I have two faves: From www.unscrewingtheinscrutable.com UTI Associate blogger Jim Downey is a former newspaper columnist and also writes at the Daily Kos under the handle Shadan7. UTI Associate blogger Rick Ulrey comes to UTI by way of the Marine Corps: "I'm 29 and I earn my living fixing computers. I am fond of the classics - Holiday Inn, W hite Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, et cetera. It's also a fairly complex movie, in that there are multiple intersecting plot lines involving the excellent ensemble cast (which includes a number of my...

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Cesars jump gun on selections From Hollywood Reporter PARIS -- The nominees won't be announced until Jan. 25, but "the Academy" (read: official Gallic film organization L'Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema) has already planned a series of events leading up to February's Cesar Awards ceremony. Agnes Godard (Cesar award, 2001 for "Beau Travail"), "Costumes" with Jackie Stephens Budin, (Cesar, 2004 for "Pas sur la Bouche") "Editing" with Herve de Luze (Cesar 2007 for "Tell No One" and 1998 for "On Connait la Chanson"), "Scenery" with...

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Manhattan Transfer From Miami New Times Part doo-wop, part gospel and part Andrews Sisters, the song was a knuckle ball that somehow completed a period marked by the weirdest works of Elton John, and Paul McCartney as a Wing, among others. Year 2006 saw two releases: The Symphony Sessions, a collection of the band's hits rearranged for symphonies and pops orchestras, and The Definitive Pop Collection, a two-disc hodge-podge of the group's earlier songs.

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Jacques Brel - Jackie (La Chanson De Jacky) From hypem.com/ I knew that the Scott Walker version was a cover, seeing as how it appears on " Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel ", but I was unaware that Bowie had covered it until I picked up a copy of the " Ziggy Stardust: 30th Anniversary " edition. I saw the Gainsbourg version on my computer (you can find it on " Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg ") and then I remembered a Pulp song called "Manon" from some compilation of early tracks I picked up in Chicago a few years ago.

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Damsels in distress? From Guardian Unlimited It seems that Muslim women - particularly those living in western capitals- are destined to remain besieged by two debilitating discourses, which though different in appearance, are one in essence. The first of these is conservative and exclusionist, sentencing Muslim women to a life of childbearing and rearing, lived out in the narrow confines of their homes at the mercy of fathers, brothers, and husbands. There is no denying the manifold injustices that cripple the lives of many Muslim...

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