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Little-known actor Rui Ricardo Dias does a fine job portraying Lula from young man to adult, but the film glosses over Lula's frailties, depicting him as a man who can do no wrong. "The director omitted episodes in Lula's life that suggest the President has weaknesses or defects," said Veja, a popular right-wing newsmagazine. "Basically, it's a terrible film," wrote critic Ricardo Calil...
...ever oiled a baseball glove in February while wishing the snow would melt - or an adult who still cries every time Field of Dreams is shown on cable - knows that baseball is far more than just a game. And the U.S. government is starting to recognize that it can harness the national pastime's awesome power as a public-diplomacy tool in tricky parts of the world where traditional efforts have been met with - well, traditional results...
...reads the papers like a hawk; Tony, not so much. But they are both worried that the days when they could afford an elective surgery with the doctor of their choice may be coming to an end. Tony and Ira ran small businesses in America all their adult lives; they understand budgets. They think the government is going broke - and in their early years, they've seen governments go broke before. They have seen big ambitious government plans do great damage, and so they maintain a deep suspicion of even the best intentions. I truly hope they are wrong, that...
...Jackson's page. Across the Internet, more than 24,000 Jackson collectibles were offered for auction or sale. Jackson was crowned the King of Pop back before new media helped crack the monolith of radio pop into innumerable subgenres, from hip-hop and house to praise rock and adult contemporary. But the old-media monarch showed, one last time, that he still reigned: the world stopped for him for a few hours on June...
...producers of Avatar will have to earn their return the new-fashioned way: by showing it in a fancy format and charging more for it. Moviegoers certainly paid Lexus prices to see the Cameron vehicle this weekend. A ticket for one adult at an IMAX 3-D performance of Avatar at Manhattan's Lincoln Square 13 costs $18.50 (plus $2 if you order through Fandango). Yet, even with higher admission fees, Avatar took in only half of what New Moon, the second episode in The Twilight Saga, did a month ago in its first weekend. Indeed, New Moon earned...