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London's Hot Ticket Gets Mixed Reviews
London's Hot Ticket Gets Mixed Reviews
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Dec 5, 2007 8:58 PM CST

London's Hot Ticket Gets Mixed Reviews

Fans shell out for McGregor's Iago, but it's the Moor who wows

(Newser) - The hottest ticket in London is for a production of Othello, starring Ewan McGregor in a 250-seat theater, with the price of tickets hitting $4,000 on the secondary market. Yet the play opened this week to decidedly mixed reviews. While everyone praised Chiwetel Ejiofor as the Moor of Venice,...

Police Charge 'Dead' Canoeist With Fraud

Photo surfaces on web showing missing man with wife in Panama

(Newser) - Police arrested John Darwin, the canoeist who reappeared in London after being presumed dead for 5 years, early this morning on evidence that he and his wife faked his death to defraud their life insurance agency. The mysteriously tanned and fit Darwin had claimed to have no idea where he'd...

Boater Appears, 5 Years Later, Sans Memory

Canoeist presumed dead; his wife moved to Panama 4 weeks ago

(Newser) - A man who was presumed dead five years ago, when he failed to return from a canoeing trip, showed up in London today, the Daily Mail reports. John Darwin, 57 and able to remember only his name, walked into a police station saying: "I think I am a missing...

Posh Too Glamazon for Hip LA
Posh Too Glamazon for Hip LA
Nov 30, 2007 1:05 PM CST

Posh Too Glamazon for Hip LA

Why Victoria Beckham fails as a stateside celeb

(Newser) - David Beckham has scored big with soccer fans, but his Spice Girl better half hasn't exactly taken LA by storm. Emma Forrest of the Guardian wonders whether the trouble is a wardrobe malfunction. In a city where celebs spend the day in jeans and T-shirts, Victoria Beckham goes glamazon, tottering...

Ouch! In London, Art Hurts
Ouch! In London, Art Hurts
Nov 27, 2007 12:50 PM CST

Ouch! In London, Art Hurts

Installation at Tate Modern causes at least 15 injuries to unsuspecting visitors

(Newser) - A high-profile installation at the Tate Modern has won critical praise and drawn crowds, but Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth 2007 has also caused trouble, the London Times reports. Some 15 people were injured in a month while viewing the work, a crack in the floor of the gallery large enough to...

East London Warehouse Burns
East London Warehouse Burns
Nov 12, 2007 8:49 AM CST

East London Warehouse Burns

Blaze at Olympic site sends dense plume of smoke lover city

(Newser) - A giant blaze broke out at an abandoned London warehouse on the site of the 2012 Olympic games today, sending a huge column of black smoke over the city. Fire crews reported no casualties and authorities have found no evidence linking the incident to a terrorist attack. Officials said it...

London Unveils Hip Rail Station
London Unveils Hip Rail Station
Nov 7, 2007 2:01 PM CST

London Unveils Hip Rail Station

St. Pancras gets a spruce-up, new high-speed link to the Chunnel

(Newser) - London's St. Pancras train station has gotten a nifty £800 million (nearly $1.7 billion) renovation and a new high-speed rail link to the Chunnel, the Times of London reports. Queen Elizabeth and assorted celebrities officially opened the new route last night with pomp and theatricals; the head of...

Injury to Page Delays Led Zep Comeback

Fans must wait 2 more weeks for guitar guru's broken finger to heal

(Newser) - Die-hard Led Zeppelin fans revving up for the band's first concert in 17 years are going to have to wait just a little bit longer. The London show scheduled for November 26 has been pushed back to December 10 because guitar god Jimmy Page broke one of his hallowed fingers,...

London Police Blasted in Subway Killing

'05 shooting of innocent mistaken for terrorist endangered public

(Newser) - London police were found guilty today of fatal misconduct in the 2005 subway killing of an innocent Brazilian. The force will have to pay roughly $1.17 million for breaking safety rules and endangering the public. Officers shot the victim seven times in the head after mistaking him for a...

Saudi, Brit Royals Dine
Saudi, Brit Royals Dine
Oct 31, 2007 9:52 AM CDT

Saudi, Brit Royals Dine

King Abdullah sweeps into London with 23 advisers and 400 aides

(Newser) - In the first visit of a Saudi king to the UK in 20 years, King Abdullah was treated to a Buckingham Palace banquet last night. His host, Queen Elizabeth, said Britain and Saudi Arabia must fight together against "terrorists who threaten the way of life of our citizens."...

