Word: girls
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...seven decades since Walt Disney made Snow White, most animated features have followed the Disney mold: cute and colorful, with talking animals and a coming-of-age plot meant to inspire and amuse. Even a seeming exception like Persepolis found saving humor in its girl-grows-up story. Ari Forman's Waltz With Bashir is a break from all this: an animated documentary about the lingering, subterranean effects of war on the director and some old friends who had served in the Israeli Army during the 1982 incursion into Lebanon. The are still haunted by the massacre of Palestinians...
...roughest material, this is still a musical in which most of the characters are either on drugs, suffering from AIDS, or having sex with members of their own sex. Yet a precautionary letter she sent to parents of the cast seemed to defuse any outrage ("You go girl!" one parent wrote back), and the local paper gave the production a thumbs-up even before it was staged early this month. "The newspaper said, thank goodness the kids are dealing with the issues," says Letzter. "Somebody's not shying away from topics that are difficult...
...healthy-living message is clear - but not too heavy-handed. "A boy watching LazyTown will think it's an action show," says Scheving, "while a girl might think it's a dance program." Fans also love the show's vivid visuals. Shot in Gardabaer, a suburb of Reykjavik, LazyTown blends live action, puppetry and cutting-edge CGI backgrounds. Each 25-minute episode costs $800,000 - four times the average budget of a kids' show. It's a price worth paying. "By 2015, there will be more than 700 million obese people worldwide," says Scheving. "It's vital to motivate families...
...lesson Syesha’s taught me is easier to grasp after a little primer from Top Model. The current finalists—Anya, Fatima, and Whitney—do not include the best photographic model (Lauren, placed sixth), the charismatic fan favorite (Claire, placed eighth), or the girl who arguably looked most like a model in person (Katarzyna, placed fifth...
...When Tyra judges the ladies standing before her, she is looking for great photos, confidence and charisma that will come across in CoverGirl commercials, and a model persona. The girls who are the strongest in one area inevitably seem to get kicked off before the finale if they are lacking in others. Lauren, for example, was dismissed after floundering in a commercial—a surprise exit that sent the most photogenic girl (and perhaps the only true potential editorial model) home...