The first time veteran TV writer David Milch went to work for HBO, the result was Deadwood. After three seasons of epic profanity and mud-spattered shootouts, the series was abruptly cancelled. The promise of two TV movies that would wrap up the multitude of unfinished storylines remains unfulfilled. Milch’s collaboration with HBO continued with John [...]
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December 13, 2011
December 9, 2011
Comic book artist Robinson dies
9 December 2011 Last updated at 10:20 GMT Robinson is widely credited with creating The Joker Comic book artist Jerry Robinson, who created characters including Batman’s sidekick Robin, has died aged 89. Mike Marts, editor of the Batman series at DC Comics, called the artist “a pioneer in storytelling”. Robinson, who was first hired to [...]
December 9, 2011
Romney points attacks at Gingrich
8 December 2011 Last updated at 22:56 GMT Newt Gingrich now leads opinion polls by a wide margin in Iowa, South Carolina and Florida Key backers of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney have slammed the leadership and conservative record of chief rival New Gingrich. Missouri Senator Jim Talent and New Hampshire Governor John Sununu said [...]
December 8, 2011
Modern Family up for US honours
8 December 2011 Last updated at 11:08 GMT Modern Family won the best comedy series Emmy in September Modern Family – winner of best comedy at both the 2011 Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Producers Guild Awards (PGA) – is a leading contender for next year’s awards. The show has three nominations at the [...]
December 8, 2011
Mash star Harry Morgan dies at 96
8 December 2011 Last updated at 08:59 GMT Harry Morgan played Colonel Sherman Potter in Mash from 1975 to 1983 Actor Harry Morgan, best known for playing Colonel Sherman Potter in US TV show Mash, has died aged 96. The star died at his Los Angeles home after suffering from pneumonia, his family confirmed. Mike [...]
December 8, 2011
December 6, 2011
Federal Aviation Administration suspends chief over drunken driving
Randy Babbitt, the chief of America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has been suspended after his arrest on charges of drunken driving. Babbitt has been placed on a leave of absence as officials decide how to handle the situation involving a man who is arguably the world’s most senior air safety regulator. Babbitt, 65, was charged [...]
December 6, 2011
Sarkozy, Merkel Agree on Steps to Save Euro Currency Union
The French and German leaders want to amend key European treaties to provide greater fiscal oversight and governance over the ailing, 17-member euro currency union. Following talks in Paris Monday, they outlined a series of measures to resolve the eurozone crisis that they plan to present at a European Union summit this week. Europe’s two [...]
December 2, 2011
Jim Rathmann
The American racing driver Jim Rathmann, who has died aged 83, won the most exciting Indianapolis 500, his country’s most important motor race. His victory in 1960 came at the end of an afternoon that saw 29 changes of the lead, still a record for the race. After retiring from the sport, Rathmann became the [...]
December 2, 2011
November 27, 2011
Kate Bolick: ‘The heterosexual world is a very conservative place’
As she approaches 40, Kate Bolick has come to a profound insight: that she – and many American women like her – might never marry. But revealing that fact in the Atlantic magazine caused an outbreak of soul-searching and frenzied comment. Here, she talks to Lisa O’Kelly Your piece went viral as soon as it [...]
November 26, 2011
Multiple blasts kills 16 Iraqis, injure 41
November 26, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Multiple blasts kills 16 Iraqis, injure 41 26 Nov 2011 A series of bomb explosions in and around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad have claimed the lives of at least 16 people, while wounding 41 others. On early Saturday, two bombs exploded in the village of al-Zaidan, west of [...]
November 24, 2011
Winner of US dance show crowned
23 November 2011 Last updated at 09:53 GMT JR Martinez helped dancing partner Karina Smirnoff to her first victory on the show Iraq war veteran JR Martinez has won the 13th series of US show Dancing With The Stars. The 28-year-old, who appeared on soap opera All My Children, beat reality star Rob Kardashian to [...]
November 23, 2011
Anne McCaffrey obituary
Anne McCaffrey’s worldwide reputation as a writer depended largely on an extended series of science-fiction novels (several of them co-written with her son Todd), set on the world of Pern. This was a distant planet settled by humans but threatened regularly by life-destroying “Threads”, which fell from a neighbouring planet. To combat these, the humans genetically modified [...]