Mila Kunis cast in 'Oz ' – DAILY DUMPER Mila Kunis cast in ‘Oz ‘. Actress Mila Kunis has been cast in the upcoming film “Oz, the Great and Powerful.” She’ll play one of the witches in the movie, and joins an Oscar-nominee who will play the title role in the film. … Fun Tuna: Mila Kunis cast in 'Oz ' Mila Kunis cast in ‘Oz ‘. Actress Mila Kunis has been cast in the upcoming film “Oz, the Great and Powerful.” She’ll play one of the witches in the movie, and joins an Oscar-nominee who will play the title role in the film. Older Post … ceonewsinfo says: Mila Kunis Cast in 'Oz, the Great and Powerful' as Witch http://dlvr.it/LV3ns
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Malawi`s (Exclusive ) Madonna’s Plan to Build Malawi School Falls Apart Jeddie I Tafari at the BBC.mov Madonna-Backed Malawi School Scrapped | [field_primary_association … Plans to build a school for girls in Malawi have been scrapped after the charity behind the project was accused of wasting money on chauffeur-driven cars and golf club fees. The Raising Malawi Academy for Girls was first announced by … Scottish News: Kirk vows to support Malawi as Madonna's school is … Reuters Scottish News: Kirk vows to support Malawi as Madonna’s school is axed Scottish Daily Record THE Church of Scotland yesterday pledged to continue supporting good causes in Malawi after Madonna’s African school hit the skids. … Malawi Villagers Outraged Over Madonna's Scrapped School Plans … madonna2 144
Continue reading …I fully embrace my bleeding heart liberalism with what I believe should be a non-controversial statement that all human beings have a right to live unoppressed and without fear of brutalization from their government. And while I don’t particularly like the American Exceptionalism notion of being the police officer to the world, I do believe that if we can help the citizens of any country from starving or being disappeared by their government, that we have a moral responsibility as members of the human race to help. That said, what has always troubled me about the decision to go into Libya is how disingenuous the arguments have been to justify it. There is no question that Qaddafi is a crackpot. It is also indisputable that the Libyans have been oppressed. But I can also say the same about at least a half dozen other countries. Why are we intervening in Libya and ignoring the plights of people in the Ivory Coast, Yemen, Nigeria, Bahrain, Tunisia, Syria, Guatamala, Myanmar, Ghana and on and on? On the Meet the Press roundtable panel, Ted Koppel brings up the $64,000 question: Why Libya? Why now? And as Savannah Guthrie points out, the Obama administration really hasn’t come up with a coherent answer for that. MR. GREGORY: We’ve just heard this discussion, particularly the secretary of Defense saying that this campaign in Libya is not in America’s vital interest. Questions laid out by Senator Lugar and criticism. Pretty high stakes for the president, who’s about to address the nation about it all. MR. TED KOPPEL: Yes, and I don’t think he’s going to be able to answer the central question. You asked the right question in talking about the, the national interest. The question hasn’t yet been answered as to why it is that Libya, of all countries in that region, has won the humanitarian defense sweepstakes of 2011. We have seen many countries, both in that region and throughout the world, where civilian loss and civilian suffering has been much, much greater. Congo for the past 12 years, we’ve lost about five million people. Sudan, three million people, never any talk of military intervention. Take a look at what’s going on in the Ivory Coast today. Secretary Clinton was talking about the number of refugees that might have come out of a Gadhafi attack on Benghazi. You’ve got 700,000 refugees in the Ivory Coast right now–close to a million, in fact. Why, why Libya? Hasn’t been answered. MR. GREGORY: Do you think, Savannah Guthrie, that the president will make the case that in many ways this was a message being sent to the rest of the Arab world, particularly the Persian Gulf, where they’d like to see more reforms more quickly after the Saudis put troops into Bahrain, that they felt that they had to take a stand here? MS. SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: I think they felt they had to take a stand because, as senior aides will say to you, you have to put this in the context of the Arab Spring. When you look at Libya, you have to be looking at what happens to–what’s going on with its neighbors. In fact, this week in South America, I asked the president point-blank, what is the national security interest of the U.S. in Libya? And he cited Egypt, Tunisia, unrest in the region. So the president’s going to have to put it in that context. What’s so fascinating about his rhetoric, though, is while he’s saying, “We need to do this, the U.S. will take this military action,” you can see the subtext is clearly his own reluctance to do so. It’s not the normal commander in chief fare, “Our cause is just, our cause is righteous. We’ll see it through to the end.” Instead, you hear him saying, “We’ll be in and out. It’s going to be limited in duration. We won’t be the ones enforcing the no-fly zone. It’s not going to be our ships enforcing the arms embargo.” So you kind of see that reluctance shot through his rhetoric. Unfortunately, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates isn’t helping either: Sorry, Sec. Gates and Clinton, with so much focus on austerity measures for American citizens because of budget shortfalls, spending the billions it will cost to protect European countries’ vital interests just doesn’t fly.
