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...this up-tempo heartbreak tune is so winning it almost sounds new. Akon Lonely Senegal-born, U.S.-raised Akon starts his tale of abandonment with typical woe. Then the chorus - a sample of Bobby Vinton's Mr. Lonely, played at Chipmunk speed - arrives, and the song turns into a joke about self-pity. A rare R&B hit with a hint of self-awareness. Goldie Lookin' Chain Self Suicide the funniest track by this intentionally moronic group straight outta Cardiff (yes, it's Welsh hip-hop) celebrates the commercial benefits of suicide with a jaunty clarinet sample and lyrics ("Committed...
...country that respects history ... [and] wins over the trust of people in Asia and the world at large can take greater responsibilities in the international community." But China is endangering the economic prosperity of a large part of the earth's people, making itself a pariah state and a joke. Sonam Rinchen Hong Kong...
...That's a joke, friends. It's hard work. We're in the Grand Palais at eight each morning for the day's first feature, which is followed by three to six more "unmissable" films, most of which will never get to a U.S. multiplex. We slog to press conferences and roundtable luncheons with the filmmakers. With a mountain of multilingual booklets and press releases clogging our mailboxes, we sift through more documents than the 9/11 Commission. Then we rush to our computers to bat out stories like this for magazines, newspapers and websites around the world...
...made [a joke] the other day that he hoped some committee would be democratic—with a small ‘d,’” Hodrick recalls. “It’s good that he can poke fun at himself...
...people in Asia and the world at large can take greater responsibilities in the international community." But it can be pointed out with some justification that China is endangering the economic prosperity of a large part of the earth's people, making itself a pariah state and a joke. Sonam Rinchen Hong Kong The views of China and South Korea are poorly understood outside Asia. For better or for worse, the West tends to give Japan the benefit of the doubt. Is it because the Japanese have been making cars and TVs better and longer than the Chinese...