New Jersey Superior Court Judge Stephen W. Thompson, who traveled to Russia to have sex with a te... Superior Court Judge Convi
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Stephen W. Thompson, who traveled to Russia to have sex with a teenage boy, was convicted by a federal jury last week on a charge of sexual exploitation of children. The judge also produced a videotape of sex with a minor and then transported that videotape back to the United States. Judge Thompson is associated with the North American Man Boy Love Association, a...
The three-act score, with its taut, hauntingly suggestive libretto by Maeterlinck, has long been ... Ariane et Barbe-bleue, Sta
The three-act score, with its taut, hauntingly suggestive libretto by Maeterlinck, has long been recognised by aficionados as a masterpiece, but it lacks the popular touch: its beauties are just not obvious enough. Its substance lies in an ominous undertow, symphonically structured and lavishly orchestrated, through which cascading sonorities pierce like shafts of misty light. And so it was a r...
Every few years, ballroom dancing glides onto America's cultural radar and my heart skips a beat... High hopes for ballroom dan
Every few years, ballroom dancing glides onto America's cultural radar and my heart skips a beat. Not only do I remember the most intense competitive sports moment of my life, but I fantasize about the alluring conventions of the world's most graceful, cooperative and personal performance art. What else could be about romantic love and Olympic gold medals?
My heart is skipping these day...
Melissa WolfHawk, due to give birth any day now, lives in fear that her baby will be taken from h... Sex offender's wife in
Melissa WolfHawk, due to give birth any day now, lives in fear that her baby will be taken from her - by the government.
The county child-welfare agency believes her child won't be safe because her husband is a sex offender who spent more than a decade in prison for rape in a case involving two teenage girls.
But WolfHawk says her husband of three years, DaiShin WolfHawk, is no "mo...
Texas-El Paso football coach Mike Price felt vindicated after a settlement was reached with Time ... Price, Time settle defamat
Texas-El Paso football coach Mike Price felt vindicated after a settlement was reached with Time Inc. over a Sports Illustrated article recounting a night of drinking at a topless bar in Florida.
"I'm one happy man right now," Price said Monday. "I can't tell you how much I appreciated my wife, Joyce, and my family's loyalty and love. Without their strength, encouragement and support, ...
IT may sound like something from a Victorian end-of-the-pier show. But Anne Summers is hopi... Take a peep at how Ann Summers a
IT may sound like something from a Victorian end-of-the-pier show.
But Anne Summers is hoping that installing peep holes on the changing room of its Princes Street store is the answer to luring more male shoppers.
The store has been no stranger to controversy since being founded by millionaire brothers David and Ralph Gold in 1972.
Since then its risque products are said to ha...
His last stage work, Celebration (2000), set in a smart London restaurant, needs more actors than... Portrait of a playwright..
His last stage work, Celebration (2000), set in a smart London restaurant, needs more actors than most of his plays - nine. Let me name those who read it onstage at the Gate on Saturday: Michael Gambon, Sinead Cusack, Derek Jacobi, and Penelope Wilton (as the party at one table), Jeremy Irons and Janie Dee (as the couple at another), Stephen Rea (as the waiter), Donna Dent (as the waitress), an...