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...Moore, The Presidential Pledge features a bevy of instantly recognizable faces (Moore, Kutcher, Cameron Diaz, Sean "Diddy" Combs), some you-look-familiar faces (Joel Schumacher, Kenna, Bryce Dallas Howard) and some, well, pretty forgettable faces (Kevin Zegers, Brittany Snow, Matt Dallas). And while we're on the topic of star-studded, Obama-themed viral videos, this latest one sports a serious lack of Jonah Hill...
...That yanks Notorious out of the urban-grit category and into the genre of the doomed star cut down by fame. Such a movie needs a star turn, and it gets one from Woolard, who has the stolidity and solidity, and nearly the size, of the Bamiyan Buddhas. He's one of those music performers turned actors who takes instantly to being at the center of a movie; he's both potent and at ease. Like Wallace, Woolard, whose rap handle is Gravy, has been the victim of gunfire. And last weekend, at a Greensboro, N.C., theater where he attended...
...than any time in the past 10 years, so how much worse could it be in Iceland? Plus, they've got something we don't: geothermal pools! IcelandAir is offering a special five-day "Winter Wellness" trip with round-trip airfare from Boston, a room at the four-star Hotel Loftleidir, and entry to Reykjavik's Laugar Spa and Blue Lagoon for $669 for double occupancy. Want to save more? Try the airline's "Winter Budget" getaway, with round-trip airfare from New York City or Boston, and two nights at the Fosshotel starting at $479 double occupancy. Book...
...currently best-selling audio Bible, Inspired by ... the Bible Experience, has an all-star cast including Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson and Forest Whitaker - all African American. Meanwhile, Jones' only real competition for the role of God - at least until Denzel Washington gets a bit older - is Morgan Freeman. Jones is the Old Testament God, fierce and forbidding. Freeman is the New Testament version, all wise and all knowing, to be sure, but more approachable. He has done it twice in movies, has been the VOG in commercials for Listerine and Visa cards, among other products...
...Taiwan and is expanding into China, Australia and the U.S. Wu first built the business by finding good beans: in 2004, he went to the source of Starbucks' most popular beans and persuaded the Guatemalan supplier to sell him virtually all its arabicas (sorry, megachain). Then he hired five-star hotel chefs to concoct fancy drinks and desserts that sell for about half the price of Starbucks'. (See the top 10 food trends...