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Pop, Cultured
Hulk Hogan: still runnin' wild
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Enlarge textSo, yeah, I've interviewed another professional wrestler. But seriously, can you blame me?
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It's about 5pm on a Wednesday. My colleagues and I are in the SBS newsroom, furiously working on our stories for the approaching bulletin; conflict in the Middle East, Greece's worsening financial crisis, why some diamonds are pink instead of white.
That's all folks (but here's some more anyway)
Since launching this blog back in July, the kind folks here at SBS Online have allowed me to bring you useless factoids about award ceremonies, video games, obscure celebrities, and films that have stirred up some kind of controversy.
"The Ides of March" (starring Ryan Gosling and George Clooney) is among the nominees for best picture at the next Golden Globes. (AP)
If music is the soundtrack of our lives, the upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is a compilation of life's better moments.
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose. (Getty Images)
It's got a new name and a new time, but will that be enough to renew interest?
Willem Dafoe in the Australian feature film 'The Hunter'. (youtube)
Hey, Jughead! Did you hear?
Apollo and Midnighter may not be as well-known as Batman and Robin, and chances are you've never heard of Rictor and Shatterstar from X-Men.
War hero Kevin Keller ties the knot in the latest edition of "Life with Archie". (bleedingcool.com)
A few weeks back I decided to devote an entire edition of “Pop, Cultured” to an interview I conducted with a professional wrestler during his whistle-stop visit to Australia.
Professional wrestler Bobby Roode waxes lyrical about his career during an interview with SBS. (SBS)
Long Live the King (of Pop)
Tomorrow it will be two years since the Australian release of "Michael Jackson's: This Is It" - a compilation of footage showing the King of Pop preparing for a future concert series of the same name.
Michael Jackson struts his stuff in the 'Bad' video. (YouTube)
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Manny Tsigas
Manny Tsigas is a reporter for SBS World News Australia.
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