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...Party, for whom she worked as a political scientist. Her departure was prompted by the "politically correct" taboos that dominate progressive left-wing circles when it comes to tackling the oppression of Muslim women. But her critics see Hirsi Ali as a political opportunist who's using her newfound fame to ease her way into politics. Hirsi Ali denies it. "I was not looking for a cause, but all of a sudden I am in the middle of one," she says. "I was asked to take part in a TV discussion to mark international women's day and was shocked...
...American music scene with his 1999 album White Ladder. His latest collection, A New Day At Midnight, is a set of 12 brand new songs that reflect Gray’s overarching mission to write and record music with personal meaning. He continues to avoid the pressures that fame, a solid first album, and a Grammy nomination tend to exert on the singer-songwriter. White Ladder fans will find that while Gray’s distinctive voice has not changed, A New Day At Midnight displays a very different sonic character from his debut album. Where Gray was upbeat...
Despite all of the fame Gray has achieved in the past few years both in the United States and the UK, his music still seems to come across with the same level of personal authenticity found in his pre-fame debut. This quality is best gleaned from Gray’s live performances, where one is presented with a no-frills emotional performance that Gray himself seemingly manages to enjoy as well. New Day songs such as “Be Mine” and “Real Love” have both popped up on Gray?...
...dire need of psychological help. Moviegoers agreed that this story of the journey of mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) towards mental stability, aided by his reluctant psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal), was an innovative comedic undertaking which put its then-unknown production companies on the map of Hollywood fame...
...DIED. HARRIET DOERR, 92, American author who achieved literary fame at the age of 73 after her first novel won the 1984 National Book Award; in Pasadena, California. Doerr's Stones for Ibarra was a poignant semi-biographical tale of a couple whose new life in Mexico quickly becomes overshadowed by the husband's dis-covery that he has leukemia...