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...million viewers who regularly tuned into the top-rated NTV television news show Namedni (The Other Day) were used to the show's anchor, Leonid Parfyonov, lambasting Russian President Vladimir Putin - even mocking Putin's resemblance to Dobby the house elf from the Harry Potter movies. But Parfyonov's performance last week was uncharacteristically subdued, given that he had recently announced plans to end the program. Still, even if expected, the final sign-off came as a shock: "Namedni will not appear again ... Good luck." Namedni's demise means the end for NTV, once Russia's only private national television...
...ACQUITTED. ROLAND DUMAS, 80, former French Foreign Minister convicted in 2001 for accepting lavish gifts from oil company Elf Aquitaine through his mistress; in Paris. Dumas, who received such presents as a $1,500 pair of boots, was sentenced to six months in jail. But the appeals court ruled there was no proof he knew the gifts were bribes. His mistress, Christine Deviers-Joncour, and Elf-Aquitaine's then-president are in jail...
...MEANWHILE Strange but True Ever noticed the resemblance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Dobby the house elf from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? Many Russians have, and they feel Warner Bros., who made the film, modeled the puny elf on judo hard man Putin. Rumors are now swirling that an unnamed Russian law firm is planning to sue for the misuse of the President's image. Maybe Dobby should...
...their ultimate destiny. A palpable pall hangs over the realm of Rohan, where King Théoden (Bernard Hill) has been bewitched by evil wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee) and his spy Gríma Worm-tongue (Brad Dourif, as a slimier Richard III). Heroic Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and the elf-warrior Legolas (Orlando Bloom) band with a revived Gandalf to defend Rohan against Saruman's 10,000 soldier-clones. Out in the wild, the hobbit Frodo (Elijah Wood) is on a desperate trek with his pal Sam (Sean Astin) and the creepy Gollum (Andy Serkis), a creature who once possessed...
She’s small as a church mouse and as spritely as an elf, but when Christine Yokoyama sits down to design FM, she towers above us all like a benevolent Japanese deity. For the past two years, Chris has spent every Tuesday night of her life in the basement of FM, and has often become utterly confused about her board affiliation. This girl’s the design chair, but when she dreams she dreams in Fmmmms...