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BTW There are more black babies aborted. What does she think about black genocide. So many ignoramuses in the MSM
Throw our borders wide open to 20 million Eastern European immigrants, just to make it "fair".Why should Mexico continue to send us illiterate uneducated people, when we can have educated people willing to assimilate from elsewhere.
Boy, you can´t get any stupider than this... Hey, Nancy, moron, the black race is the one being decimated.
Gosh I never heard that dog whistle I guess.I always opposed abortion because I felt innocent human life begins at conception, and needs protection.
And she gets paid more than you do, even though she is an obvious idiot with zero comprehension of American history. I blame her, her employers and the viewing audience that enables CBS to stay in business. Too bad there isn´t an alternative, and NO Fox is not an alternative to leftist propaganda.
The black genocide is on their tab. Nobody´s forcing them to fornicate, get pregnant, and abort.
What an idiot. Is she a product of the American educational system? Whites are not the ones multiplying.
A female Jeremiah Wright, spreading poison.
By that logic, Caucasians would be pro-abortion, advocating to have all Black babies aborted versus just most as it is today. Nancy Giles should be made to wear a scarlet M on her forehead so anyone who still doesn´t know she´s a moron would be so advised.
How dumb can you get? It´s mostly Black babies who are being aborted. Poor little souls.
No racism here. Move on.Right....
#10 - EXACTLY. Man, this chick gives morons a bad name.
And blacks support it because . . . why?
Let´s all call CBS and tell them how offended we are, and demand she be fired. /s It´s the progressive way, after all.
Nancy, even SC Justice Ginsberg said she thought the purpose of abortion was to "keep black population under control."
Liberals don´t have a clue, Planned Parenthood founder, Margaret Sanger was all for aborting sixty percent of the people appearing in this video. Idiots.
Those roman catholics are devious.
I´m all three races a Mutt-American,she shouldGoogle "Margret Sanger and the Negro Project."One of her heroes no doubt..
Why would Nancy suppose so many blacks are having their own babies killed?
Exactly right, OP and #17. This so-called journalist at CBS needs some history lessons on PP and why it was created.Nancy, you just made a huge fool of yourself, in print, for all the world to see and remember.
Nancy, you are sadly very misinformed by your Democrat buddie. It is your own race that are the top clients of Margaret Sanger´s House of Horrors aka Planned Parenthood. Latinos are their second largest client group. When you see white people praying at abortion clinics they are praying for ALL babies and the mothers but if you want to denigrate this issue by color they are praying for mostly Blacks and Latinos to wake up to what the Democrat pushers are selling as "pro-choice" is eugenics for ALL who partake in the bleak solution for races of ALL ethnicities.
17 million black babies aborted since 1973...Blacks account for 13% of the US population but 36% of all abortions...murder rates in the inner cities are bad enough yet black babies are 3 times more likely to be murdered in the womb...this is genocide.
´The Bell Curve´ validated.....
She is an idiot
And the media were on Aiken´s and Mourdock´s cases for saying stupid things?
All I know is most of the clients at the Planned Parenthood where I go to pray Saturdays are Black. From what I understand, though the data may be out of date, 30 percent of abortions are of Black children, while Black as a whole is only 12 percent of the country. Still, I don´t keep track of the numbers because actually i do not care. Abortion destroys peace, and is infanticide by another name; that is why i am against it.
Racist nit-wit. And why exactly do blacks have so many abortions? To knowingly diminish their race and let the oppressors win?Idiot racist should look at the abortion and birth rate statistics of Europe. White Europe is quickly being over-run.
All I can say is WOW...There is stupid then there´s Democrats; they make stupid look like genius.And to think these people are allowed to get in front of a camera, open their mouths and are allowed to vote!!!???
Nice try MORON, it´s because we see the murder of babies as an abomination!
Beyond sickening...
How intercourse dumb can she be?
#23, the number is closer to 50 million.
