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...giving cash prizes to companies whose films do well overseas. A new bill in Germany also tackles the problem from the inside out. Kicking in at the start of the year, the bill boosts federal funding available to producers up to €65 million and creates new incentives to reward films that win prizes at festivals. "The law is meant to improve film financing and at the same time increase the exports of German films," says Hermann Scharnhoop, head of the film-policy department at the Federal Agency for Culture and Media. To help films get out of the country...
...have led to her murder of seven men. The film has garnered as much attention for star Charlize Theron’s monstrous makeover into the less-than-comely prostitute murderess as it did for the actual performance. Nevertheless, the Academy will likely see beyond the cosmetic alterations to reward Theron’s breakthrough work, which painstakingly recreates the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself at any given moment. At the film’s core is Wuornos’ tumultuous relationship with flippant lover Selby Wall (Christina Ricci). Though Jenkins...
Gossip Guy confronted the occupational hazards of his profession head-on after last week’s column. Barbed e-mails, icy stares and sternly worded voicemails were Gossip Guy’s reward for a week of relationship-ending lies, emasculating innuendos and official university policy violating rumors in recognition of Valentine’s Day. And, unsurprisingly, OSHA was nowhere to be found...
...have led to her murder of seven men. The film has garnered as much attention for star Charlize Theron’s monstrous makeover into the less-than-comely prostitute murderess as it did for the actual performance. Nevertheless, the Academy will likely see beyond the cosmetic alterations to reward Theron’s breakthrough work, which painstakingly recreates the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself at any given moment. At the film’s core is Wuornos’ tumultuous relationship with flippant lover Selby Wall (Christina Ricci). Though Jenkins...
...different things. Sex is essentially selfish. No matter how it is dressed up, it is really about scratching that biological itch, about satisfying an internal hunger. In contrast, love is essentially selfless. It is about giving to another to the point of pain and even death without thought of reward. Sex and love can exist completely independently. There are many examples of sex without love-rape, prostitution and maybe even regular sex between couples. And you can love your parents, dog, God, country and football team without wanting to have sex with them. Mike Shields Jarrow, England...