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To tell the tooth (Dec 07 2004 18:59 GMT) - I understand that the Ukraine is having a lot of difficulties over the recently (supposedly) rigged Presidential election. It seems to me that they are having some dental issues as well. Good lord! A supporter of Ukraine's Premier and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich shouts during a rally in downtown Donetsk, the center of the powerful Russian-speaking eastern region. (AFP/Alexander Nemenov) A supporter of Ukrainian-opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko shouts slogans during a rally in Kiev. |
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82 Shorts Set for 2005 Sundance Film Festival (Dec 07 2004 18:59 GMT) - Sundance Film Festival programmers have selected 82 short films to screen at the 2005 festival, choosing this year's lineup from the 3,887 submissions received from U.S. and international filmmakers. Organizers announced Monday that in addition to showing the films at the festival in Utah (January 20-30), maybe of the shorts will be screened for free at the Sundance Online Film Festival, for five months following the close of the festival. Eugene Hernandez reports. |
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First Annual Bahamas International Film Festival Showcases "Oceans Twelve" and International Line Up (Dec 07 2004 18:59 GMT) - The typically quiet film festival circuit in December is heating up with the arrival of the fist annual Bahamas International Film Festival, which will take place in the island nation's capital of Nassau, and the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island December 9-12. Steven Soderbergh's latest crime feature "Oceans Twelve," starring Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones and George Clooney will open the event Thursday, ushering in a slate of 75 films in seven sections representing over 25 countries. Brian Brooks reports. |
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indieWIRE Review: "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," Exquisite Corpse (Dec 07 2004 18:59 GMT) - "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" seems more like the work of a filmmaker who has begun to believe too much in his own cult status; almost as if in parodic response to the perceived threat of his increasingly hermeticized movie worlds, his latest candy-colored concoction of lost boys and broken homes moves inexorably toward an even more airless setting: a submarine. |
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45th Thessaloniki Fest Offers a Thanksgiving Feast of Cinema (Dec 07 2004 18:59 GMT) - If only it didn't fall during Thanksgiving week, Greece's Thessaloniki International Film Festival could easily earn a place on the "must-attend" list of festivals. The fest's 45th edition ran November 19-28 with strong crowds and nearly impeccable programming -- the only thing missing was a lot of U.S. |
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iPOP at the Gotham Awards and the Kodak Black & White post-Gothams Party (Dec 07 2004 18:59 GMT) - The annual Gotham Awards is a glittering affair held at Pier 60, which brought out quite a celebrity crowd as well as the New York filmmaking community. Jim Carrey, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Dillon, Cuba Gooding, Jr., David O. Russell and more are just some of the names we can name-drop here. The event, hosted by IFP/New York, began with a really great cocktail party, followed by a dinner, then the actual awards ceremony, which was broadcast live on IFC for the first time. |
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Getting Jacko's DNA Not An Easy Task For Police (Dec 07 2004 18:59 GMT) - Court TV's Diane Dimond spoke with 'Access Hollywood' to provide details on why police raided Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch last week and the troubles they had convincing the King of Pop to provide a DNA sample. "Michael Jackson had twenty four hours to allow them to swab the inside of his ... |
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Open Publishing Tracking Bilaterial Trade Agreements (Dec 07 2004 18:59 GMT) - It's been apparent that much of the major trade agreements have moved out of the WTO since the collapse Seattle and Cancun Ministerials. They have been moving to bilaterial trade agreements such as NAFTA and FTAA. So far i've found... |
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Mukkraking (Dec 07 2004 18:59 GMT) - I'd like to wish everybody a joyful and blessed Chrismukkah. And to everybody who objects to Chrismukkah, I wish you... |
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Chinese Brewed Alcohol 9,000 Years Ago (Dec 07 2004 18:58 GMT) - Pennsylvania researchers say humans in what is now China appear to have been brewing a rice and fruit beer for as long as 9,000 years. Chemical analyses of ancient organics absorbed, and preserved, in pottery jars the Neolithic village of Jiahu, in Henan province, Northern China, have revealed a mixed fermented beverage of rice, honey and fruit was being produced as early as 9,000 years ago. |
Gut Rumbles
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via catfish (Dec 07 2004 18:57 GMT) - My good friend ain't right in the head. He reminds me of ME! Sarah, a recently widowed Jewish lady, was... |
Gut Rumbles
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via catfish (Dec 07 2004 18:57 GMT) - My good friend ain't right in the head. He reminds me of ME! Sarah, a recently widowed Jewish lady, was... |
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