The race for the 2009 best foreign-language film Oscar is the most crowded one yet, with a record 67 countries submitting a film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS president Sid Ganis revealed the complete list of entries Friday. Nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Awards will be announced on Thursday, […]
A Connection of Disconnects
One certainly can’t say that the Republican Convention doesn’t bring divergent individuals together. Sometimes, they’re the strangest of strange convention bedfellows. After the preemption of Day One of the RNC extravaganza by Hurricane Gustav on Monday, the GOP was finally off and running on Tuesday. And this time it wasn’t necessarily running away from George […]
A Death Of A Body Not Of A Soul
Nazrul was restless — a defining trait in his character. He had been granted permission to come down from heaven to his beloved country to see for himself how his devotees were celebrating his 109th birthday. While the angels draped him in his favourite ‘gerua khadder panjabi’, he put on his black military boots that […]
Sparrow: Heard By a Bird
"He thought he was having an hallucination but it was just his imagination." – Dave Channon Did you see the cloud shaped like a Hawaiian canoe over Highmount last Wednesday? My friends are listening to the aqua-ska band Too Much Bleach. A Letter Dear Sparrow, Today the snowflakes are not falling, but flying. They glide […]
Scientifically Souped-Up Foods
As scientists begin to understand how plant substances work, they look ahead to the time when they can apply their knowledge either to improve on or to supplement Mother Nature. Genetic engineering and selective breeding could ultimately create plant stocks with more healthful phytochemical “fingerprints.” Scientists already know that all foods are not created equal. […]
Cole Porter Remembered in Hollywood
Cole Porter Comes Alive at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel By Richard Davis On May 22, at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, a standing-room-only crowd has come to hear the work of one of America’s premier songwriters. The invitation-only audience, luminaries from stage and screen, wait excitedly for the music to start. But what […]