Friday, December 16, 2011

Angelina Jolie: ?I Could End Up Pregnant?

"Nothing planned at the moment, but we just don't know. I could end up pregnant," Jolie, 36, tells Marie Claire in its January issue.

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Social issues driving small but fervent segment (AP)

DES MOINES, Iowa ? Rick Perry makes his opposition to gays serving openly in the military a central part of his White House bid. Mitt Romney is citing his opposition to same-sex marriage to convince evangelicals he shares their values. Newt Gingrich is pledging to be faithful to his wife. And many of the Republican presidential contenders plan to attend an anti-abortion forum on Wednesday in Iowa.

Three weeks before Iowa's leadoff caucuses, social issues that have been virtually dormant in the Republican presidential race are bursting to the forefront of the campaign.

While the economy is the top concern of most voters, the campaigns recognize that some put social issues above all else. In Iowa, that group has huge sway and could influence the outcome by coalescing around a particular candidate.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111213/ap_on_el_pr/us_republicans_social_issues

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

92% Arthur Christmas

All Critics (120) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (109) | Rotten (10)

With a clever script that successfully updates many Christmas myths and dialogue that crackles with sophisticated wit, this movie offers the kind of pre-holiday experience that parents and children alike will appreciate.

Everything you see in Arthur Christmas is fashioned in the service of telling a story ... brilliantly

The results are not only funny and fresh, but represent a new way of tackling the whole yuletide paradigm: Santa as a high-tech hereditary monarchy.

For the kids, the action is always lively and, for the rest of us, the dialogue has a witty and even caustic edge.

The surprise gift of the season: a sharp, savvy holiday comedy that doesn't get its laughs at the expense of those who start to glow in the early days of December. It's a most entertaining package indeed.

Good for the kids, good for the parents, and good for Christmas.

What is most surprising about Arthur Christmas is not that it is beautifully animated... but that it is, legitimately, one of 2011's funniest comedies.

A very pleasant -- if hardly overwhelmingly great -- animated Christmas fantasy with at least two inspired choices for voice casting.

A charming and inventive exploration of the mysterious workings of Santa, his sons and his elves. This animated tale is sure to be popular for Christmases to come.

There's some great stuff here... What's missing is the delightful Britishness of Nick Park's films.

A fairly inventive Christmas movie that might get lost in the current glut of family movies

The film does have a nice ending. It just takes a little too long to get there.

The holiday season is an emotional rollercoaster for many reasons and Arthur Christmas does a neat job of exploring many of them while still being both heart-warming and wonderfully entertaining

The best Christmas movies have a kind of humility about them that's lacking here ...

A scene in which zebras, elephants and other African animals float like balloons in the air after an accidental dusting of Santa's flying-reindeer magic is close to surreal poetry.

'Arthur Christmas' gets off to a terrific start by letting inquisitive viewers know how the guy in the red suit manages to get all those toys to two billion kids on a single evening.

Arthur Christmas an early holiday gift.

The under-10 audience I saw it with were entranced, and, remarkably enough by itself, so were their parents. Huzzah, Aardman!

Here's hoping this becomes another family Christmas classic deserves. A veddy British take on the "monarchy" of Santa, this is an inventive, sweet-natured adventure about the importance of delivering a gift to the one child who was missed by Santa.

...a disappointing Christmas movie that never quite comes together. There just isn't enough Christmas cheer.

The idea of a Santa with a non-American accent will probably irk the same stateside folks who bristle at the thought of a non-Caucasian Jesus, but the mostly British cast has been carefully selected.

Not a bad little Christmas fable. The Aardman Animation wit is in full-effect anytime Bill Nighy's great Grandsanta is onscreen.

This is Aardman and they know better than to go cheap or easy. And by taking the smarter, sweeter route, they've created what should rightfully become a Christmas classic.

It's just plain charming. And between you and me, I got misty at the end too.

