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President Bush is expected to announce he'll choose Goldman Sachs chief executive Henry Paulson to succeed Treasury Secretary John Snow, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Upon seeing “ The Da Vinci Code ” this weekend, I can finally empathize with all the protesters I saw in front of the theater. My objection to the movie isn ’ t rooted in religious beliefs or even moral disagreements, but rather the disrespectful mockery of the world ’ s oldest and most famous story. “ Star Wars ” is both a literary and cinematic treasure, and Dan Brown ’ s recent atrocity is nothing more than blatant plagiarism of Lucas ’ timeless creation.
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Coming to the UK for the first time this year, the World Superbike races took place at Silverstone over the May bank holiday weekend, where Craig Jones was looking forward to making his mark in front of all his British fans. But unfortunately things didn ’ t go quite as planned. >
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Anyway, Xmen III was a fun adventure of a movie that strays from the actual universe story and has several inconsistencies to boot. End of day and that aside it is a good movie. The guy who plays Iceman is getting taller and cuter. Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, and Kelsey Grammer all do nice with their respective parts. Da Vinci Code is good also. It was a weekend of Ian Mckellen, I guess. What I got form this controversial movie, which if more people got what I got maybe the controversy would not be there. Live is what you choose to make of it and all questions have multiple answers. We are after all human with the freedom to choose our own destinies and weave our own fates.
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According to a government statement, after the birth of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-pitt, the celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $300,000 to help other babies in Namibia. The money will be used to improve the two hospitals ’ maternity wards and will contribute significantly to the health of Namibian babies.
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- stupendous, but the seriousness of Ian Mckellen ’ s performance, even in the midst of blue screen trickery, makes it awesome. In fact, Mckellen and Patrick Stewart are once again the saving graces of the franchise. Without them, we lose a certain amount of sincerity, of gravitas. And that ’ s part of the problem with X3. When the presence of either actor is diminished, the film ’ s center fails to hold.
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When Taylor Hicks and Katharine Mcphee take the stage tonight on the “ American Idol ” finals, they ’ ll be drawing on things they ’ ve learned during a competitive season.
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you know that it is very possible to sync up Final Fantasy: Advent Children with the Mars Volta. it almost works perfectly. you just need some time to tinker with it.also... Tuesday June 13th me and my dad are going to do the open mic night at Coffee Works in Vorhees. if not that day then the tuesday after. you should come. the set list: "shelter from the storm" - bob dylan, "blame it on the moon" - rodney crowell, and "me and julio down by the schoolyard" - paul simon.
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The film was directed by Brett Ratner, who is best known for the "Rush Hour" films. He took over the "X-men" project from Bryan Singer, who is directing this year's "Superman Returns." Among his other projects, Ratner also will direct "Rush Hour 3" which is slated to be released next year.
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So: If Professor Xavier and Scott Summers were blown to pieces by Jean Grey, and she got killed by Wolverine, but Professor Xavier can come back from "the dead" and speak to Moira Mctavish through the body of Coma Guy, can Scott come back? Do you have to be a telepath? I don't doubt Jean Grey is powerful enough to blow all those people she destroyed into another dimension. Can we get them all back? All those mutants and National Guardsmen? We know Jean Grey can come back, because she's The Phoenix.
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They may sport love handles and Ivy League degrees, but every two weeks, some Silicon Valley techies turn into vicious street brawlers in a real-life, underground fight club.
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If you consider some of the voices in this country which are making a difference by constructively changing the tenor of the national debate, they 're not coming from gutless politicians or the complacent mainstream media. It's coming from average Americans like Al Norman, music student Jean Rohe, who confronted Senator John Mccain at the New School graduation ceremony during her commencement address, anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, or Marine Reserve Major Paul Hackett who returned from Iraq and decided to run for Congress as an anti-bush fighting Democrat ("I called the president a sonofabitch," Hackett told me in his interview for
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Top 100 comedies I would have to agree with many assesments. Monty Python and the Holy Grail at 40? Belo w Mrs Doubtfire? Below Best in Show? Are these people out of their minds. Ace Ventura in the Top 10? Who voted for this thing?
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"Thematically for me, the story of my adult life -- whether it was opposing the Vietnam War, or fighting nuclear power plants in the'70s, or going against Wal-mart -- has always been not to accept the explanation of the government and not to see yourself as a creature of your government. You need to ask important questions about what's really going on.
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A sad goodbye to Paul Gleason, better known to people of my generation as that mean principal from "The Breakfast Club." He was only 67 and died Saturday of a rare form of lung cancer linked to asbestos of all things. He was also in "Trading Places" and since the 80s had mostly done a lot of guest spots on TV, including "Friends," "The Drew Carey Show" and "Malcolm in the Middle." So long, Principal Vernon.
