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...Mass immigration: International writers aren't covered by the WGA, so studios would say si to more foreign films. And A-list foreign-language directors like Pedro Almodovar, Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee would become the industry's go-to guys...
DOMINIQUE MOÏSI SENIOR ADVISER TO THE FRENCH INSTITTUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS...
...good that the two presidents are friendly and have confidence in one another, but they'll be defending narrow national interests in the end," Moïsi comments - noting that a happy meal in Kennebunkport isn't necessarily the recipe for diplomatic miracles. "Putin had a great visit there, but that has scarcely made U.S.-Russian ties better...
...si notes that the Bush-Sarkozy embrace comes at a moment of what he terms "a changed balance of power" - an embattled, weakened Bush seeking a bit of positive PR via an emphatic validation from his French peer, while the popular Sarkozy continues to impress the French with his high-profile displays of diplomatic skill by making nice with the American superpower...
...si disagrees, suggesting the Sarkozy-Bush lunch was simply a photo op for domestic consumption on both sides of the Atlantic. "For the U.S. public, this was viewed as the popular new French president coming to call on the unpopular out-going American president," he says. "To the French, it was mainly became a lunch Cécilia wound up not going...