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...Only hours after RCTV went off the air, the government was already threatening Globovision, the lone opposition TV holdout. Information minister Willian Lara announced Monday that the government would investigate the channel for allegedly inciting an assassination attempt on Chavez. As evidence, he showed footage of a 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II accompanied by Salsa star Ruben Blades singing "Have faith, this does not stop here." Lara also accused CNN of inciting violence against Chavez and "campaigning against Venezuela" by showing Chavez's image next to a picture of an al-Qaeda leader. On Tuesday...
...Pterodactyls”—directed by Allison B. Kline ’09—runs through March 18 at the Loeb Ex. The play, written by Nicky Silver, focuses on a wildly dysfunctional family comprised of the borderline psychotic Emma (Lara C.A. Markstein ’10), who remembers nothing about her past due to possibly-justified repression; her HIV-positive, embittered, and somewhat vengeful brother, Todd (Michael R. Wolfe ’09); and their parents, Grace and Arthur. Arthur (Dan G. Rosen ’10) is financially successful, emotionally distant, and possibly more attached...
...Over the next few months, the revisionist view will come under even more cinematic fire. The rights to Chang's book have been acquired by producer Gerald Green and director Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), who will soon start filming a $38 million project. California-based writer and producer Kevin Kent is negotiating with Oliver Stone to direct a film based on his own novel, Nanking. Stanley Tong, the Hong Kong director of several Jackie Chan movies, has a Nanjing movie in development, and award-winning Chinese director Lu Chuan hopes to start shooting his own account...
...American water toys amid swirls of color that is smeared and partially erased. Or a canvas in which cuddly cartoon characters frolic in the snow beneath the work's menacing title, maybe you should annihilate (1993), in large, blood red letters. Other paintings include cameos by Super Mario Brothers, Lara Croft, the Road Runner, the General Electric logo and a giant Nike sneaker...
...more than pronounceability. In Tehran, such conversations all lead back to one central question: is the name you like on the banned baby name list? I didn't even know such a list existed until two months into my pregnancy, when I began throwing out suggestions like Priya and Lara, and my husband laughed...