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...country's dying reform movement and put the Islamic regime on notice. Ebadi has never believed that Islam and reform are doomed to be at odds. "There is absolutely nothing incompatible or contradictory about Islam, democracy and political freedom," she told TIME in Paris, where she learned of the award. "There is much to be gained by demonstrating that freedom and democracy can be fought for and attained in a country of devout Muslims...
Ebadi is the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to be awarded the Peace Prize. The news was greeted with jeers, cheers and some conspicuous silence in Iran. After ignoring the story all day, Iran's state television made the prize the final item on its evening news program, following the sports report and a story about an emergency aircraft landing in New Zealand. Mohsen Kadivar, a prominent dissident cleric, once imprisoned for his pro-democracy statements, told TIME that the prize was "an honor for Iran, for Iranian women and for reformists." But conservatives mocked the award as another...
...Iran's reform movement has been brutally suppressed in recent years, and it seems doubtful that the regime will soon change its ways. If it fails to do so, it will hear more from Ebadi, whose reputation in the outside world has been enhanced by last week's storied award. --With reporting by Bruce Crumley/Paris
...Grams, which won Penn the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival, traces a circle of pain similar to the one in Mystic River. Paul (Penn) is a math professor whose life is saved by a heart transplant. He learns that the heart came from a man killed with his two daughters in a hit-and-run accident. He joins the man's widow (Naomi Watts) in seeking out the driver (Benicio Del Toro) and considering whether the inadvertent killer should live...
...says Jackman. "In the months leading up to this, I've been more nervous than I have been in a long time. I'm acutely aware I'm putting a lot on the line." Jackman is not unfamiliar with the stage. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his role as Curly in the West End production of Oklahoma! in 1998. But Oz's success relies heavily--as did Peter Allen's--on charm. Luckily, charm is Jackman's long suit...