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...ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE Nine years ago, Cate Blanchett brought her biopic of England's legendary Tudor queen to Toronto; this smart, stately film garnered seven Oscar nominations. Blanchett re-teams with director Shekhar Kapur for the sequel, about Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen...
...promising opinion survey results into a parliamentary majority in this election. Extensive gerrymandering may leave the Islamists with the highest number of seats but without enough to form the next government. Will the monarchy nudge other parties to form a governing alliance with the PJD? It might be a smart move. It would bolster the King's image as a reformer, while in reality he would retain all the levers of power. But that would not necessarily be a good deal for the PJD. The monarchy is famous for co-opting its political opponents by allowing them to enjoy...
...them. He may be a millionaire trial lawyer, but he made his money by taking on corporations on behalf of regular folks, "and I beat 'em and I beat 'em and I beat 'em again." He and Elizabeth fall into a little routine onstage-she's the smart, gabby wife, he's the exasperated but loving husband-and when she interrupts him by mopping up some water that has spilled at his feet, he pretends to get mad. "Quit frettin' about it! Y'all stop messin' around and listen!" People laugh-husbands nudge their wives-and then they lean...
...however, of his goal of eliminating poverty within 30 years. He has taken the passions that were stirred in him by the poverty tour and moved them up the economic ladder. Rallying people to help the have-nots has given way to rallying people to help themselves. That's smart-but not especially transformational-politics...
...Western musician definitely not invited is Sir Bob Geldof. Partly this is a matter of musical preference. "We never really knew who this guy was anyway," says Sammy, a journalist for the Sub Saharan weekly newspaper as he sips Arabica in one of Addis' smart streetside caf?s. "We never knew any of his tunes. And then suddenly he was here to save...