Seven Spooky Spots
Seven Spooky Spots
Oct 30, 2007 3:10 PM CDT

Seven Spooky Spots

From Transylvania to the Tower of London, these sites can give you chills

(Newser) - If you want to walk in Dracula's footsteps, hobnob with lake monsters, or bed down with aliens, Forbes recommends these locations:
  1. Bran Castle, Brasov, Romania 
  2. Tower of London, London, England
  3. Catacombs, Paris, France

New York Wins Ugly in London
New York Wins Ugly in London
Oct 28, 2007 10:50 PM CDT

New York Wins Ugly in London

Giants keep Dolphins winless in rainy Wembley Stadium, 13-10

(Newser) - In typical wet London weather, the NFL put on an equally typical slugfest in its first-ever regular season game played outside North America, with hapless Miami putting up a fight against New York before plummeting to its eighth straight loss. Over 80,000 spectators were mostly enthused by the sloppy...

Five Worst Hangovers Ever
Five Worst Hangovers Ever
Oct 27, 2007 5:48 PM CDT

Five Worst Hangovers Ever

(Newser) - Think you know how to tie on one?  You're a piker compared to these historical debauches:
  1. Admiral Edward Russell's 17th-century throwdown. His punch had 250 gallons of brandy, 125 gallons of Malaga wine, 1,400 pounds of sugar, 2,500 lemons, 20 gallons of lime juice, and 5 pounds of
...

London Calling for NFL
London Calling for NFL
Oct 26, 2007 1:10 AM CDT

London Calling for NFL

League hopes UK Giants-Dolphins game will be springboard into worldwide market

(Newser) - As London and the NFL brace for the weekend's Dolphins-Giants match—the first regular-season game played outside the US in league history—football officials are hoping it will launch the game into a new, more international era. If all goes well, commissioner Roger Goodell plans to make foreign-hosted games a...

Chinese Art Booms at London Sales
Chinese Art Booms at London Sales
Oct 16, 2007 9:40 AM CDT

Chinese Art Booms at London Sales

But prices for Western art shaky as buyers get credit-crisis jitters

(Newser) - Could turmoil in the financial world trigger an art market crash? That was the question on everyone's mind in London over the weekend during the Frieze Art Fair and the first major sales at Christie's and Sotheby's since the credit crisis. Though the fairs and auctions had all the energy...

In London, Giuliani Picks Up Cred and Cash

Hopeful meets with three PMs and no shortage of donors

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani left behind the cornfields of Iowa for cosmopolitan London yesterday, where he met with campaign contributors and no fewer than three prime ministers. After a visit to Tony Blair's new offices and to Gordon Brown at No. 10, Giuliani got his most desired photo-op of all, writes the...

Led Zeppelin Set to Press 'Play'
Led Zeppelin Set to Press 'Play'
Sep 12, 2007 4:11 PM CDT

Led Zeppelin Set to Press 'Play'

Surviving members will reunite to honor Atlantic Records founder

(Newser) - The surviving members of Led Zeppelin will reunite in November for a concert to honor late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who signed the group in 1968. The three band members haven't played together since 1988, although rumors of reconciliation have been swirling for several years, and a greatest-hits album...

Olympic Seats Too Small for UK Behinds

Designers go back to the drawing board for bootylicious Brits

(Newser) - Seats at one of London's new Olympic venues are being widened to accommodate spectators' bulky backsides. Stadium designers warned that the 20,000 seats at the Aquatic Centre wouldn't be able to handle expanding British buttocks, so organizers widened the chairs by 4cm (1.5 inches), the Sun reports. The...

Warriors Invade British Museum
Warriors Invade British Museum
Sep 6, 2007 12:48 PM CDT

Warriors Invade British Museum

Terracotta warriors travel to London for landmark exhibition

(Newser) - British papers have been absorbed with stories of Chinese hackers, but another set of Chinese warriors has invaded London: the millennia-old terracotta statues that guard the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi. The Telegraph is presenting a preview of the British Museum's The First Emperor, an exhibition years in the making that...

Po Po Busts Jude for 'Attack' on Pap

Photog claims that actor called him a pedophile

(Newser) - London police have slapped the cuffs on Jude Law for allegedly attacking a paparazzo near his home yesterday, the Independent reports. The injured photog claims that Jude called him a pedophile before laying hands on him. “You would expect that sort of thing from a yob, not a Hollywood...

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