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...Wrestler doesn't open till Wednesday, and already Mickey Rourke has won Best Actor from the Boston and Washington, D.C., critics groups and earned a Golden Globe nomination in that category. His performance as a broke, broken-down fighter stoked Wrestler-mania at the Toronto Film Festival and, before that, in Venice, where the film had its world premiere (winning the top prize). That was back in early September, when the Los Angeles Times headlined the question: "Will The Wrestler get hold of an Oscar for Mickey Rourke...
...hold house parties to continue their political involvement—Aniskoff said that 4,000 such parties were held this weekend. Nuni invited community organizers and volunteers from around the area, including several people from the grassroots initiative Cambridge-Somerville for Change, though few undergraduates attended. The conference broke into action groups to discuss issues ranging from “Rebuilding the Democratic Party” to “Student and Youth Organizing.” Though Nuni said the action groups did not develop concrete ideas as he had hoped they would, he said that the continued discussion...
...Although incidents of vandalism and clashes with police by protesting students have been limited so far - including ugly scuffling after youths showing support for demonstrators in Greece broke out on the Champs Elysées Friday night - Interior Minister Michèl Alliot-Marie has said authorities are "following the movement with attention." Alliot-Marie noted "the climate is tense, (and) certain medium-sized cities have suffered damage" to structures during demonstrations...
...November broke some economic records, like the biggest drop in same-store sales, the largest decline in home values, and the longest decline in purchases since record keeping began. A record that probably drew less attention, though, was the one-day sales record for a computer game. In a month when, despite holiday shopping, retail sales actually fell 1.8 percent, Blizzard sold 2.8 million copies of their new World of Warcraft expansion, “Wrath of the Lich King,” at $40 a pop and in just...
...Times are so bad that troubles at finance and banking companies are pushing economics concentrators into Teach for America interviews. Yet video games are not only beating the market but booming. In 2008, game sales broke records despite the biggest economic downturn since the industry began. U.S. game sales have risen to $2.91 billion. Nintendo Wii sales doubled in November to reach 2 million...