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Smith's ninth feature is the first he hasn't written; the script was written by Robb and Mark Cullen, who've done a lot of TV series work (Heist, Lucky, Las Vegas). Smith has acknowledged he took this gig for the money and because he likes the genre. The first impulse is more evident here than the second. His strength has always been less in camerabatics, or even directorial competence, than in the creation of wayward characters with a little heart and filthy-funny mouths. He can't do that with a rote screenplay by other people. Blindfold...
...Hollywood Reporter revealed that within three hours of O'Brien’s inaugural tweet on Wednesday, his Twitter page had already attracted more than 100,000 fans. With new followers signing up every minute, his feed will probably hit the half-million mark soon...
...strike in Mumbai. India blames Pakistan-based terrorist networks for the attacks and has been pushing Pakistan to crack down on jihadist groups targeting India. Pakistan says it is doing all it can. The issue has derailed diplomacy between the South Asian neighbors, but the talks on Thursday could mark the beginning of a new phase of their relationship. The buzz in New Delhi foreign policy circles is that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants peace with Pakistan to be the crowning achievement of his second term in office - just as the U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal...
...military staff. The government has also backed a two-year court investigation into allegations that a bizarre alliance of military men, mafia bosses and secularists sought to create social upheaval by plotting to plant bombs and stage assassinations - all as a pretext for military intervention. Monday's arrests mark the latest step in these efforts - never before have so many military officers been rounded up by civilian prosecutors, let alone such high-ranking ones...
...helped form the Afghan Taliban. If Islamabad was involved in Rigi's capture, the move, combined with recent arrests of senior Taliban leaders living on Pakistani soil, could be a sign of the country's new seriousness at getting to grips with terror groups in its midst. "[It] may mark a dramatically different, and welcome, approach by the Pakistani security setup," suggests a Feb. 25 editorial in Dawn, an English-language daily in Pakistan. (See Pakistan's other problem area: Baluchistan...