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...first week in the cinemas, shattering the previous roll-out box-office record of 3.9 million set in 2006 by Les Bronzés 3 - a comedy that similarly pokes fun at notorious French stereotypes. But whereas the Bronzés film was just the latest in a hugely popular series spanning back to the original 1978 film, Bienvenu chez les Ch'tis has been a bolt-from-the-blue phenomenon. Its simple, sex- and violence-free tale about normal, unappreciated people has many critics comparing it the 2001 French smash hit Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain...
...Another enormously popular animal trainer is "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan. How does your approach differ from his? I've watched his show a number of times, and a lot of his techniques are very similar to this. The only difference is that he puts a lot more emphasis on dominance than any of the other trainers I've worked with or followed. And these are trainers who were working with killer whales and other really big, dangerous animals. So, if they can train complicated behaviors without using dominance, it seems to me that you wouldn't need to with dogs...
...Basque Country. But in a sign of the sharpening divide in the country, those smaller third parties like United Left and the Catalan Republican Left lost significant numbers of seats. The 2008 elections, it turned out, were the most bi-partisan in Spanish history, with the Socialists and the Popular Party now making up 92% of the seats in Congress...
...Blanco's comment was a less-than-subtle reference to the Popular Party's strategy, over the past four years, of harshly criticizing the government on everything from its dealings with the Basque separatist group ETA to its legalization of gay marriage. Although the election of 2004 opened a deep breach between right and left in Spanish society, Spain today is even more polarized today than it was four years...
...Popular Party voters certainly tended to stick to their party's message. "I voted for the Popular Party because Zapatero is a liar," said Eugenio Pascual, 68, echoing the word that PP leader Mariano Rajoy used repeatedly during the campaign to describe his opponent. "He lied to us about negotiating with ETA, and he'll keep lying." Others, like Daniel Nieto, a 30-year-old engineer, emphasized their concern with the economy...