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...head of Greece's Orthodox Church, rejected calls by several senior clergymen to step down amid a corruption scandal that has seen a number of clerics facing allegations of bribing judges, drug dealing and theft. Christodoulos did announce the suspension of two close aides, but said he was "called upon to lead a cleanup of the church." Apportioning Blame RUSSIA The Prosecutor General's office formally charged Muslim Ibragimov, a Chechen native, with "a murder conspired and conducted by a group of people" in connection with the death of Forbes Russia journalist Paul Klebnikov who was gunned down last summer...
...shamed family and cultural repression. Eyes chronicles the trials of Viki and her traditional family as her wise, gentle father is first accused and then unjustly convicted of stealing from a neighbor, a sentence which brings with it not only a steep fine but a crushing disgrace upon the entire family...
Paradoxically, the film itself exemplifies a modern commercialism intruding upon indigenous culture. It illustrates a fiercely independent people at once captivated and threatened by Western culture. Roughly ninety percent of the film’s cast was comprised of native islanders—many of whom have never seen a movie theater, let alone acted in a feature—and the incorporation of such a real, Rotuman presence lends the film a deeply raw, affecting richness. The movie plays like a kind of cultural window, presenting to the world a vision of life in the distant Pacific from...
Some excellent models for award-winning behavior emerged at this year’s Globes ceremony. Thus I will follow suit and use Natalie Portman ’03 and Jamie Foxx’s shining examples. Upon reaching the podium, I will say, “Wow, I’m so surprised. I thought they were going to give it to Dial 9/11 for Terror. Being in the company of Michael Bay is really extraordinary...
...seem like an indecent affair between a mother and her teenage son’s best friend. “I’m not Mr. Right, I’m Mr. Right Now,” Fabo announces at the outset, and Jennifer responds by writhing uncomfortably upon...