Project Eyeball, 15 March 2001

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    11 1 Projecteyeball. eyeball.asial.com.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Thursday, March 15, 2001 80 CENTS
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      440 1 PRINTER TIPS How do you cut costs when it comes to changing the ink cartridge? See Page 9 MOTHERHOOD? HOT VET She’s got no plans to be a Mum despite playing the role to perfection in her latest movie, Breaking The Silence. See Page 2 WE PICE THE WINNERS Yes,
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      109 2 A RECRUIT is suing the Israeli army to allow him to become its first male soldier with a pony-tail. Avishay Saban, 18, told the Israeli Supreme Court that he could not understand why only female soldiers were allowed to keep long hair, even when they served in combat units.
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      Lock icon Playing the mother
      396 2  -  Gong Li, in town to promote her new movie, talks about motherhood By Clara Chow clarac@sph.com.sg GONG LI has no plans to have a baby yet, despite convincingly portraying a mother in her latest movie. The actress was in town to promote Breaking The Silence, director Sun
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      Lock icon New trap gets rid of mosquitoes, safe for kids
      228 2  -  KILLER FOR HIRE Denyse Yeo NOW coming to a garden near you -a trap which lures mosquitoes to a watery death by fooling them into thinking it’s human. Developed by a local pest-con-trol company, Pestßusters, and a New Zealand company, Envirosafe
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    • Eyeball NEWS
      • Article
        Lock icon Sing Health to integrate records
        100 2 MEDICAL records from eight public hospitals and specialty centres and eight polyclinics will be linked together by the end of the year. Sagent Asia is developing a system for public health-care cluster Singapore Health Services (Sing Health) to integrate all its operational data, including finance,
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      • Article
        Lock icon More countries face FMD ban
        52 2 MEAT imports from France and Argentina have been banned following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in these countries, said the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority yesterday. The suspension, which is immediate, covers pork and pork products from France, and beef and mutton (and their respective products)
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      • Article
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        50 2 SPH MEDIAWORKS has formed a joint venture with NTUC Media to own a radio business. Called Union Works, the venture will take over English-based Most Music 91.3 and Mandarin-based Heart 100.3 now run by NTUC Media. The two stations are aiming for an end-of-May relaunch.
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        Lock icon A chance to share ideas with PM
        67 2 COME Saturday, 16 youths will turn policy makers and present proposals on key issues facing the Marine Parade District to an audience that will include Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The young people, who have made it to the Final Convention of Community
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      283 3 I WASHINGTON President George W Bush disowned a campaign pledge and said his administration would not regulate power plants' emissions of carbon dioxide, a gas which contributes to global warming. GENEVA John Scurr, a leading specialist on deep vein thrombosis, said the sometimes fatal bloodclotting ailment could affect
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      372 3 Govt threatens to use ISA to end loose talk Wires KUALA LUMPUR Police vowed yesterday to detain rumour-mon-gers without trial and threatened sedition .charges against opposition leaders who question the official death toll after Malaysia’s worst ethnic clashes in decades. “We will resort to the ISA
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      Lock icon Don’t neglect Asia, BG Yeo tells US
      251 3 WASHINGTON Singapore’s proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US could be gradually enlarged to include its Southeast Asian neighbours. This was the hope expressed by Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo here on Tuesday. Speaking at the Institute of International Economics, BrigadierGeneral
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon We want to win, but by 101 to 0?
