On Movies: Danny Boyle, 'hijacked' by 'Slumdog' scriptPhiladelphia Inquirer - 10 hours agoBy Steven Rea A plot that pivots on the TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Danny Boyle wasn't interested. Then he saw the name on the script - Simon Beaufoy... more info

On Movies: Danny Boyle, 'hijacked' by 'Slumdog' scriptPhiladelphia Inquirer - 4 hours agoBy Steven Rea A plot that pivots on the TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Danny Boyle wasn't interested. Then he saw the name on the script - Simon Beaufoy,... more info

Undercover, Australia — South Korean pop star BoA is about to make a serious attempt at the US market. more info

Pop Matters — TV comic John Clarke once mocked an Australian Prime Minister’s claim that Australia’s future was in Asia. “I told him Malaysia’s future was in Canada,” said Clarke,... more info

Pitchfork — It's one of rock's bigger mysteries: on the morning of February 1, 1995, 27-year-old Richey James Edwards, guitarist/lyricist for Welsh rabble-rousers Manic Street Preachers, rode off after checking out of a London hotel-- and was never hea... more info

Pitchfork — It's one of rock's bigger mysteries: on the morning of February 1, 1995, 27-year-old Richey James Edwards, guitarist/lyricist for Welsh rabble-rousers Manic Street Preachers, rode off after checking out of a London hotel-- and was never heard from ag... more info

Pitchfork — Yesterday (November 20), Germany's highest civil court ruled against Kraftwerk in a copyright suit, overturning a ruling from a Hamburg state court that established that repurposing even the smallest sample of a song counts as copyright infringe... more info

Pitchfork — Yesterday (November 20), Germany's highest civil court ruled against Kraftwerk in a copyright suit, overturning a ruling from a Hamburg state court that established that repurposing even the smallest sample of a song counts as copyright infringement,... more info

The Lipster — Good news! Salt-N-Pepa are touring again after seven years off. Bad news! It's only in Australia and Asia. Good news! We could go on a hot holiday and see them at the same time. Bad news! It sounds like it has the potential to piss all over what we l... more info

Sky News — Speculation of a weekend rate cut in China has helped lift regional Asian markets with Japanese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong shares all showing solid gains. more info