WHEN GAY CAN BE SAD
By Peter Wilhelm
When the Oscars raised their blimpish pretensions above the parapet earlier this year, any casual observer of the movie scene might have been deluded into thinking at least some intelligence had crept into the circus. Specifically, Gus...

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BEASTIE BOYS: Paul's Boutique (20th Anniversary Edition) (EMI)

A LEAKY TALE
By Patrick Laurence
RW Johnson, a former Oxford don who devotes his talents these days to journalism - and to tracking and elucidating developments in post-apartheid SA and contemporary Zimbabwe - has written a thought-provoking book. He is what used t...

THE ROMAN ROVER
By JUSTICE MALALA
You have to hand it to that old hound dog Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister of Italy. His wife, Veronica Lario, has complained that he has a roving eye. She says she wants a divorce. Many readers of this column would b...