South African SF on the map

South African SF on the map
Spearheaded by Lauren Beukes, this country’s buzzing speculative fiction scene is set to go global Last month, Lauren Beukes scooped one of the science fiction world’s major literary awards – and in doing so, heralded something of a coming of age for South African speculative fiction. Beukes – who describes herself as “an author, scriptwriter and recovering journalist” – won the prestigious …
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A big day for … Kylie Minogue
These days the petite pop princess is solid gold. With more than 100,000 Australians expected to see her tour, Aphrodite: Les Folies, Kylie Minogue could gross nearly $ 15 million from coming home for a holiday. Her tour starts in Brisbane tomorrow and at a photo call at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre yesterday she might have been there to promote herself, but the media wanted to know about …
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On Movies: Pill can’t wait to see herself in ‘Midnight in Paris’
‘Just remember that you have to be the most fabulous life of the party that ever existed.” Those were Woody Allen’s instructions to Alison Pill when she went to work on his latest endeavor, Midnight in Paris, last year – in, yes, Paris. Pill plays Zelda Fitzgerald, Jazz Age muse and spouse of F. Scott. What exactly the Roaring ’20s flapper is doing in Allen’s movie is something that should be …
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