Golden Globes Best Actor Colin Firth could be headed to a big Oscar win for The King’s Speech . But his chances and the film’s may be clouded by an email circulating now about the alleged Nazi sympathies of the beloved stuttering British king Firth portrays in the critically acclaimed movie….
Continue reading …The California coastal town of Ventura is spending $4.5 million dollars on its popular Surfers Point to “back off” from increasing coastal erosion and rising water levels—a fate that awaits much of the US coastline, reports the Los Angeles Times . The project involves ripping out a seaside bike…
Continue reading …France’s controversial far-right political party leader passed on his ultra-conservative mantle to his daughter yesterday—just minutes before unleashing another anti-Semitic dig. Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has infuriated the French left and center for over four decades, handed the reins of the National Front to 42-year-old Marine Le Pen after…
Continue reading …Federal authorities are planning to move the trial of shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner from Tuscon to San Diego to dodge the jury-tainting effects of extensive pre-trial publicity in Arizona. The case is a particular flash point in Arizona, where the state’s chief federal judge, John M. Roll, was gunned…
Continue reading …An international currency system ruled by the American dollar is a “product of the past,” complained China’s president, who vowed the yuan will eventually bump the buck. President Hu Jintao conceded it would be a “fairly long process,” but indicated that the US dollar and American fiscal policy is undermining…
Continue reading …More good news for Gabrielle Giffords: Doctors upgraded her from critical to serious condition today, the Arizona Republic reports. A spokesperson says such a change typically happens when a patient stops using a ventilator and can breathe on her own, as Giffords did yesterday . Patients are listed in critical condition…
Continue reading …The Golden Globes kicked off with at least one early surprise: Sons of Anarchy star Katey Sagal won best actress in a TV drama over last year’s winner Julianna Margulies, who was favored to win again for The Good Wife . Other early winners, courtesy of the New York Times : Motion…
Continue reading …Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey Jr., Cher: No one was immune when it came to host Ricky Gervais’ zingers at the Golden Globes. Watch part of his monologue in the gallery, courtesy of Mediaite , or check out some of the best lines, via People and E! : “It’s gonna be a night…
Continue reading …The Golden Globes kicked off with at least one early surprise: Sons of Anarchy star Katey Sagal won best actress in a TV drama over last year’s winner Julianna Margulies, who was favored to win again for The Good Wife . Other early winners, courtesy of the New York Times : TV…
Continue reading …Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier returned to Haiti today after nearly 25 years in exile, a surprising and perplexing move that comes as his country struggles with a political crisis and the stalled effort to recover from last year’s devastating earthquake. Duvalier arrived on an Air France jet…
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