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...challenge. I will be under the microscope all the time: whatever I do and say, how well I am able to move the Liberian development agenda, how I am able to promote peace and reconciliation. I'll have a lot of detractors who would want to see me fail, not only because of my long years of political activism in Liberia, but because they aren't really convinced that women can be leaders. how will you prove them wrong? I want to be very informed. I'm glad that my own experience working in the private sector...
...director. "He has complexity and intensity, and he's meticulous." Gyllenhaal, who wondered before filming whether Ledger "was going to pull it off," says he was blown away. "I know he hasn't been 100% happy with every performance he has given. But being able to make mistakes and fail has brought him to this success," Gyllenhaal says. "I knew within two days of meeting him he was going to be great...
...it’s hard to argue against engagement—you’d be arguing for the Supreme Court to be stupid and ill-informed,” Young said. “But Professor Jackson, who calls for ‘engagement,’ would fail Justice Kennedy [the author of the Roper opinion] in her comparative constitutional law class...
...bring it up again now? Simple—the first film of their new company, aptly named The Weinstein Company, came out last weekend. That film is “Derailed,” and yes, it totally sucks. It would be kind of amusing to see them fail. But I doubt they will, they’re too good at playing the Hollywood Game—screwing people over, stealing their money, making them cry, and then justifying it by saying it’s all in the name of art. That last bit is usually said...
...best for their spare sound and danceable backbeats, the foursome from Texas delivered on both counts, mixing most of the songs on their recent “Gimme Fiction” LP, with at least one song from each of their past releases. Luckily for all, Spoon did not fail their ever-so-trendy minions, delivering an earnest collection of new and old favorites that owed its occasional hollowness not to the spirit of the band but to the acoustics of the venue. The band began the set with a progression of older songs, to the warm response...