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Nov 30, 2007 -
What do you get when you combine the terrifying Coen Brothers film No Country For Old Men with the feel-good dramedy Grumpy Old Men? This unholy mess of a film that looks scarier than anything the Coen Brothers could have dreamed up. Move over, Javier Bardem, there's a new villain in town, and his name is Walter Matthau .
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Nov 13, 2009 -
- Since last month, this 12-year-old girl has been sneezing nonstop. She may have intractable psychogenic sneezing disorder. — Lemondrop
- Check out Buzz's review of Precious, which is making its way to theaters around the country.
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Nov 29, 2008 -
Azam Amir Kasab, a 21-year-old man from Pakistan, is the only terrorist police captured alive after the Mumbai massacre ended. Details from his interrogation have been leaked, and they reveal a chilling picture of a nightmarish tragedy that could have turned out even worse. After playing dead in order to survive, Kasab told police:
- The synchronized attacks were planned six months ago, and intended to kill 5,000 people.
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Dec 02, 2008 -
If you found Jeff Goldblum captivating in such films as Jurassic Park and The Fly, then you'll love the actor's brand of crispy wafers. They look and sound just like Jeff Goldblum! They discuss No Country For Old Men and use words like "lithe."
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Jul 30, 2008 -
Getting to the Olympics is tough for anyone — imagine training in a country in the midst of 17 years of civil war and chaos, where militia men try to prevent you from training. That's the case for 16-year-old Somali sprinter, Samiya Yuusf Omar. Battling her way up from poverty with a single mother, and facing pressure from friends and relatives who tell her that running will prevent her from marrying and from a better life, she's qualified to represent her country in Beijing.
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Apr 23, 2008 -
In Japan, being a geisha is a steeped in tradition but a fading career choice for the modern woman. Years ago, girls needed personal connections to become a geisha. But one 23-year-old named Komomo (Little Peach) looked for the job the same way many modern women job hunt — by email.
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Jun 10, 2008 -
- Austria Cellar Daughter Awake: Kerstin Fritzl, the 19-year-old woman, and the oldest daughter kept in the cellar in Austria, has regained consciousness. Her illness in April tipped Austria's authorities to the incest scandal. Kerstin is the oldest of seven children fathered by Josef Fritzl, her grandfather, during the 24 years he kept his daughter Elisabeth in his cellar, captive while raping her repeatedly.
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Jun 13, 2008 -
Some of California's most conservative counties will not be holding marriage ceremonies — gay or straight — citing inadequate resources for the expected influx of couples seeking marriage once same-sex couples are permitted to marry on June 15. Many are crying foul, as a local newspaper published emails sent from the Kern County clerk asking a conservative group opposed to gay marriage for legal assistance.
The Campaign For Children and Families wants clerks to deny same-sex licenses in counties "where the man-woman marriage ethic is strongest in California," until voters have their say on a November ballot initiative that would ban gay marriage.
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Feb 25, 2008 -
- The Oscars ceremony held last night produced a huge sweep for the Coen Brothers and their film No Country for Old Men. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for There Will be Blood and Marion Cotillard took home Best Actress for La Vie en Rose. The ceremony marked one of the biggest entertainment events to take place since the end of the writer's strike.
- Russia has renewed its vow to stand with Serbia against Kosovo's independence.
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