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...HIROSHIMA, JAPAN Hiroshima International Animation Festival Isn't the site of a-bomb destruction perfect for serious cartooning's regeneration of the human imagination? Pioneered in 1985 by distinguished, married animators Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita, this biennial event features retrospectives, workshops, and work by Oscar winners and nominees among others. The 2010 festival will be held Aug. 7-11. See hiroanim.org...
...supposed to be in the business of selling products invented by others. But BBH three years ago strayed from the path when it set up a subsidiary called Zag to create and market novel goods like the Ila Dusk. BBH calls Zag its brand-invention business - and it isn't the only ad shop selling its own branded products. New York City agency Anomaly produces Eos, a line of women's cosmetics; Miami-based Crispin Porter + Bogusky is the brains behind Twist cleaning products. And Brooklyn Brothers, with offices in New York City and London, produces a line of organic...
...mark their Independence Day (above), the anniversary of Yasser Arafat's largely symbolic declaration of statehood in 1988. Meanwhile, officials announced their intention to press the U.N. for recognition, citing frustration with stalled peace talks. But with the initiative likely to be rejected, the reality for Palestinians isn't improving. Two days later, Israel defied international demands for a freeze on settlement construction in disputed territory, approving 900 housing units in East Jerusalem...
...Karsh isn't the audience. Yes, he's both the hard-core fan Bravo wants to give a fuller experience to and the urban consumer Schwan's is trying to expand to. But he cooks. The Top Chef deal is targeting people who don't have time to cook but do have time to watch TV. It's going to make a fortune...
Broken Embraces isn't one of the master's all-time greats (it's a notch or two below All About My Mother and Talk to Her), but it's still complex, vivacious and emotionally resonant. Since the gynocentric Mother and Volver, and the guy-nocentric Bad Education, Almodóvar has returned to the plot structure of the noirish Live Flesh: the toxic romantic geometry of a triangle love story. In the world of telenovela melodrama that has long appealed to Almodóvar, jealousy must be twisted into violence at the top of a winding staircase, while lust...