        905 5 When is a victory good sportsmanship and when does it cross the line? ADAM HASHIDY (hashidy@sph.com.sg) throws the question at coaches and players. The score? Love all. A HUNDRED and one to zero. Now that’s what you’d call a Rout. If
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      224 5 THE next time the Houston Rockets run into the Philadelphia 76ers, expect the sparks to fly. With less than three seconds left in their basketball game last month and the Rockets up by 23 points, Houston did the dirty it scored again to pad
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    • E-Male ADDRESS
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        284 14 Still some way to go (March 9) HER WORLD’S Woman of the Year 2001 is Dr Jennifer Lee, Nominated MP and chief executive of KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. “Wonder women” like her manage the home, run their own businesses, become mayors, and
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        81 14 Would you give up that bowl of shark’s fin soup? 41% -1 might not order it, but if it’s served, I won’t refuse. 25% No way I’m serving it at my wedding dinner! 14% I’ll abstain till there are more humane rules on shark-killing. 12% Everything’s going
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        Lock icon One car-free Thursday
        581 14  -  By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg ON APRIL 19,1 will be gracing my home with an expensive driveway ornament -a 2001 Volkswagen New Beetle. With tears in my eyes, I will be ditching my two-month-old black bug (tentatively called Muff Daddy) in favour of a IV2 -hour, 15-station MRT
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    • Budget Debate
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        312 4 1 DON’T be surprised if the next time you play soccer, it’s not on a grass field but an artificial one. To increase sporting facilities here, the Singapore Sports Council, together with the Ministry of Community Development and Sports, has installed an
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        Lock icon Govt plans to cut back GLC stakes
        445 4  -  BG Lee says anybody can bid for Sing Tel, DBS shares By By Tamil Selvan and Sue-Ann Chia tselvan@sph.com.sg sueann@sph.com.sg MOST Government-linked companies (GLCs), including Sing Tel and DBS Bank, are up for grabs to private shareholders. Whether you’re a local or a
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        Lock icon National Stadium to get a makeover
        544 4 Goodies for shopkeepers SHOWROOMS and offices may soon sprout in our HDB neighbourhoods. Shopkeepers have got the go-ahead from National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan to convert their shops to other uses. Unveiling a shopping bag full of goodies in Parliament yesterday, Mah said
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    • Singapore
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        Lock icon Get the fine print checked
        471 6  -  Group offers to review job contracts AVOIDING CONTRACT PITFALLS By Sonny Phua sonnyphua@sph.com.sg JUST got a new job? Before you sign on the dotted line, think: Does your new employer forbid you to join a competitor if you quit? Are you forbidden to talk about
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        Lock icon Job cuts won’t hurt them
        46 6 While the outlook for jobs in Singapore does not look very bright this year, it is unlikely to affect the good cheer of foreign labourers, like these grass-cutters, who are brought in to do many menial and low-skilled jobs. Mike Lee
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        Lock icon US job layoffs may have far-reaching effects here
        420 6  -  UP TO 10,00 FACE UNEMPLOYMENT Sonny Phua MORE people are likely to be laid off this year, given announcements in the US of job cuts in some large MNCs, many of which have operations here, according to the Ministry of Manpower’s 2000
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        Lock icon DRIVING MADE SIMPLER AND SAFER
        291 7  -  Eugene Wee NEW headlights aren’t the only safety gadgets coming to a car near you. Eyeball tracked down several others designed to up the safety levels for car drivers. i.awA System Developed by Daimler Chrysler, the Lane Guidance System warns an inattentive driver when his
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        Lock icon Beam me home, safely
        530 7  -  Race on to make smart headlights By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg HEADLIGHTS are probably the dumbest attachments you’d find on a car. All they do is go on or off, and emit a high or a low beam. But, these dim devices look all set to become
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    • The World
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        Lock icon I am Teguh, I killed three
        710 8 Dayaks drank witch doctor’s oil which gave them the will to kill, says headhunter’s cousin SAMPIT Teguh knew he had been chosen when the witch doctor gave him some oil to drink. On Feb 20, Edi, a panglima or witch doctor, visited Teguh’s village
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        325 8 Wires JAKARTA Don’t be a silent spectator, thousands of students shouted outside Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri’s residence yesterday after they retreated from their three-day sit-in outside Parliament. But the hugely popular Megawati, who leads the country’s biggest political party the Indonesian Democratic
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon Big on savings, low on quality
        360 9  -  INKJET REFILLS fxm Etoc Roca WHILE those using laser printers can turn to recycled cartridges, such perks do not exist for homeusers who rely on inkjet printers. The closest low-end users can get to recycling is to turn to cheap ink refills. While the
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        Lock icon Save the planet, recycle that cartridge
        327 9 Local firm remanufacturing toners IF YOU have five laser printers in your office, you could be spending more than $lO,OOO a year on toner cartridges, as well as contributing to more than 100 kg of waste. A local environment-friendly remanufacturing company, Earthwise Ecovision (e2),
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      • Article
        Lock icon Counting of votes made easy with new software
        281 9 AFP TOKYO United States-style voting debacles could be a thing of the past under a high-tech new system developed by Japan’s NEC to ensure the secrecy of digital ballots. The electronics giant said yesterday it had created a platform for network voting
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        Lock icon Virus makes PC ‘slave’ of hacker
        253 10 TROJAN HORSE VARINAT UNLEASHED THE infamous Back Orifice 2000 virus is a pussycat compared to a new variant of a Trojan Horse unleashed last Friday, and since eagerly embraced by hackers. The new virus, called Sub Seven 2.2, will cause the victim’s PC to
