‘Cultural Pursuits’ Archives
Master Religion
I fancy myself as a bit of a cook, a chef? Maybe a masterchef even? Well, I can pretty well cook anything. On impulse I invited friends for lunch on Sunday. Forgot that it was a public holiday and all the shops were shut. But I made focaccia from [...]
Duck duck goose
I really do think we overestimate the intelligence of our celebrities. Just because they live these seemingly wonderful, glamorous lives, we then go and bestow the gift of intelligence on them just because they are actors. Yes, they are actors. [...]
Eat Pray Love trailer
Here it is, better late than never, the trailer for Eat Pray Love based on Elizabeth Gilbert's book. Looks good, love Julia Roberts. You'll have to wait till October 14 to see it though. I, like many other Gen Xers, will admit that the book has [...]
Jenard’s Showmance
Because I suck up celebrity TV shows, magazines and internet articles like they're French champagne, it's been pretty hard to ignore the Jennifer Aniston/Gerard Butler red carpet lovefest. That's the are they together or aren't they together [...]
TV show and movie remakes? Yes or no?
V starts on TV here on Sunday night. That's the new V not the old Von the SciFi channel that I've been watching for the last two years or so. God I love that show. I just hope they've done a good job on the remake. My favourite scene--when the half [...]
What are you giving up for Lent?
Who remembered that yesterday was Ash Wednesday? Come on all you Catholics, lapsed or otherwise, who's into the second day of Lent and what did you give up? Well I didn't remember it was Ash Wednesday and quite frankly I'd forgotten that Lent [...]
Cougar Barbie
Cougar Town starts this week on Australian TV. So let's have Barbie, the woman with her finger on the pulse of all that is hip and happening (she's been an astronaut for heaven's sake) have the final say on behalf of cougars [...]
8 things men hate and women love
In the interests of a continuing a harmonious relationship with my husband, I have been doing a bit of research to find out what men really hate. All I can say is that it's been eye-opening. Because according the askmen.com their definitive list [...]
58 looks like this!
Hollywood celebrities put a fair bit of pressure on we ordinary folk with their ageless look, perfect bodies, coiffed hair, but we can always remind ourselves that they have to look like this to have a career and also take comfort in the fact that [...]
Nine out of 100
I am having the worst run with movies lately. Last week I took myself to see Nine, potential Oscar nominee, full of Oscar winners actors (Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard et al), sounds good doesn't it? Well it [...]
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