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...town after being spotted at the Grill Royal, one of Berlin's top restaurants. Ewan McGregor hit the red carpet to plug his new film, The Ghost Writer, and Renée Zellweger is sitting on the festival jury. Director Roman Polanski was conspicuous by his absence. (He's still under house arrest in Switzerland on rape charges related to his sexual encounter with a 13-year...
...Poitras, it's important to try to understand al-Qaeda - something the U.S. government "still doesn't quite know" to do. "They feel a bit at a loss understanding what the threat is," she says. Perhaps that will change if and when the film is released in the U.S. - she's trying to secure a distribution deal for the spring. If anything, the movie is sure to garner attention...
...question viewers may have is whether Jandal is still a jihadist. "I don't think he's repentant, in the way he says 'I was wrong,' but his thinking has changed and he believes in trying to communicate rather than use guns," says Poitras. "I wanted to show how people are drawn to Abu Jandal by his psychology and charisma. At a practical level, he's telling younger people not to fight and instead get an education." (See pictures from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival...
...Still, the volunteers take much more abuse than they deserve. According to a manager of a group of volunteers, several IOC officials like to take late-night trips to Sochi House, where the Russians are partying hard and promoting the 2014 Olympics, which they will be hosting. Several suits have asked volunteer drivers to wait past midnight for a ride and then complained when the volunteers went home rather than stick around for the tipsy bigwigs. (In fairness, the manager did say that this same group of IOC officials gave away 50 event tickets to the volunteers...
...morning in Whistler, on a rare day off between the super combined and the super-G - which kicks off Saturday and is another speed event in which Vonn is the favorite - she is just being herself: unguarded, opinionated, fun. Although the Olympics have put her on a pedestal, Vonn still likes being one of the guys. (See the top 10 worst figure-skating costumes...