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As far as we know, there are at least 5 film projects in the works based on either the life of MLK, or some significant period during his 39 years on this planet. The only one that has seemed like a sure-thing is the Oprah Winfrey/HBO/Steven Spielberg/DreamWorks project that has the backing of King's estate. It's the only one with the Estate's approval that we're aware of. However, it looks like one of the other 4 might be back in motion after a lengthy stay in Limbo. Last we wrote about the Paul Greengrass-directed MLK assassination pic, Memphis, which was once a sure-thing, the studio backing it, Universal Pictures, had backed out of...
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As someone who watched both shows regularly, I can't say that I'm surprised. I was most excited about Last Resort, especially after we saw the first trailer for it. I had high hopes. But it's becoming clearer to me that the best dramas are just no longer on network TV. You can to go to cable for if you want to see the great stuff. Right now, unless a show has the names J.J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes or Jerry Bruckheimer attached to it, it's probably not on solid ground. Although that's not a steadfast rule. ABC has canceled both Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue. Why? Why else? Ratings. Both started the season fairly decently (especially Last Resort),...
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In Eritrea, the day of the armed rebellion and name of its Founders is quite known among its inhabitants and the writers, who chose the history of the region as their specialty. Ask, however, anybody about the origin and purpose of the use of the word "ghedli", (derived from "gadla", the language of liturgy of the Ge'ez-Rite religions), and chances are nobody has a given a thought about it. Is the use of this word, which means life or act of saints in English, an incidental borrowing of the fronts or a deliberate use of religious concepts for political propaganda? ...
... The Tewahdo Church and the others unwillingly abdicated their power to the yekealo princes, who did not blush to hear kibrin megosn n'e Hizabawi genbar (Glory and Praise to Hizbawi Genbar). ...
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We covered filmmaker Mohamed Dione's short film Maffe Tiga - starring Dione and Marie Josephine Zoumanigui - exactly a year ago, last November, and since then, it's been screened at several film festivals around the world. So far, it's been shown at the Black Harvest Film Festival in Chicago, the 7th edition of the Kenya International Film Festival in Kenya, The Soul Bliss Festival, and the 15th annual African American Women in Cinema Film Festival. And on top of that, it was nominated for an African Movie Academy Award in Nigeria. Dione describes his film as a "romantic dramedy about a young African woman who finds that love is the true...
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There are many investments that are offered on the internet. Your task is to find the safest one to invest your money. You need to find as many as information from different sources so you will not decide in putting all your money to a fake investment. Investing on the internet is not a hundred [...]
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A federal judge Friday night sided with a Christian publishing company in a lawsuit against the requirement included in Obamacare to provide co-pay free contraception to employees. US District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton issued a temporary stay on the rule. The company, Tyndale House Publishers, sued to be exempt from providing any contraception it [...]
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Just like the Christmas specials, an annual tradition has developed whereby each year on Children in Need night viewers get a little Doctor Who teaser to whet their appetite for the forthcoming festive episode.
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"Fareed Zakaria GPS" this Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET. On GPS this week: fixing America's finances. Fareed speaks with two former U.S. treasury secretaries who represent both sides of the political aisle: Robert Rubin and Paul O'Neill. Earlier this week, writing in the New York Times, Rubin tackled the arguments surrounding the so-called fiscal [...]
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A new study from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that since 2008, state efforts to reform Medicaid and make the low-income safety net program more efficient -- likely spurred by provisions in the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) and Obamacare -- have resulted in lower application processing times and high beneficiary coverage [...]
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Egyptians are drafting their very own secular law - on Twitter. It all started when Mahmoud Salem - aka Sandmonkey - suggested writing such a law after noting that Islamists have no respect for secular people and consider them to be both un-Islamic and controlled by non-Muslims. On cue, the hashtag #شريعة_العلمانية [ar] (Secular Law) soon came up, and was populated with suggestions on what this new sharia (law) for secular people should be.
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This summer's Fuse ODG #ANTENNADANCE competition ("one person controlling the other using azonto movements") courtesy of the Antenna smash hit resulted in some wild entries (Google it; H/T Jacquelin Kataneksza). Above: #TeamLONDON. And more good moves in the video for Congolese artist Lexxus Legal's 'Petits Congolais' (off his "music record for kids"): Early Sages Poètes [...]
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Moody's last week issued a first public rating assignment to Zambia as it expands its rating of African economics. It has assigned Zambia a fairly strong rating of B1 (still far from investment grade though). According to Moody :
"The outlook on these ratings is stable. The B1 ratings reflect the following key factors: 1) Expectation of continued rapid growth, which should support economic diversification and over time increase the country's low wealth levels. 2) The country's track record of political stability, which benefits its developing institutional strength. 3) Zambia's low albeit improved financial strength, following debt forgiveness from official creditors in 2006"
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Could the real scandal of the Petraeus affair be the fan following of a top US military brass that ultimately be associated with failed outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan? Also, China's not-so-new leadership, the Egyptian president caught out by the escalation between Israel and Gaza, and the romance long gone in the Franco-German couple.
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Who ever said Norwegians don't have a sense of humor? Just in time for the holidays, a Norwegian group calling itself Radi-Aid has launched an appeal to ship radiators from Africa to Norway. Their cause is the plight of freezing children during Norway's harsh winter months. It's complete with a new music video, and incorporates [...]
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