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...Instead, over the next 10 days, jurors heard the methodical drone of the prosecution's effort to portray Libby as a liar. No fewer than four officials testified that they had told Libby who Plame was, and two reporters testified that Libby later confirmed her identity in one way or another. Fitzgerald followed those witnesses with a numbing eight hours of Libby, on tape, denying or not recalling any of those conversations...
...drivers and workers rights' advocates at NyayaBhoomi say the real crooks are the city officials. "Politicians have left no stone unturned to portray auto rickshaw drivers as dishonest, cheats and rude. The reality, however, is that they are the victims of the same political games that have played havoc with the entire public transport system of Delhi," reports NyayaBhoomi's website. "There are scores of other problems which the politicians do not want to address. The result is that in spite of cheating you, most auto drivers live in slums or resettlement colonies. Their children are forced into child labor...
...head. According to Graymsith, Gyllenhaal, though riveted by the script, hesitated to take the role, afraid to open a Pandora’s Box and reveal the psyche of a man so in vested in a killer. However, after meeting with Graysmith to better understand the character he might portray, Gyllenhaal accepted the role. “Jake reached in,” notes Graysmith, recalling his many one-on-one sessions with the star. Besides advising the actor, Graysmith worked with Fincher to make the film as accurate as possible. The director recreated everything from the wiring...
...crackpot theories of movements like the LaRouchians’ only damage the debate. When such groups are viewed as just another set of pacifist protesters, it means that we have trivialized the anti-war movement, undermining its reputation and ability to act. The Bush administration has repeatedly tried to portray the entire anti-war movement as crazy fanatics; allowing mainstream protesters to become indistinguishable from people like the LaRouchians makes these attacks even more effective...
...make Hannibal his own. “People are going to walk into the movie looking for similarity, but this is a different character and another story at another time,” he says in a phone interview. This innocent Lecter, completely unlike Hopkins’ manipulative portrayal, offers a glimpse at the man that existed before the monster. “Hannibal Rising” serves as a prequel to “Red Dragon,” attempting to humanize the psychopathic cannibal that sends shivers down the spines of even the most hardened of horror fans...