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Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arthur_christmas/

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UK spy agency asks hackers to crack code

In this picture taken of the cryptic website launched by GCHQ taken in London, Friday, Dec 2, 2011 show a code. Can you crack the code?That's the question Britain's electronic listening agency, GCHQ, is asking in an online campaign to find the next generation of cyber specialists. GCHQ quietly launched a cryptic website last month featuring a box of code made up of numbers and letters. There is no branding on the site, only the phrase "Can you crack it?"The agency has now revealed it is behind the campaign, and said Friday it's trying to reach individuals with "a keen interest in code breaking and ethical hacking" for careers at GCHQ.(AP Photo/Cassandra Vinograd)

In this picture taken of the cryptic website launched by GCHQ taken in London, Friday, Dec 2, 2011 show a code. Can you crack the code?That's the question Britain's electronic listening agency, GCHQ, is asking in an online campaign to find the next generation of cyber specialists. GCHQ quietly launched a cryptic website last month featuring a box of code made up of numbers and letters. There is no branding on the site, only the phrase "Can you crack it?"The agency has now revealed it is behind the campaign, and said Friday it's trying to reach individuals with "a keen interest in code breaking and ethical hacking" for careers at GCHQ.(AP Photo/Cassandra Vinograd)

(AP) ? Can you crack the code?

That's the question Britain's electronic listening agency, GCHQ, is asking in an online campaign to find the next generation of cyber specialists.

GCHQ quietly launched a cryptic website last month featuring a box of code made up of numbers and letters. There is no branding on the site, only the phrase "Can you crack it?"

The agency has now revealed it is behind the campaign, and said Friday it's trying to reach individuals with "a keen interest in code breaking and ethical hacking" for careers at GCHQ.

"It's to arouse interest in people who perhaps might not be caught by our normal recruitment campaigns," a GCHQ spokesman said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

Cracking the code reveals a keyword, which when entered into a space on the website prompts the GCHQ job-recruitment website to appear.

The agency is currently recruiting for cyber security specialists ? at a pay grade of around 25,000 pounds ($39,000) ? and hopes to recruit around 35 people over the next few months, the spokesman said.

More than 50 people have successfully cracked the code so far ? of which 80 percent have submitted an application, the spokesman said.

GCHQ said the fast-moving pace of the digital arena and cybersecurity means it must find new ways to engage with prospective candidates, who typically have entered the agency as graduates.

"With the threats to information and computer technology constantly evolving, it is essential that GCHQ allows candidates who may be self taught, but have a keen interest in code breaking and ethical hacking, to enter the recruitment route too," it said in a statement.

But career hackers beware: "Anyone applying who has hacked illegally will not be eligible to continue in the recruitment process," GCHQ warned.

And gaming the website isn't a guarantee for joining GCHQ's ranks. The spokesman said that while anyone who cracks the code likely has an aptitude for GCHQ's type of work, it won't catapult code-crackers ahead of other job applicants automatically.

The agency said it has been using social media to get the word out and that the site has attracted about 8,000 hits.

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Online:

http://www.canyoucrackit.co.uk/

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Cassandra Vinograd can be reached at http://twitter.com/CassVinograd

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/495d344a0d10421e9baa8ee77029cfbd/Article_2011-12-02-EU-Britain-Spy-Games/id-58d3fda41aa44c649b03b2f91ab603d7

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Friday, December 2, 2011

It's on: the new National Christmas Tree lights up (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The new National Christmas Tree is getting its holiday on.

President Barack Obama and his family lit the tree in a ceremony just after dark Thursday. It's the 89th year for the holiday tree lighting, a tradition that began with President Calvin Coolidge in 1923.

The new National Christmas Tree was planted in March on the Ellipse south of the White House. It's a 26-foot-tall Colorado blue spruce from a New Jersey tree nursery. The previous tree stood on the Ellipse since 1978. It was toppled in February by strong winds.

TV's Carson Daly hosted the lighting ceremony, which included performances from Big Time Rush and Ellie Goulding and appearances by Kermit the Frog and Santa Claus.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111201/ap_en_ot/us_christmas_tree_lighting

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Monday, November 28, 2011

'A Simple Life' big winner at Taiwan film festival (AP)

TAIPEI, Taiwan ? Hong Kong's Ann Hui has won the best director award for her movie "A Simple Life" at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival.

The jovial veteran director says she was surprised that Saturday's award did not go to one of the promising younger directors also nominated at the event for Chinese-language movies.

"A Simple Life" also won Andy Lau the best actor award and Deanie Ip the best actress honor. Ip plays a domestic helper who copes with her own aging while serving her master, played by Lau.

Lau said the awards would encourage Hong Kong's lagging film industry to keep producing good movies.

The best film award went to Taiwanese director Wei Te-sheng's "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," an epic film about an aboriginal tribe's uprising against Japanese colonial rulers.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111126/ap_on_en_mo/as_taiwan_film_festival

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