Bankstown. Fairfield-Liverpool, the minor premiers and competition favourites, were in deep trouble after day one of their home semi-final against second-placed St George on Saturday, while Blues' Pura Cup final loss to Tasmania...

LORD Laidlaw, Scotland's second-richest man and one of the Tory donors questioned in the cash for peerages inquiry, has embroiled the Conservatives in a fresh scandal after it emerged he failed to give up his status as a tax exile...

Of Montreal, "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?" (Polyvinyl Record Co., out Tuesday) Even though this Athens, Ga., musical collective tours as a five piece, Kevin Barnes is the main instigator, and he seems to be caught in a time warp...

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #93,265 in Music (See ) Would you like to ? The mission of is to prove that different cultures and musical styles do have some common ground...

I know that it isn t technically the New Year until Sunday night (or is it Monday morning?), but anyway, the celebrations really begin tonight as everyone starts to let loose and get ready for a weekend of celebrating the end of 2006 and the beginnin...

-"Stranger Than Fiction." Will Ferrell tones down his antics and holds his own among a gifted cast in a more dramatic role with this thoughtful comedy about a sad little man whose impending doom finally prods him to get a life...

Manchester-based singer-songwriter Cherry Ghost is at The Borderline, Stiff Little Fingers play the Astoria and The Good, the Bad and the Queen head for Hammersmith.....