What’s up for 2011?

What’s up for 2011?
Alex Kazam knows it will be tough to top his 2010 New Year’s resolution. This summer, the 18-year-old comedian and magician jumped on his unicycle and pedaled 600 kilometres to New York City with a friend in hopes of scoring an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.[…]
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Film Review: TRON: Legacy
It’s hard to fathom in an era where there’s a Wii in every living room, a massively multiplayer online game on every PC (or Mac) and an Angry Birds app on every smart-phone, but there was once a time when videogames—and computers in general—were viewed as more of a niche hobby than a big business.
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2010 Hindsight: A One-Eyed Review
In summer silly-season news, German tourist Hans Kubus is sentenced for attempting to smuggle out 44 geckos and skinks in his underwear. The Judge rejects Kubus’s defence that he had spent too long around badly dressed male bathers and had simply mistranslated the term “budgie-smuggler”.
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Love lives on
If I had to name one Chinese musician who had the biggest impact on the 20th century,I would pick Teresa Teng (1953-1995). When an overseas cover band strikes up a tune to please Chinese tourists,chances are it’ll be a Teresa Teng number,with The Moon Represents My Heart among the alltime favorites.
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