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| 7 artists earn $15K mid-career awards The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the seven winners of $15,000 awards for mid-career artists in publishing, performing and visual arts. cbc.ca |
Return to Progress Collected columns denouncing the Bush wars and tax cuts and recounting the fits of nerves that President Obama coolly overcomes. feeds.nytimes.com |
Limey Gumshoe by Will Randall | Book review For his latest excursion, travel writer and teacher Will Randall has gone to Boston, abandoning the classroom in favour of going undercover as a private eye. He proves a likable narrator whose excursions on behalf of Chestnut Investigations Inc provide plenty of drama. Less appealing are his stereotypical characters – the introverted Asian-American forensic scientist, the African-American from the wrong side of the tracks and an endless cast of female secretaries, lap dancers and schoolgirls who are either blonde and attractive or old and disgusting. Fun it may be, but Randall's "true-life adventure" – in which all loose ends are happily resolved – is just not believable.TravelKatie Tomsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds feeds.guardian.co.uk |
Paperback Trade Fiction Top 5 at a Glance1. THE SHACK, by William P. Young2. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson3. PUSH, by Sapphire4. THE PIANO TEACHER, by Janice Y.K. Lee5. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows feeds.nytimes.com |
Vinnie Jones becomes masterspy Former footballer and Big Brother 'celebrity' has been cast as the secret agent hero of a new series of comic booksSuperman, Batman and Spiderman can step aside: a new brand of hero is about to hit the world of comic books, and he looks a lot like Vinnie Jones.The footballer turned actor turned Celebrity Big Brother contestant is the model for international superspy Jake Noble, star of an upcoming new comic book series from established graphic novel artist Howard Chaykin. The storyline will see the violent government agent Noble working with two female agents who turn out to be his daughters by two different mothers. The comic's cover shows Jones's suit-clad character staring ahead with a quizzically raised eyebrow, drink in one hand, gun in the other, while his daughters stand at his shoulders in skintight all-in-one outfits. Another image from the series, revealed on the web, sees Noble himself in a skintight black suit, hitting out with his fists as chaos reigns around him."Men like Vinnie because they want to be him. Women like him because they want to be with him," Chaykin, who has worked for Marvel and DC and is creator of the series American Flagg and Black Kiss, told the Times. Jones told the Hollywood Reporter that the "modern Bond style and feeling" of the project meant he "couldn't resist" getting involved.The books are intended to be the basis for a 22-part series that would mark Jones's debut as a television actor. It is being developed for television by Elevate Entertainment and Prodigy Pictures, according to the Hollywood Reporter, but has yet to find funding.ComicsAlison Floodguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds feeds.guardian.co.uk |