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        150 10 Reuters TOKYO Sony Corp said yesterday it would launch a new version of its Clie handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) featuring audio playback, an improved display screen and longer battery life. The device will be able to play audio recorded on Sony’s memory stick, a
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        Lock icon Chat ’n’ chuck cellphones
        481 10 US firm offers cheaper, more accessible mobile service Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Talk may be cheap, but cellphone service can still cost an arm and a leg. On Tuesday, San Franciscobased start-up Telespree Communications officially entered the race to market what it called a new, lowcost alternative
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    • Business
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        Lock icon Vickers Ballas to acquire Lum Chang Securities
        441 11  -  $28.9-m deal will make firm ‘regional securities powerhouse’ By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg Source: Vickers Balias UNITY seems to spell strength for the country’s brokerages and a bigger, better deal for investors. Brokerage giant Vickers Balias Co yesterday announced that it would acquire Lum
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        Lock icon SPH names directors
        173 11 THREE new directors, including a former minister, were appointed to the Singapore Press Holdings board, the group said yesterday. In an announcement made to the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the company said that Dr Yeo Ning Hong, Ngiam Tong Dow and Lee Ek Tieng would assume responsibility as
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      • Article
        Lock icon Keep those emotions in check and do nothing
        365 11 ADVICE FOR NER VOUS INVESTORS NYT ATLANTA Here’s what top money managers have to say to increasingly nervous individual investors: Stay cool. Emotional decisions often turn out badly, John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard mutual fund family, said. “You really ought to
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      • Business BUZZ
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          Lock icon STI ends lower
          97 11 SINGAPORE’S key share index erased early gains yesterday to end slightly down at levels not seen in nearly two years, with investors unsure whether Wall Street would sustain its gains. Boosted by Tuesday’s rebound in the Nasdaq Composite Index,the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose more than
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          65 11 ELECTRONICS manufacturer Eltech Electronics yesterday said negotiations between two of its major shareholders Tan Cheow Koon and Global Development Investments and a third party for the acquisition of the former’s shares had come to an impasse, and it was not clear whether there would be further negotiations between
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          Lock icon Deal struck
          52 11 ST ASSEMBLY TEST SERVICES said yesterday that it had secured a three-year contract with Japan’s NEC. The deal is expected to generate US$2O million (Ss3s million) over three years. Under the agreement, Stats will provide complete high-end mixed signal testing and assembly for NEC’s integrated circuits in hard
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          32 11 THAILAND’S oldest private airline, Bangkok Airways, yesterday launched an upgraded website that enables travellers to make flight bookings online. The site, http://www. bangkokair.com, also provides information about the airline’s destinations.
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    • Mailbox
      • Eyeballing THE NET
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          Lock icon Net junkies need real-life fix
          734 13  -  By Adeline Goh adel@sph.com.sg YOU can now rank Net addiction as one of the top 10 modern-day ailments, up alongside hypertension, obesity and carpal tunnel syndrome. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the obsession with cyberspace is on the rise here. Intellectuals are now debating the origins
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      30 2 Qood morning! Showers with thunder mainly over northern, eastern and central Singapore in the late morning and early afternoon. High: 31C I Low: 24C Tides: 2.28AM/2.7M 3.28PM/2.5M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      39 5 So who’s right and who’s wrong? Should a team go easier on opponents once the win has been bagged or continue to rack up the points for an astronomical score? Have your say in Eyeball’s discussion forum at asial.com.sg
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      30 6 E-mail your employment contract for checking to SHRI at http://www.shri.org.sg Call them at 438 0012 or fax at 438 0029. Free legal advice is also available at http:// www.archilex. com.sg/legalclinic.htm
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      71 7 Overdependence on safety gadgets could be dangerous. To find out why, log on to: http;//www,drivers. com/TopSafetv.html Airbags are they bombs in your dashboards? To find out, log on to: http://www.lbiblio. org/rdu/p-safetv.html Find out how you can be tyre smart by logging on to: http://rma.org/tiresafetv Do anti-lock brakes (ABS) really make
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      46 10 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET I'M PRETEUVIMG TO CARE. CM you TELL? hbubh! vo you see THose TRees w OVER THERE?! My VAV AMP I PLAMTEV those TRees years a go\ m W/gm OH. WM&i uo. youve com A LOUG WAY. MM-HM REALLY? YEAH a SSKi#
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      81 13 Or look up these websites: http://www. netaddiction.com/ Center for Online Addiction: Get a basic understanding of the illness here, and place orders for books that offer advice on cyber-affairs and online gambling. Net junkies also can take an addiction survey at the site. http://www. virtual-addiction.com Virtual Addiction: The Center for
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Clash at match
        66 15 Reuters PARIS A total of 56 fans were injured during fighting at Tuesday night’s Champions League match between Paris St Germain and Galatasaray of Turkey at the Parc des Princes, officials said yesterday. Fighting in the stands broke out in the second half, and two fans ran
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        Lock icon Cocky Troussier
        83 15 Reuters TOKYO How’s this for cheek? Japan soccer coach Philippe Troussier believes world champion France will have its hands full with his Asian Cup winners when they meet on March 24 in a friendly. He announced a 22-player squad for the match, including highly rated midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata,
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        Lock icon Power cut?
