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...fresh unrest in Sierra Leone and Liberia - was told about how RUF rebels enslaved and mutilated thousands of civilians, who had their hands and arms severed. Some of the worst crimes were carried out by gangs of child soldiers, who were fed drugs to desensitize them to the horror of their actions. (See pictures of life and death in Sierra Leone...
...comedies are supposed to grow their audience, not scare it away. But Brüno had the weekend contours of a gross-out horror movie: the fanboys rush in on Thursday night and Friday, severely depleting the universe of potential customers. Chalk that up to word-of-mouth, viral and virulent. "If you're tweeting," marketing consultant Gordon Paddison told Sharon Waxman of the Wrap, "and people are catching that live and they're out at drinks and were planning on seeing the movie tomorrow - that hurts...
...classic human nature [June 15]. The Bosnian Muslims had a mainly secular sense of identity but were nevertheless brutalized during the Balkan civil war due to their religion, for there is little else to differentiate Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks. In reaction, the generation that grew up during the horror of the war is boldly reclaiming the religious identity for which they were victimized. At the other end of the spectrum is Iran, where religious observance is declining in the generation that came of age under the Islamic Republic. The young there are in turn disillusioned with the state-sponsored religious...
...enthusiastic, proclaiming his love for Ben with ferocious bear hugs and many "I love you, man"s. Anna he waggles his finger at, telling her, "And you. I don't love you yet, but I will." (This might be a threat.) Her eyebrows arch delicately, conveying not just mild horror but consternation over her own reaction. She knows she's too cool to be ruffled and jealous, but she can't help herself. Thanks to boldly truthful moments like this one, along with highly naturalistic and often hilarious dialogue and a trio of appealing co-stars, Humpday quickly transcends...
...identified with suffering women was Fawcett that she could lend suspense to another true-life horror story, the 1989 Small Sacrifices, in which she's a mother bringing her three injured children to a hospital, claiming they were attacked by a "bushy-haired man." (The woman had assaulted the children herself.) The actress snagged another Emmy nomination for this bold emotional about-face...