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...think Queen Latifah has the most beautiful face in movies. I'm not sure what's in that smile, but it rarely seems less than radiant, and never more so than here. Hudson, who won an Oscar for Dreamgirls, is stalwart, defiant and winning as Lily's nanny and de facto stepmom. Okonedo, an Oscar nominee for Hotel Rwanda, has a poignant smile that breaks through May's tears like the sun during a storm; of all the strong performances in Bees, hers is the one most likely to attract Academy attention...
...Rafael Martín, the mayor of the town of Alameda de la Sagra, says he's most concerned about the impact of the slump on his neighbors, some of whom are already in difficult circumstances because their mortgage payments have jumped while their shifts have been reduced. "It doesn't just affect the people who work in the brick factories," he notes. "It affects the truckers who transport the bricks, and the mechanics who take care of the trucks, and eventually even the bars where those workers go for a drink. It's like the fish that bites...
...current mess did not begin with subprime mortgages. It started with Ronald Reagan and his myths of de-regulation - which have led to the false-fronted stores built from Karl Rove's architectural designs. The Republicans and their ideological ilk have peddled lies and we followed in lockstep. Dan Thompson, Union...
...want to be like every other fighter and do it one more time. That's obviously when it gets dangerous.' OSCAR DE LA HOYA, world-champion boxer, on plans to retire before he is permanently injured. His upcoming match against Filipino Manny Pacquiao is expected to be the most profitable fight in boxing history...
...Corsican exception apart, booing France's anthem has become an effective tactic for drawing attention away from the largely black and Arab faces that defend France's honor on the soccer field, and back to the communities from which they come in the decrepit housing projects surrounding the Stade de France and other suburban stadia. On Tuesday night, the protest carried a sharper edge, given the fact that the anthem was being sung by Franco-Tunisian R'n'B artist Laam, whose own childhood was marked by poverty and hardship...