currency and on Mary and Douglas Fairbanks, who were "near divorce.". (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
* How lectures became big business Jun 27, 2009
Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde were accomplished public speakers, and by the 1920s money-spinning author appearances were sufficiently well-established for the newly bestsellered Joseph Conrad gave it a go (with disastrous results: the Polish authors English was so thickly accented that even his private secretary struggled to understand him, and customers were not happy at paying for incomprehension, however literary). But the talk is no longer a one-off. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Systematic financial planning helpful for singles Jun 22, 2009
Irish writer Oscar Wilde delightfully captured the common perception of the society towards singles. Bachelors or unmarried people are often considered to have little or no responsibility and enjoying life to its fullest. (India Times)
Goodies for dad a big $9B ka-ching Jun 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009. Posted on: Sunday, June 21, 2009. (Honolulu Advertiser)
* SUNDAY PROFILE: Despite all odds Jun 21, 2009
Oscar Wilde was thrown in prison there. Thats all you need to know about Reading, he says. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Rick Steves: Dublins irrepressible spirit Jun 18, 2009
I was talking to my Irish friend, telling him we went to the Abbey Theater the night before to see a play by Oscar Wilde. He asked me the cost, and I told him 30 euros. (MSNBC -- Travel)
What's Playing Jun 18, 2009
Easy Virtue - A traditional English comedy of manners cut from the same drawing-room drapery as "Gosford Park" and any Oscar Wilde film adaptation, minus the thematic heft and belly laughs of either. It's a simple, forgettable gambol through the country between the world wars. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Pianist uses Tchaikovsky Jun 17, 2009
Hough believes the composer's death coincided with the scandalous Oscar Wilde trials in Britain, which led to an hysterical surge of anti-homosexual sentiment across Europe. Power & Panache: Stephen Hough with the Sydney Symphony is on tonight, June 19, 20 and 22. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Weather Etiquette in England Jun 16, 2009
It appears Oscar Wilde was correct when he said: Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else, for according to social anthropologist Katie Fox (Watching the English, 2004), talking about the weather is a form of code that evolved to help the English overcome their natural reserve and communicate with each other; a form of social bonding. The weather, Fox says, may be one of the few things about which the English are still unashamedly... (Suite101.com)
City Beat (75) Jun 16, 2009
June 20, is Magid s Being Earnest, a modern-day musical homage to Oscar Wilde. Sun. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Estate planning Jun 6, 2009
Said Irish poet, dramatist, author Oscar Wilde (1856-1900): I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Museum of the American Cocktail Jun 4, 2009
The Old Absinthe House, a popular Bourbon Street bar (originally known as The Absinthe Room), was the epicenter of absinthe sampling, patronized by the likes of Mark Twain, FDR, Oscar Wilde and (it is said) Robert E. Lee. In that bar, not long after the Civil War ended, mixologist Cayetano Ferrer created the "Absinthe Frappe.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Paris on a Budget May 31, 2009
there are a huge number of well known artists, writers, actors/actresses and stars buried here including Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, Moliere, Balzac, Chopin and, a more recent celebrity, 1960's rock star Jim Morrison of The Doors fame. it is one of the world's most visited cemeteries since its opening in 1804 and has over one million graves; plan a visit carefully to avoid missing any particular graves. (Suite101.com)
Bourne Ultimatum May 29, 2009
Oscar Wilde's cautionary fable The Picture of Dorian Gray has been adapted into a seductive dance production by Matthew Bourne ... Are you a fan of Oscar Wilde ... I am a fan of Oscar Wilde, I wouldn't say I am obsessed by Oscar Wilde, I find often the wit gets in the way of the play sometimes. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Couple Blames "CSI" For Failing Business May 24, 2009
You know what they say" "There's no such thing as bad publicity," and it was Oscar Wilde who uttered the immortal words: "There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. " I suspect their business is slow because they are bad businesspeople looking for a scapegoat. Posted by o2bewealthy at 10:54 PM : May 23, 2009 Everything written is based upon human experiences, so what ? Posted by hamiltongrad at 10:52 PM : May 23, 2009 If all of this is true I don't... (CBS News -- World)
Sex as a weapon: It's as old as Aristophanes May 14, 2009
Oscar Wilde was believed to have written the English translation that appeared in 1912, and the wickedly gorgeous erotic illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley are some of his best work. Indeed, the drawings, which interpret the play as a decadent, 18th-century, polysexual erotic fantasy, may even be better known today than the play itself (which is none of those things). (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Angels and Demonization May 12, 2009
M/SUNNY Tuesday May 12, 2009. Today's most viewed articles. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
A naturally gloomy nature May 12, 2009
In a curious way, this strategy means each character gets to have his or her own life, not the shadow life of, say, Oscar Wilde or Henry James, she said. Another advantage is that none of the invented characters are a mixture of me and somebody. (Globe and Mail)
Absinthe and the Arts Apr 30, 2009
Ernest Hemingway was also a fan, as was Oscar Wilde, who often referred to absinthe in his work, and who once wrote, After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. (Suite101.com)
LETTER: Using Bible to denounce homosexuality is wrong Apr 29, 2009
The Question wrote on Apr 28, 2009 4:59 PM:" If you were to retroactively withdraw the accomplishments of gay people from history, you'd find yourself somewhere back in the Dark Ages, at least.Subtract the achievements of these: Alexander the Great, Socrates, Hadrian, Richard the Lionhearted, Edward II, Saladin, Francis Bacon, Frederick the Great, Byron, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Willa Cather, E.M. Forster, Tchaikovsky, Marcel Proust, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Julius Caesar, Pope Julius... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Feroz called me 'Celine, baby'! Apr 29, 2009
He was a fan of Oscar Wilde and Urdu poetry. He read a lot. (India Times, India)
