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...that's the big problem for Crowe, Julia Roberts (Duplicity) George Clooney (Michael Clayton), all of whom have starred in conspiracy dramas written or co-written by Tony Gilroy. They and their films appeal to adults - in box-office terms, the all-unimportant 25-to-80 demographic. The theatrical release of their films is just the teaser campaign for the real release: when they're available on Netflix...
...Wilke says the new information is an interesting twist in the events that led to the fall of the Wall. But he doesn't believe that Germany's past needs to be re-written completely. "That Ehrmann asked the question is what matters," he says. The rest is history...
...book, Hu Yaobang and Chinese Political Reform: the Recollections of 12 Old Communist Members, pulls together 12 essays written by some of the most prominent names in today's Chinese political arena. Contributors include Li Rui, who once served as Mao Zedong's secretary, and Hu Jiwei, the former editor of the People's Daily, China's primary state-run newspaper. The writers, introduced in the forward as Hu's old comrades and subordinates, not only reflect on the former leader's efforts in pursuing greater political openness and a more practical policy toward Tibet, they aim to turn...
...That China has already banned the book should come as a surprise to no one. Despite being written by party insiders, some of the essays are critical of Beijing's current policies and of the late Chinese leader, Deng Xiaoping, still greatly admired on the mainland for ushering in the economic reforms that led to China's rapid growth over the past 30 years. One essay plays down Deng's role as a reformer and insists that Deng - who forced Hu Yaobang from power in 1987 for his sympathetic handling of democracy advocates' protests in December of 1986 - was nothing...
...irritating it must have been for Sarkozy to read French press reports last month that revealed Bush's successor Obama had written a private letter to Chirac ahead of the London G-20 summit. In it, Obama tells Chirac he anticipates their chances to "collaborate together in a spirit of peace and friendship in order to build a safer world." Most French pundits interpret the letter as Obama giving Chirac credit for correctly opposing the Iraq war as a looming strategic and diplomatic calamity - a position Obama shared. According to French press reports, Sarkozy was livid at seeing the star...