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...proof that Hollywood isn't the only path to cinematic superstardom, Mexico's multilingual Gael Garcia Bernal, 28, has enthralled U.S. audiences in several internationally acclaimed films, from The Motorcycle Diaries (directed by a Brazilian) to Bad Education (Spain) to his latest work, the Oscar-nominated Babel. The globetrotting actor spoke with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda about why the world needs yet another film festival and what he dislikes about crossing the border...
...TIME: How do you respond to Western criticism of the coup as a step back for democracy? SONTHI: Everybody wants to walk forward if the path is clear. But if we walk forward and see that there are thorns in front, it is not wise to walk on top of those thorns. It is better to stop, step back and find another way around...
...unsophisticated Asian community, has always saddened me. I finished Jasvinder Sanghera's memoir Shame in four days. I pray more socially minded Asian women follow Sanghera's footsteps in setting up refuge centers for Asian women. I congratulate her for founding the organization Karma Nirvana, not for the rocky path she has taken. M.S. Shah Jahan Colombo...
...stirred enormous buzz with its growing video community last year, and Zennstrom and Friis, who had no formal business plan, faced a quandary early in the project's development. Should they chase the user-generated-content train or go after video of a different kind? They chose the latter path, despite the dollar signs dangling from YouTube. Given the fortunes Zennstrom and Friis had already accumulated, they could afford to gamble on the venture, which they have largely funded on their own. "They're cutting edge, passionate and aggressive," says Lucas Mann, co-founder of MusicNation, an artist-development company...
...Independent Commission Against Corruption will soon be established; and expatriate Fijians are returning to the country. For good or ill, Bainimarama has pressed the reset button on Fijian politics and is prepared to wait while the program reloads. He is "very confident" the country is on the right path. "We've set our target and we're heading towards it," he says, with a determined smile. "We're going...