The new King Kapisi album, Dominant Species, took a while to put together, Bill Urale admits, but he's been a busy man since the 2003 release of 2nd Round Testament.

The hip-hop maestro has been from Norway to Japan and the United States performing at anything from festivals to self-organised gigs and cultural initiatives.

King Kapisi, a household name in New Zealand, Australia and...

The Constant Gardener, adapted from the literary thriller by , is the most idiotic and irritating political melodrama since Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate (2004). Although a straightforwardly crusading effort, (1993), in which the wife of a similarly mild-mannered protagonist is also murdered for reasons having to do with the testing of new product by a pharmaceutical comp...

A quick quiz: The Vikings landed themselves all over the news again for Fred Smoot's Smut Party 2005 on board two cruise ships on Lake Minnetonka. The typical Minnesota football fan's response to the news flash is:

D) No shock whatsoever (what's the line on the Chicago game, anyways?)

If you answered "D," then you are among the growing number of folks who are no longer surprised ...

While the festival is a young one, its organizers including director/founder , programming director and general program advisor (and their amazing staff) wasted no time in establishing the event on the festival map. Quite simply, in my humble opinion as a minor vet on the festival circuit, this event has instantly become one of my favorites. Of course the lure of Iceland and its eccentric beaut...

Oprah to William Davis, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Marilyn Manson and the UNICEF

The two gals who helped the Oprah Winfrey Show capture fugitive sex offender William C. Davis were each handed a check for 50 grand by Oprah herself, and have been invited to other programs, such as ABCs ?Good Morning America.? Karie Miller and Jean Rosenthal received a standing ovation on Oprah as millions of...

Around 5:30pm on July 16, 2004, Pacific Grove police received an anonymous tip that a man was in his home at 316 Prescott Lane cooking and using methamphetamines. It was an unusual tip, but when officers Daniel Borgeson and Dawn Delfino responded to the call they witnessed 34-year-old Frank Abbruzzetti taking a hit off a meth pipe through the open front door.

Completely busted and totally...

Did God really send Katrina or the latest earthquake in Pakistan? According to many Muslims and some Jews, the answer is yes to the American disaster and no on the earthquake, but for very different reasons; while some Christian fanatics say yes on both.

The pulpits throughout the Arab and Muslim world ring with Allah's praise for bringing this natural disaster to the infidel occupiers o...

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., serves as president of The Southern Baptist TheologicalSeminary?the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of thelargest seminaries in the world. He is a theologian and ordained minister, aswell as an author, speaker and host of his own radio program The Albert Mohler Program.

Peter Singer has seen the future, and it does not include the sanc...

Amidst continuing coverage of the PPARS and FISP fiascos -- IT projects that have cost the State millions of euro more than intended -- the Irish Times reports that the government's project has already cost nearly double its original budget and is two years behind schedule. The paper says that more than EUR18 million has been paid to consultants for work on the project, which aims to provide a...

The first women to be chancellor of Germany ? Angela Merkel ? will take office this week.

Germany, the most economically powerful nation in Europe, has been renowned for its male-dominated politics, making her election the end of an era. Besides being the first women to serve as chancellor, she is also the first East German to rise to the top position in Germany.

She will head a coa...