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...Maher, who says he's not an atheist (because that implies a degree of certitude as dogmatic as religious belief) is more an atheist-leaning agnostic. But he does have the missionary spirit; he's certainly been proselytizing for Religulous. In early September he was at the Toronto Film Festival, accompanied by the movie's director, Larry Charles, who in his hat, shades and long beard looked like a hipster Muppet Dumbledore. On stage, Maher dismissed Sarah Palin, who had just given her big speech at the Republican National Convention, as a "full-fledged Jesus freak" with a medieval view...
...meaning of the word, Smith re-enacted interviews she conducted with Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Harvard professor and preacher, and Reverend James Cone. She pulled ties out of her pocket, donned glasses, reclined on a chair, and assumed an affected tone of academic authority before switching to a more spirited, Southern accent. Smith’s ability to vary her voice wavered at times, but her subtle costume changes and obvious mannerism shifts made it clear when she had transitioned into another person. She wove together almost 20 narratives using a few simple props and voice changes in an elegant...
Just as these individual moments reflect the spirit of candidates and citizens, the election itself acts as a microcosm for American society. This year’s face-off, in all its minute moments, plays like the trailer to an epic film about American life, starring all the A-listers—War, Economy, Race, Gender, Age, Tina Fey—and distilling with surprising accuracy the issues that define our national consciousness. Pretty big work for grains of sand...
Despite the competitive spirit of the contest, the members of the two teams said they have become friends...
...Posh Spice. Who knows? Dina Lohan finally acknowledged the relationship publicly in mid-September, telling Entertainment Tonight that “if they are happy, I am happy. This is my child, I mean, what better place for a child to be than happy in her soul and her spirit...