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...such empathy led to critical praise and also won the attention of Fox Searchlight Pictures, which co-distributed Slumdog Millionaire. Director Boyle says that Khan's part was crucial. Khan plays the inspector who interrogates Jamal, a young man from the slums of Mumbai, suspecting him of cheating to win a televised quiz show. Everything else in the movie is a flashback, so the suspense hinges on whether the interrogator will release Jamal or keep him in custody. Khan's way of inhabiting the character is consummate and ineffable - as economical and meticulous as the way he rolls...
...Trials of Norman Finkelstein. Marshall can trash-compact those notices and frame his royalty checks. The film will have earned as much this weekend as it cost to make. Hollywood will gladly take heaps of abuse, as long as the profit margin is even bigger. (See who will win at the Oscars...
...several Dutch anthems as well. "Sven-e won a gold medal! Sven-e won a gold medal" the crowd sang. For the thousands of Dutch speed-skating fans who made the trip to Vancouver to liven up a pretty staid event, forget about Kleintje Pils. After Kramer's win, tonight's a night for Grote Pils. Big Beer. The Heinekens will be flowing in Vancouver...
...Teklemariam might not win a medal in Vancouver. But when he looked at that Ethiopian flag during the opening ceremonies, at least he knew...
...then there's corruption. Jonathan may have got the Bayelsa governorship through his boss' alleged misdeeds, but he is hardly free of the biggest impediment to progress in Nigeria: corruption. The election that saw Yar'Adua and Jonathan win office was described by the E.U. Election Observation Mission to Nigeria as "not credible" due to "lack of transparency and evidence of fraud," adding it had "no confidence in the results." Jonathan's 2007 declaration of $2.4 million in assets during the campaign also raised questions about how an academic and public servant could earn so much. Jonathan's wife Patience...