Word: orphans
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...Today, the show continues to support the message of “we are different but we are the same,” Knell said. Knell showed a clip from the South African version of Sesame Street featuring a muppet named Kami, who is a five-year-old AIDS orphan. In the United States, the next season will focus on environmental messages, he said. One of the main goals of Sesame Street is to promote basic learning at a time when most fourth-graders can’t read at grade level. A new initiative is a podcast called...
...Fred seizes the reins from his ailing brother and makes the Christmas Eve round-the-world tour himself. He brings the joy of getting to every child, including the Afro-American orphan, and there is joy in every land, and at the North Pole. It's all meant to bring edifying moisture to audiences' eyes. The more susceptible moviegoers may shed a tear or two, but they risk hating themselves in the morning. On the upside, they don't have to wait to hate Fred Claus...
...Fred Claus” content, sort of. The all-star team—Giamatti, Bates, Weisz, Richardson, Spacey, and Vaughn—delivers strong, impassioned performances, especially in light of the weak dialogue and story line they’re faced with. Vaughn’s interactions with an orphan boy named Slam, played by Bobb’e J. Thompson, stand out as particularly cute with a capital K. “Fred Claus” is not a movie one buys and adds to the family collection alongside “Christmas Vacation?...
...younger three vie for the affection of a childless couple, Maps sees parental figures with a hardened, distrustful gaze and instead turns to the overstated sexuality of Lucy (Teresa Palmer), the town’s fair-haired fast girl. Radcliffe, who has clearly found his niche in the troubled-orphan role, plays the part well. As with his full-frontal stint in British West End production of “Equus” earlier this year, Radcliffe channels a darker and brooding maturity, breaking from his clean-cut Potter role. Besides baring his bottom (again), Radcliffe’s character...
...this weekend as part of the United Nations Association Traveling Film Festival. The films, chosen from around 400 submissions last October, deal with present-day issues around the world—from civil war in Colombia and the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to an HIV-positive orphan in China and a group of Sierra Leonean refugee musicians. The opening screening will take place at the Kennedy School of Government. The subsequent 14 films, grouped into six thematic sessions, will play at the Brattle Theatre this weekend. Seven of the filmmakers will attend their screenings and answer questions...