The New York City Department of Public Health needed to publish a study in 2009 to prevent the number of abortions from making the city look like it was a third world city in terms of pregnancies surviving to childhood. For non-Hispanic blacks, the percentage of pregnancies terminated stayed above 40% for very young girls through age 25. Only for the group from 25 to 35 did the percentage fall below 40%. The Hispanic population showed a lower pregnancy rate and a much higher percentage brought to term. Margaret Sanger would be investigating where they were going wrong with the Hispanics.
The numbers don´t lie.2007, 62,097 abortions reported. Of those 9,288 were black women, a full 42.8 per 1000 black women. The same measurement for white women was 13.8 per 1000. Black women are 3 times more likely to kill their unborn children via abortion than white women.Blacks, in 2009, as a race committed 37.9% of all murders in the US, most of which were against black victims. Of the total 5890, 4034 were committed by blacks between the age of 17 and 34 and 91% of those were committed by black males.Statistics aren´t racist. They are just numbers. By these numbers the LBJ´S "Great Society" and Planned Parenthood´s abortion eugenics are working as Sanger intended.
She, like all African Americans worship at the Temple of Moloch and adore the "High Priest"...Barry Soetoro...who never met a baby he didn´t want to "sacrifice" to the abortionists scalpel...
Whites are not members of ´La Raza.´
It should be illegal to be that inherently ignorant and be allowed out in public without a chaperone.
Recent Numbers:http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s0099.pdf
Excellent. As a white racist I appreciate the number of black americans killing their own babies. Keep it up, its your right and its the law.
I wonder...... what would happen if we started advertising abortion services in black neighborhoods?I´ve finally decided.....I´m now Pro-Choice. Ya´ll go out and have as many abortions as you want. The gene pool needs cleaned, dontcha know.
Nancy is one dumb clown, but then again she probably sounds intelligent to the average Ivy League coed.

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A misfit macaw named Blu (voice of Jesse Eisenberg) heads to Rio de Janeiro, embarks on a magnificent journey, and makes some loyal new friends in this animated adventure for the entire family. Domesticated from the time he was just a hatchling, Blu traded a life in the clouds for a contented existence in Moose Lake with his doting owner, Linda (Leslie Mann). They live under the impression that Blu is the last of his kind, but upon receiving word that a female macaw named Jewel (Anne Hathaway) has been discovered in Rio de Janeiro, Linda and Blu set their sights on South America on a mission to replenish the species. Shortly after their arrival in the Brazilian capitol, however, the two rare birds fall victim to a gang of greedy animal smugglers intent on making a mint by selling Blu and Jewel to the highest bidder. But the headstrong Jewel isn't about to be locked in a cage and put on display, so when the opportunity arises she stages a daring escape with the help of some wisecracking local birds, and takes her new friend Blu along for the ride. With the bumbling birdnappers fast closing in, Blu realizes that his only hope for making a clean getaway and reuniting with Linda is to finally summon the courage he needs to take flight. Rio also features the voices of Tracy Morgan, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, and will.i.am. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Smurfs
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Scooby-Doo director Raja Gosnell takes the helm for this 3D live action/CGI comedy based on the popular characters created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo (aka Pierre Culliford). In their race to escape the malevolent wizard Gargamel, the little blue forest dwellers find themselves suddenly transported to Central Park. Now stuck in a world populated by towering giants, the Smurfs must find a way to elude Gargamel, and find a way back to the village they call home. Paul Reubens provides the voice of "Jokey" Smurf in a film also featuring Hank Azaria, George Lopez, Fred Armisen, Anton Yelchin, Sofía Vergara, Neil Patrick Harris, Jonathan Winters, and Katy Perry. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
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The Chihuahuas are back, and still barking in this sequel to the hit comedy that proved dogs have a lot on their minds. When Chloe gives birth to a litter of pups, Papi works hard to adjust to the rigors of parenthood. Later, the rambunctious little runs set out on a mission of their own after Sam Cortez discovers that his parents are being evicted. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Spy Next Door
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Reminiscent of Kindergarten Cop, with a dash of Spy Kids, The Spy Next Door blends together an entertaining mixture of family fun and martial-arts comedy styling to form a familiar story that once again reminds us that even hardened action heroes have a soft side. Jackie Chan stars as Bob Ho, an international spy on loan to the CIA who gives up his job in hopes of leading a so-called normal life with his next-door-neighbor girlfriend and her rambunctious brood. There's nothing in Spy that the audience hasn't seen before from similarly themed incarnations (think The Pacifier), but, fans will appreciate director Brian Levant's homage to Jackie Chan's past Hong Kong movie blockbusters -- most notably, Police Story and The Legend of Drunken Master -- during the opening credit sequence, which is fitting considering many of the action sequences are derivative of those films.