Continue reading …The Taliban claimed today that it kidnapped 50 Afghan policemen in northeastern Afghanistan—part of the insurgents’ murder and intimidation campaign against anyone affiliated with the US-backed government. Militants ambushed the policemen yesterday afternoon after being tipped off that they would be traveling in Kunar province, a Taliban spokesman said….
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Top 20 News (27/03/2011) Wikileaks rebounds on Arun Jaitley Wikileaks puts Arun Jaitely in the dock Kiran presents comments of Arun Jaitley » Hyderabad: The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Sunday came down heavily on the alleged comments of BJP spokesman and former Union minister, Mr Arun Jaitley . He was referring to the alleged comments of Mr Jaitley as published … WikiLeaks cable on Arun Jaitley's 'opportunistic' remark (C) Summary: BJP spokesman and former Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley warned us recently that the Modi controversy continues to fester among the party rank and file, who see the Chief Minister’s visa revocation as a personal attack on a … Arun Jaitley denies remark in WikiLeaks cable :AskTavoris.com … Arun Jaitley denies remark in WikiLeaks cable A US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks states that after his meeting with senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on May 6, 2005, a US diplomat had informed his government that Jaitley told him … Jaitley must apologise to the nation: Sibal – Politics – Politics … Sibal capitalised on the WikiLeaks revelations on BJP leader Arun Jaitley to target the main opposition party. He said the leaked US cables have exposed the BJP’s opportunistic stand on hindutva. He said, “Jaitley’s statement smacks of … INDIAN MEDIA'S LATEST STRATEGY: IGNORE SONIA'S LOOT. SPOTLIGHT ON … And… yet, all that our honourable media does is to focus on Arun Jaitley’s misquote. Arun Jaitley is just a red-herring. Sonia is the real thing. Nothing official about it. Leave a Reply 21 views, 21 so far today |. No Related Post … il_india says: Kiran Kumar Reddy condemns Arun Jaitley 's remarks – DNA http://bit.ly/gIyPSp
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I’m not going to tell you whodunnit, only that The Killing has been the best thing on TV for ages Non-spoiler alert: there are no spoilers in what follows. If you’ve yet to see the end of The Killing, or any of it and you plan to, it’s still fine to read on. Honest. I need to explain something about the mechanics of this column. Unless there’s some massive live TV event on Saturday I file copy for Monday’s edition, the weekend’s television, on a Friday. The early deadlines are to allow people who work on the print edition, the newspaper, to have some kind of a weekend. I don’t know whether they deserve one, but that’s another matter. The point is, I’m not going to discuss who it was whodunnit in The Killing (BBC4, Saturday), the conclusion of which was obviously the Big Thing this weekend. It wouldn’t be fair on my editors and subeditors. For those of them (loads, this is prime Guardian territory) who have been watching, it would totally spoil their weekend. For the others, it would spoil the box set which I will be urging them to get hold of as soon as it comes out. If you do want to discuss how Pernille could possibly have slaughtered her own daughter (oops . . . only kidding, hahaha), then you need to go to Vicky Frost’s excellent series blog . Which you almost certainly have done already – more than 1,200 posts after the last one. And there are half a million viewers of the show – not bad for an obscure foreign-language drama on BBC4 that requires serious commitment. And after all that hype, who’s talking about Boardwalk Empire? I will say, however, that the end of The Killing has left a frightening gaping void in my life. What is there to think about now, to lie awake worrying about at night? (I had a nice little theory about Nordic neo-Nazism, Mayor Bremer, and the bid for the 1984 Winter Olympics on the go). In my house, The Killing – or Forbrydelsen, as we’ve come to call it, pretentiously – has crept up and engulfed us like the gloom of an unlit Copenhagen cellar in November. Not only has it been pretty much the only topic of conversation for the past 10 weeks, but we’ve also begun speaking in Danish. Pass the salt, tak ; shall we get a hund ? We’ll call out “Troels!” in the voice of Rie Skovgaard for no reason at all, often in our sleep. And then think of excuses to say it again. Who are ugly and live under bridges? “Troels!” How does the fisherman catch mackerel behind his boat? “Troels!” What does a bobby on the beat do? He pa-”Troels!” Shut up! I’ve also asked my girlfriend to dress up in a loose-knit white Scando sweater and walk about in the dark with a torch, saying nothing, stony faced, giving nothing away . . . anyway, sorry, perhaps you don’t need to know about that. The reason for the obsession is simple: The Killing is brilliant, the best thing on television for yonks. It started with the brutal murder of a teenager, then dragged us along for 20 hours, mainly in the dark (sometimes with a torch, sometimes without), up side paths and cul-de-sacs, doubling back on itself until it eventually reached its conclusion, leaving us exhausted. And emotionally drained too, because The Killing isn’t just a thrilling whodunnit, it’s a very human story that never lets you forget there’s a tragic death at its heart. It has some of the most interesting and real characters on television, who develop and react to the drama as it unfolds. I’m talking about Pernille and Theis Birk Larsen, Hartmann (“Troels!”), Bremer, Meyer. And Sarah Lund, of course, possibly the most single-minded detective in TV history, but also seriously fallible and therefore believable, and now officially the coolest woman in the world. A mesmerising performance by Sofie Gråbøl, by all of them. The Killing is also beautifully written and directed, deeply atmospheric and fantastic to look at once you get used to the dark. Eat plenty of carrots if you’ve yet to get involved. Which you must do. I do still have a few questions – mainly about Danish police procedure, but also about some of the political stuff and who knew what when. So conversation isn’t totally dead yet. Or maybe I’ll go back and revisit earlier episodes. I really think you could, already, and get more out of it; there’s not a lot of television you can say that about. The final body count is six, or seven if you count the earlier one. My final score is clearer, and higher. Ten. Out of 10. Television The Killing Crime drama Drama Sam Wollaston guardian.co.uk
