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...Keep Bollywood Clean Your notebook item "Bolly-bad!" described some new Bollywood movies that portray promiscuity, prostitution and gay relationships [Dec. 13]. India is famous for its rich tradition and culture, but these days our media stars are blindly following vulgar Western trends emphasizing sexuality. Is this wise? Does one become modern by wearing a short dress? Rubbish! Modernity can only be achieved by having a free mind, a pure soul and fine thoughts. We Indians should never forget our cultural heritage; we should fight against spreading indecency. If we can defeat vulgarity, then other countries will follow our lead...
...just the New York Times demanding that he apologize for alleging there was a link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, or Michael Moore saying he should apologize to dead soldiers' families for sending their kids into a war over oil. It was also a chorus of Republican wise men, like one who e-mailed a top White House official after a presidential press conference. "I wish he had found a way to admit a mistake. The press corps is not going to let the issue go away," the e-mailer wrote. He even offered Bush a script: "One mistake...
...David Beckham to biblical status last week, exhibiting wax figures of him and his wife Victoria, a.k.a. Posh Spice, as Joseph and Mary. As pop singer Kylie Minogue hovers angelically, Hugh Grant and Samuel L. Jackson appear as shepherds while Tony Blair, George W. Bush and Prince Philip portray wise men in the display, which will stay up until January. The Vatican has called the scene blasphemous. And with Posh as the Virgin, the church may have a point...
...send more armored humvees to Iraq. He never got in to see Rumsfeld. "I knocked on his door," Chung says, "but the people in his office said I needed an appointment to see him." For the sake of the Americans risking their lives in Iraq, Rumsfeld would be wise to make some time for the soldiers now. --With reporting by Chris Maag/ Cincinnati, Nathan Thornburgh/ New York and Phil Zabriskie/ Baghdad...
Orphaned and stricken by a crippling illness early in her childhood, Mathilde, beautifully played by Tautou, is too old and too wise and has seen too much pain for her years. She is also remarkably well acquainted with death, often quietly, quickly repeating to herself, “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...