        62 15 KUALA LUMPUR-It’s enough to drive race fans round the bend. Among the moves being bandied about to reduce speeds in Formula One is switching engines from the current 10 cylinders to six. Surprisingly, the suggestion came from the McLaren camp, which would be among the teams that would
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        Lock icon Jordan to return?
        70 16 AP NEW YORK-Could Michael Jordan’s next big acquisition for the Washington Wizards be Michael Jordan? Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly reported in this week’s edition that the former NBA great is “90 per cent committed” to making a comeback next season with the Wizards. Jordan said he
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        Lock icon Tapia eyes a fifth
        68 16 AP ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico) Four-time world champ Johnny Tapia, 34, says he has plenty of fight in him to go after a fifth title. “I want to become a five-time world champion,” said Tapia. “I’m looking for a fight with Prince Hamed.” Tapia (48-2-2) returns on
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        Lock icon Amnesia-hit
        101 16 Reuters HULL (England)-Leeds United footballer Lee Bowyer said on Tuesday he could not remember anything after he was hit on the head the night an Asian student was savagely assaulted. Bowyer said he “did not have a clue what had happened to Sarfraz Najeib” until police told him he
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      Lock icon Bad timing = bad sales
      572 15  - Bad timing bad sales Ecclestone says this race comes too soon after last year’s By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg FORGET the high ticket prices or the astronomical hotel room rates. To Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, the reason for poor ticket sales for the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend is simple:
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      Lock icon Sports CLICKERS
      132 15 MBA: If match reports and previews are boring you, give NBA Buzz on Sportsline.com a read for all the juicy, off-court rumblings and news. Will the Jazz’s Karl Malone, John Stockton, Donyell Marshall and Bryon Russell be used as trade bait? Will this be the last NBA season
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      Lock icon Messing up big time
      578 16 Coach Dunleavy fails to fire up Blazers WHAT a difference a week makes. Flashback to March 6: The Portland TrailBlazers entered a game against the Vancouver Grizzlies with the best record in the Western conference, riding a four-game win streak capped by a 122-91 dumping of
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      Lock icon Crucial ties for Barca, Reds
      249 16 U.E.F.A QUARTER-FINALS PARIS Spanish giants Barcelona shift their attention to the Uefa Cup today as it attempts to put domestic disappointments aside by clinching a semi-final berth in the competition. Barca lost further ground on Primera Liga leaders Real Madrid at the weekend after drawing
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  • Unwind
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      1129 17 The 2001 Oscar race may look like a showdown between Qladiator and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But on closer inspection, JEANMARIE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg) doesn’t see any film making a clean sweep come March 25. SNLY 10 days to Hollywood’s biggest and brightest event, and already Oscar night
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    • Movies
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        Lock icon 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT OSCAR 2001
        345 18 WThe year’s biggest snub belongs to Wonder Boys, which couldn’t muster more than three nominations Best Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Best Song (Bob Dylan’s Things Have Changed). Michael Douglas was also snubbed despite putting in superb polarised performances as Wonder Boys’ pothead
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        1121 19 NYT Her stunning turn as a groupie in Almost Famous has earned her a Qolden Qlobe and a shot at an Oscar later this month. DANA KENNEDY talks to one of Hollywood's youngest and brightest, Kate Hudson. HEN it comes to W directing, Cameron Crowe has a
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        Lock icon Inside the drug war
        837 20  -  Reviews: Jeanmarie Tan TRAFFIC (RA) Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Don Cheadle FIRST things first. Steven Soderbergh’s ambitious follow-up to Erin Brockovich is a hyper-hyped ensemble vehicle that surpasses all expectations. Here, the insidious nature of drug trafficking and the often futile efforts
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      • Article
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        182 21 TRUE LIFE CHILDHOOD TALES Time: 1 min 50 secs http://www.ifilm.com IT’S the *****, the height of hipdom, flower-power and Beatlemania, and this nine-year-old tyke just wants one thing. It’s not a new car, sideburns or even Barbie Benton. Blessed with perfect vision in a family of myopics, this
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        Lock icon Chocolat-coated pill
        678 21 MONKEYBONE (PG) Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg THINK of this as the evolution of Brendan Fraser Encino Man, Airheads, George Of The Jungle, and now Monkeybone. When it comes to getting in touch with his inner neanderthal, no one in Hollywood does monkey-business buffoonery better. Fraser’s mild-mannered
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    • Movies & Clubbing
      • Like that HOW CAN?
