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...truth, the British still got a little better of the deal in this transatlantic transaction. With mostly American actors taking a stab at northern England accents, the home scenes don't have the authenticity or grit they do in London. The dance-class ensemble includes a few too many mugging little girls trying out for Annie. The show is not quite as well sung as it was in London, and the Billy I saw (David Alvarez, one of three boys who are alternating in the role) turns out to be, unsurprisingly, a better dancer than actor. Still, Billy Elliot does...
...natural statement on disappointment and longing. Pinto has already been labeled by Entertainment Weekly as a new breakout star, and with good reason. She’s extraordinarily beautiful, but Pinto does more than just stand around and look pretty (although she does spend a good deal of time doing just that). Her character is trapped as a young wife married to a fat old gangster, and Pinto’s performance as a girl trying to escape a sterile, abusive life is riveting.After meeting at the age of six, Latika and Jamal lose their parents, flee maniacal villains...
...been offering advice on which posts need to be filled quickest and making their personnel available to Obama advisers. More than 100 interim security clearances have already been granted to Obama aides. "If a crisis hits on Jan. 21, they're the ones who are going to have to deal with it," Bolten said in an interview with C-SPAN. "We need to make sure that they're as well prepared as possible...
...Obama's nonconfrontational response impede progress on resolving the dispute with Moscow over missile defense? Probably not. Given the Democrat's ambiguous position on the issue, Russia is unlikely to accept any U.S. deal offered in the interregnum after his election. Yet Obama's "no drama" reaction at least avoided confrontation and bought him some time to pull together a foreign policy team and decide where he really stands on the deployment of missile defense to Europe. As former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage used to say, "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggy' while looking...
...hold future meetings, Sarkozy needs to go and speak to Bush in order to send a message to Obama," says French political analyst Alain Duhamel. "What that will say is Sarkozy and Europe are mobilized and determined to regulate markets collectively, and that Obama is going to have to deal with that push from his foreign allies - especially if the situation remains this dire through Obama's Inauguration...