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1. The Dark Phoenix Saga - The Phoenix is not a split personality created by Jean's mind. It is a seperate entity that uses Jean's body as a vessle and is bent on destroying everything. The only thing keeping Jean in control is Scott! (who dies at the start of the film) At the end of the story Jean gains control and sacrafices herself as a hero and is not killed by Wolverine. (moral dilema number one, by the way, I will get to that later) And never once did I see fire come from Jean, or the symbol of the Phoenix ANYWHERE.
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The German magazine Der Spiegel has published its interview with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and it should disturb anyone who reads it fully. The interview reveals Ahmadinejad as a man obsessed with Jews, and one intent on provoking German resentment over its post-war humiliation to split the West on Israel .... The prospects did not improve when DS changed the topic, with some resistance from Ahmadinejad, to nuclear weapons. When DS asked the Iranian president bluntly whether Iran desired nuclear weapons, he changed the subject.
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Barry Bonds hit # 715 - but hometown KNBR listeners missed the home run call. Did the Curse of the Bamino strike again, with the ghost of Babe Ruth silencing the mic of San Francisco Giants play-by-play man Dave Flemming for eight seconds? Here's what listeners heard at the crack of the bat - "the payoff pitch, a swing, and a drive! Deep to cent -" Then nothing but crowd noise ....
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The alleged revenge murders by U.S. Marines of more than two dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha are being decried by Rep. John Murtha as "worse than Abu Ghraib." The death of Pat Tillman is being chalked up to "gross negligence." Both tragedies highlight the impossible task confronting the soldiers who fight for America. To try covering up these things is to trivialize the demands of duty.
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such a bewildering movie for me -- while plotlines such as those weirded me out, I loved all the screen time Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) got. She was absolutely perfect -- I loved how she played Kitty. And ha! she got to call Juggernaut "Dickhead." Totally kicked ass! Can't they make a whole movie for her? Or she could at least have been introduced way back in the first movie. Though I really hated that whole scene on the ice with Bobby. Eew. She should've been with Colossus, hello. Plus, Ellen Page is one distractingly cute girl. :) If only they'd make those X-men team costumes more body hugging, though. They looked so bulky. I'm sure the fans complained -- I mean, how else could Hugh Jackman have gotten so many naked chest and wearing-only-a-wifebeater shots?
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As if global warming didn't suck bad enough, some Duke researchers have determined that global warming may worsen poison ivy. As some of you know, I am highly allergic to the stuff, so I pay attention to stories like this. Turns out that poison ivy, being a plant thrives on carbon dioxide, produces more of the rash-causing junk when there is more carbon dioxide. Not surprising.
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The much awaited Nintendo DS lite will start appearing on Australian store shelves this Thursday, June 1st, and deep within its box will be included a demo version of
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I have an INFJ personality type, which, broken down, is only 1.5% of the population -- the smallest percentage of all the types. Famous Infjs include: Aristophanes, Chaucer, Jimmy Carter (President of the US), Mother Teresa of Calcutta, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela.
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highlights of the show). The Flaming Lips (one of the main reasons I purchased my ticket) were supposed to be on after the Shins, but due to time constraints Ben Harper (a two hour show) went first. Peter and I were pissed. After the Flaming Lips we had intended to go back to the camp site to change, get warm, and sleep. We were cold and hungry, but we tried to tough it out. Walking around, my toes felt like ice cubes. The Flaming Lips started playing at 12: 20 after an hour of setting up. They were
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After a morning training in Kiev, Costa Rica left for the Czech Republic Monday afternoon, arriving in Liberec shortly after 7pm local time. After a light conditioning exercise, players went on to have dinner and rest before this Tuesday ’ s match against the Czech Republic, in Jablonec. The team will try to recover from two straight losses in friendlies before the World Cup, against Ukraine and Catalunya. In these matches, their opponents scored a combined 6 goals, to Costa Rica ’ s zero.
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The lightly infamous snuff film-inspired home video visual accompaniment to 1992 ’ s Broken album which Trent Reznor distributed very selectively … so selectively in fact that frames were left out in key places in each copy of this video so that when a leak occurred he could figure out who to blame. Or so the story goes. This is a fake snuff and torture film set to nine inch nails music, so fair warning to you readers from two-parent households.
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In previous two-night stands, DREAM THEATER have performed METALLICA's "Master of Puppets", IRON MAIDEN's "The Number of the Beast" and PINK FLOYD's "Dark Side of the Moon". The METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN and PINK FLOYD sets are currently available at www.ytsejamrecords.com and the DEEP PURPLE set is coming soon.