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          Lock icon Nina’s title challenge
          575 22 NINA SAN takes issue with movie titles. They’re more misleading than the touched-up pictures of models in fashion mags. EAR readers, if you drive, I hope you don’t ever get stuck in traffic jams, and always have double happiness before having coffee. Cheers, cheers. Coffee is free
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      • Pick of the CLUBS
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          Lock icon CLUB OF THE WEEK
          97 22  -  Lim Hui Ling Insomnia Cafe Block 4, New Bugis Street SLEEPLESS in Bugis? Drive down to Insomnia for its first-anniversary celebration on March 17. Themed Xpace Orbit, universal grooves will be played by winning DJs, including Dexta, who was the runner-up at the DMC Technics World
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      • Night HAWK
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          Lock icon Dancing to a Techno beat
          126 22 PREPARE to be educated in the science of techno. Former Zouk luminary Jonathan Yeo’s Ke pronounced “Kur” and literally “subject” in Chinese dance party will once again dazzle techno enthusiasts next Friday. It is scheduled to be held at Riverhouse formerly a club called Funkytown
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          Lock icon Slinky fun at Zouk
          139 22 CLUBBERS were treated to some Slinky fun last Thursday night at Zouk. The phenomenal clubbing extravaganza hailing from Bournemouth, England, has struck gold with a stable of progressive DJs and commercially successful CD compilations. Last Thursday, Slinky drew a sizeable crowd with its siren call of
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    • Clubbing
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        Lock icon A FAR CRT FROM HOME
        405 23 FOUR years ago, Irishman Steven Muldoon left his hometown of Crossmaglen in Northern Ireland to come to Singapore. He found nothing like home here, not even the Irish pubs. Eyeball got his take on the authenticity of our Celtic watering holes. Father Flanagan’s Chijmes, 30
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        Lock icon THE REAL THING
        187 23 BACK where Steven Muldoon comes from, a typical pub consists of a thatched roof (sometimes), small windows, low ceilings, and stone floors. There are half-doors, and toilets are in courtyards outside the pub. There’s a shoe-scraper outside the door, to scrape off the dirt and farmyard muck
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        Lock icon Glug of the Irish
        735 23 Wherever in the world you might be, chances are that the friendly neighbourhood Irish pub and that refreshing pint of Quinness are within reach, writes JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg). OF DOUGLAS ADAMS were ever to think of creating a companion to his restaurant at the end of
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      58 23 You might not need to sojourn to the Emerald Isle true Irish pubs might be closer than you think. Yearning to be Irish? Learn how to talk blarney, float a pub tune, shuck an oyster and draw the perfect pint in Eyeball’s Web special, Irish Kopi, at: http^/eyeball.asiaLconLSg/ html/Eyeball/WebSpecials/irishkopi/ Do
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  • The Bach Page
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      263 24 Chat Mouse Are you qualified to be a professional? ARE you a professional, or do you only know about cows? The following short quiz consists of four questions and tells whether you are qualified to be a “professional”. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? Correct answer: Open
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      Lock icon Drunk man arrested for lunging at Prince
      83 24 Wires A MAN has been arrested after he lurched towards the Earl and Countess of Wessex (left) on Tuesday. Prince Edward. Queen Elizabeth’s youngest son, and his wife Sophie Rhys-Jones were attending a ballet premiere at Sadlers Wells, London, when the 49-year-old man
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