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Tina Brown’s return to print media with Newsweek surprised many. Here, she explains her plans for the loss-making title The last time Tina Brown launched a magazine – Talk in 1999 – she held a celebrity-stuffed party on an island off Manhattan where the fireworks were bigger, louder and longer than those at Rupert Murdoch’s wedding just a few weeks later. To celebrate her first issue as editor-in-chief of Newsweek, earlier this month, Brown ditched the party idea altogether, instead inviting some of the world’s richest, poorest and most-oppressed women to talk about their rights in a midtown Manhattan hotel for the Women In The World summit. The Murdochs were there too to discuss China, their marriage having outlived Talk by a whole decade. The magazine cost its backers a rumoured $100m (£62m) over two seemingly spendthrift years. After its closure in early 2002, Brown hosted a chat show and wrote a biography of Princess Diana before setting up the webzine, the Daily Beast, in 2008. The past decade has seen an explosion of online social networking that now makes celebrity parties seem, well, old school, and the print media decimated by websites from Google to Gawker and the Huffington Post. But what hasn’t changed since 1999 is Brown’s ability to attract headlines, both good and bad. Brown is catnip to print journalists and the more vicious bloggers. When the Beast team merged with the even more loss-making Newsweek last November, Gawker ran a much-read piece comparing Brown with a hagfish, “a blind, slimy, deepwater eel-like creature that darts into the orifices of its prey and devours them, alive, from the inside”. Brown is, inevitably, dismissive of these attacks.”Snark is the medium of the day,” she says when we meet over a hotel breakfast (egg white omelette with bacon and butterless toast). In her transatlantic, staccato voice, she says she hasn’t read the stories anyway. “I don’t have Google alert because it just distracts the brain. At the end of the day, we have bigger things to worry about than that, quite frankly. We have a magazine to remake.” The task she faces in remaking Newsweek is one of the biggest of a 35-year career that has included taking on a failing Tatler when she was just 25, as well as editing Vanity Fair (1984 to 1992) and the New Yorker (1992 to 1998). In a world where advertising and circulation revenues have plummeted and the future of news magazines looks dire, Newsweek’s losses are estimated at more than $20m a year . Sidney Harman, a 92-year-old technology mogul paid $1 for the 78-year-old magazine last summer. He contacted Brown soon after. So, the question is, after extolling the virtues of the 24/7 nature of the internet for the past two years, why would Brown and her billionaire backer Barry Diller return to print? Manhattan gossip suggests Diller simply wants to distance himself from the loss-making Beast, but he has a funny way of showing it, if so. As well as continuing to fund the merged firm, he will provide office space in his new Frank Gehry-designed offices in the next month. Brown says of her two new co-owners: “I’ve got two guys who’ve expressed their commitment and no one expects it to be quick. I think I’m much safer with them than I
Continue reading …Panasonic Lumix GH2 review roundup: impressive video recording, murky still images
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In case you’re still wondering if Panasonic’s mirrorless Lumix GH2 is worth your $900, we’ve rounded up a handful of reviews to provide a pointer for your next big purchase. While most reviewers agree that this Micro Four Thirds camera appears to be very similar to its predecessor , they universally praise the subtly improved ergonomics, speedy liveview autofocusing, and refined image quality, especially with its 1080p AVCHD video recording (although Digital Camera Resource Page did notice some artifacting in its clips). Noise is also a non-issue up to about ISO 800 or 1600, though it’s apparent that the 16 megapixel stills are comparatively dull and, like those from many other MFTs, aren’t quite on par with DSLRs — expect plenty of manual processing work here, as demoed by the good folks over at Digital Photography Review . All in all, the GH2 is a great kit for high quality video capturing, bundled with a pretty good still performance that requires some extra TLC afterwards — kinda ironic in a way, but hey, this isn’t a problem for lovers of video bokeh. Head over to the links below for some in-depth analysis and walk-through before you leave a small dent on your bank account. Read – Digital Photography Review Read – Photography Blog Read – Camera Labs Read – Digital Camera Resource Page Read – Let’s Go Digital Panasonic Lumix GH2 review roundup: impressive video recording, murky still images originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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