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CBS news correspondent Kimberly Dozier was critically wounded by an IED in Baghdad yesterday, and her cameraman, Paul Douglas, and sound technician, James Brolan, were both killed in the attack.
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First things first – UFC 60. I was there live in person and it was easily the most frickin ’ badass thing I ’ ve been to in my entire lifetime, hands down, bar-none. It was sad to see Royce Gracie get owned by Matt Hughes, but also satisfying to see Hughes prove his dominance.
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Many Democrats had hoped to run a campaign taking Republicans to task for ethical violations using Cunningham, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, Rep. Tom Delay, R-texas, and others as examples.
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Later in 2007, to celebrate the filmâ € ™ s 25th anniversary, the studio will unveil "Blade Runner: The Final Cut," Scottâ € ™ s definitive new version of his science-fiction masterpiece. The film will be released theatrically in select major U.S. cities, followed by a multi-disc Special Edition DVD release which will also contain three alternate versions of Blade Runner: the Original U.S. Theatrical Cut, the Expanded International Theatrical Cut and the 1992 Directorâ € ™ s Cut. Ample, ground-breaking bonus features will also be included.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Patrons at a West Des Moines bar were surprised when celebrity couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore showed up unannounced and partied until closing time at 2 a.m.
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Helen Thomas continued to prove she's too old and crotchety to be at White House briefings. Here's Thomas questioning Tony Snow about new domestic policy advisor Karl Zinsmeister:
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The appalling George Galloway (a British Member of Parliament) says that the assassination of Tony Blair would be "morally justified." Christopher Hitchens in Slate has the story.
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I have seriously been watching Hannah Montana for like 8 hours. I don't know why I like this show. Maybe because Billy Ray Cyrus is in it. I don't know.
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According to the Mets network's website, Sny.tv, Lastings Milledge will be called up tonight to replace Xavier Nady — who will be placed on the 15-day DL.
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Mark Leibovich is back with a NYT front-pager jamming Nancy Pelosi, the possible future Speaker. I wrote last week about his previous front-pager jamming Al Gore.
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Mike Patton joined by Dan the Automator, Rahzel and Rob Swift on Conan last week. Related Links: Peeping Tom (Mike Patton Project) Album Streaming on Myspace Mike Patton collaborates with Massive Attack, Norah Jones, Kool Keith, the Automator, Anticon on Peeping Tom project
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lets just say the PHX SUNS are AMAZING! I've been a fan of them all year long, not to say the mavs aren't finals material, but i think the Suns and just too much to handle.. Raja Bell, Steve Nash and Shawn Marion are dominate.
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Truth be told I ’ ve always been a closet metalhead. I graduated high school in 1988, so I was at the right age to get into metal. Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Guns ‘ n ’ Roses, Jane ’ s Addiction … all made up a significant part of my teenage years through my early 20 ’ s. I still listen to a lot of those albums, and they still sound good. If you ’ re a metal fan, check out the site and see when they ’ re replaying it. It ’ s well worth the four hours of your time …
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Jamie Carragher, if speculation is to be believed, will be making an appearance for England tonight in what will be his fourth different position for his country. His Liverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard will also be played out of his usual position if the journalists have guessed right - playing a role just behind the main striker, set to be Michael Owen tonight.
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Rumor has it there's been a rather major cast change to director Baz Luhrmann's mysterious, untitled, Aussie-laden wartime epic. Once set to star Russell Crowe alongside Nicole Kidman as lovers in the Australian Outback shortly before Japan attacked Darwin in 1942 (In order to turn that boring summary into what the movie is going to be like, you have to imagine a lot of sweeping music, and "I WILL FIND YOU!" - style declarations, all shot with lots and lots of pretty colors.), the film allegedly has now switched Aussies: Nic's man is now Heath Ledger.
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Major DVD Alf (Season 3) Avatar (Book 1, Vol. 3) Bette Davis Colelction (Vol 2) Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Seasons 1-7 REPACK) Date Movie Freedomland (Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore) Gideon's Daughter Jezebel (Bette Davis) Joey (Season 1) Kids...
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Sofia Coppola is expecting her first child with boyfriend Thomas Mars. The director of such acclaimed films as The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation is three months along, Coppola ’ s rep confirms to Us. The couple announced their pregnancy at the Cannes Film Festival where Coppola ’ s latest film, Marie Antoinette, premiered last week. Mars is the lead singer of the French band Phoenix, which makes a cameo serenading the French queen in Coppola ’ s film.
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Over at Techcrunch, Michael Arrington takes on Jason Calacanis over his accusations of conflicts of interest. Arrington makes it clear that he does not accept money for reviews, and never...
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