Brand's charm offensive Apr 20, 2009
In fact, more than a French duke, Brand's archetype is elegant British dandies such as Oscar Wilde, or that famous libertine, the Earl of Rochester witty, vain, charming, seductive and scandalous stars for their times. So, Ponderland. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Stratford Festival puts 30 performances 'on hold' Apr 15, 2009
Last week, the festival had some bright news when it added six performances to a show that is selling well: Brian Bedford's one-man play about Oscar Wilde, Ever Yours, Oscar. "We're already seeing some momentum," says Gaffney, who is "cautiously optimistic" the festival will sell the 512,000 tickets it needs to break even. (Globe and Mail)
Column: Knowing the joy of Easter Apr 11, 2009
In Oscar Wilde s play Salome, King Herod learns about the raising of Lazarus and is enraged. He cries out in protest, I forbid Jesus to raise the dead. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
China's unreal estate Apr 10, 2009
Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business. Polygamy is one wife too many. (Asia Times Online)
In Italy, it's soccer. In Canada, it's hockey and stand-up comedy Apr 8, 2009
The man was an actor playing Oscar Wilde and he was attending the wedding of his friend Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, to a woman named Florence. The bride was also and very obviously a subject of interest to Wilde. (Globe and Mail)
N Testaments Apr 1, 2009
Somewhere Oscar Wilde is smirking: "To drive one n-metaller into the arms of Christ, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to drive two looks like carelessness!" Seriously, thoughwhat's going on with Korn. Perhaps you're surprised that they're still around. (Slate)
BSC presents North Dakota premiere of new Irish musical Mar 30, 2009
Their community theater production of Oscar Wilde's "Salome" becomes controversial because of its sexual themes, but as Alfie says,"It's not dirty. It's art." ... "He has put all his energies into art and aesthetics, because he thought that's what Oscar Wilde did," although as history shows, Wilde was a homosexual who was tried for gross indecency, Rogers said. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop i... Mar 28, 2009
The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in New York: A History of America's First Gay and Lesbian Bookstore ... The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in New York ... The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in New York. (Suite101.com)
Paradox Was His Doxy Mar 24, 2009
If he reprobated Impressionism, he recoiled in loathing from the exhibitionist immoralism of Oscar Wilde, who not only insisted that there was no place for ethics in art, but implied that the principal duty in life was self-indulgence. Amateur psychologists have speculated that the ferocity of Chesterton s reaction suggests a man in flight from his own desires. (The American Conservative)
M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s British Literature: Oscar Wilde, Anthony Trollope, William Wordsworth ... Oscar Wilde, Anthony Trollope, William Wordsworth ... Irish playwright, poet, and author, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) is best remembered for his own flamboyancy and the wit of his comical plays such as The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). (Suite101.com)
Alluring accessory Mar 22, 2009
Lagerfeld was also inspired by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, who once wrote that I like men who have a future, and women who have a past. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Battle of the sexes Mar 21, 2009
Fahri: Oscar Wilde once wrote: Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. Women are frustrating, mysterious and forbidding but they are also one of the greatest sources of companionship, love and friendship. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
MCC spring production, "Noises Off" is play within a play Mar 20, 2009
Farce is a particular kind of comedy that is extremely fast-paced and very physical that is focused on visceral laughs or belly laughs than the more intellectual wit or Oscar Wilde, Larche said. I can honestly say I ve never been at a rehearsal when someone shot (soda) pop out their nose, said community actor James Palagi. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Films for St. Joesph's Day Mar 19, 2009
Based on the 1892 Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere s Fan, it tells the story of a collection of 1930s Americans vacationing on the Italian Riviera. Blackmail, rumors, and moral debates ensue as a family secret unravels threatening to destroy a marriage and a good woman. (Suite101.com)
Never a plain Jane Fonda returns to stage Mar 12, 2009
I found a woman who had both, says Kaufman, whose other works include Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and The Laramie Project. . (MSNBC -- News)
THEATRX premieres comedy based on Oscar Wilde story Mar 12, 2009
Oscar Wilde gets a redux this weekend with the world premiere of Julio C. Mas' new play "The Amazing Picture of Doreen Grave" at THEATRX community theater in Escondido. Mas has turned Wilde's 1891 gothic English horror story "The Picture of Dorian Gray" into a bawdy modern-day comedy set in Del Mar. (North County Times)
An Overview of Three Different Roma... Mar 8, 2009
Although Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch is hardly L.A. Confidential, the compelling mystery, witty dialogue, and well-created conflict that builds among the supporting characters makes the classic superficial moments more endurable for someone more accustomed to Oscar Wilde. Homespun Bride. (Suite101.com)
Man girdle appeals to image-conscious men on gut level Mar 8, 2009
Men s control wear has been around since Victorian times in Britain, where dandies such as Lord Byron and Oscar Wilde were known for their fanciful and slightly feminine outfits. Advertisements for male girdles became popular in the 1930s but many of the products struggled to look different than women s undergarments. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
We don't like bad news either Mar 8, 2009
Out in Colorado, in the old mining town of Leadville, there was a saloon that the Irish writer and wit Oscar Wilde visited during his 1883 tour of the United States. On the wall, Wilde noticed, hung a sign: "Don't shoot the piano player; he's doing the best he can.". (Albany Times Union)
Yale exhibit shows Picasso's work as a dialogue with his friends, peers Feb 22, 2009
who danced before Herod in return for the head of John the Baptist, was a favorite in the late 19th century, cropping up in the writings of Gustave Flaubert and Oscar Wilde, the art of Aubrey Beardsley and Gustave Moreau, and various operas and ballets. Apollinaire, however, was not a 19th-century man. (Boston Globe)