The main story centers on Bob's relationship with artsy single mom Gillian (Amber Valletta) and her three kids: precocious teenage stepdaughter Farren (Madeline Carroll), nerdy middle child Ian (Will Shadley), and adorably energetic Nora (Alina Foley). After an emergency sends Gillian away to Denver, Bob steps up and offers to watch the kids while she's gone. Ill-equipped to handle a situation that's clearly over his head, Bob utilizes his spy skills and gadgets -- video watch, GPS tracking, x-ray glasses -- to gain control over the situation in hopes of winning over the kid's affection, but when an old enemy escapes from prison and threatens his potential family, Bob must return to his 007 world of international espionage to protect them.
Admittedly, there's a certain level of cheese in this film, especially when it comes to the Boris-and-Natasha-style villains, Poldark (Magnús Scheving) and Creel (Katherine Boecher), whose silly Russian stereotyped performances and running joke about American fashion unabashedly border on cringe-worthy territory. Not to mention, the thinly plotted storyline involving brainiac Ian, who accidentally downloads a top-secret formula for oil-eating ooze created by the bad guys, which propels the main action of the film. Adding to the pile are the supporting cast members: George Lopez as the traitorous CIA agent, Glaze, and Billy Ray Cyrus as CIA agent and Bob's BFF Colton James, who lends folksy witticisms like "As gone as rum cake at an AA meeting."
Even so, Chan's charm wins out in the end, and The Spy Next Door's most effective sequences involve Bob's attempts to bond with the kids -- from taking little Nora shopping for a Halloween costume to helping Ian with school bullies and girls. These comedic moments more or less overshadow an otherwise simplistic narrative, and the audience can't help but smile to themselves every time Chan appears onscreen. Die-hard fans might miss the era of classic kick-ass Hong Kong action films, but Spy manages to fill that void as an entertaining alternative that kids and parents alike will enjoy. ~ Alaina O'Connor, Rovi
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Valentine's Day
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Gary Marshall's ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day follows nearly two dozen people as they find and lose love in all its many forms over the course of the title holiday. The numerous characters include a very busy florist (Ashton Kutcher) and his schoolteacher best friend (Jennifer Garner). She's having an affair with a married doctor (Patrick Dempsey). Meanwhile, a businessman (Bradley Cooper) and a military captain (Julia Roberts) on leave share a long conversation during an international flight. There's also an elderly couple (Hector Elizondo and Shirley MacLaine) who are caring for their elementary school-age grandson, who is pining for a classmate and missing his mother. The huge cast also includes Jamie Foxx as a local TV personality, Topher Grace, Queen Latifah, and Anne Hathaway. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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When advertising exec Phil Winslow (Lee Pace) gets an offer to head the account for a California-based dog-food company, he uproots his wife (($Judy Greer), three kids, and their beloved Great Dane, Marmaduke (voiced by Owen Wilson), from Kansas to the Sunshine State. Once there, the big canine befriends a group of mutts at the local dog park, but after a surfing competition brings Marmaduke celebrity, he turns his back on his new pals. Eventually, a disaster helps the oversized hound and Phil learn about the importance of family and friendship. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Mr. Troop Mom
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A widower attempting to be both father and mother to his nine year old daughter volunteers to be the chaperone at the Go Girls Jamboree at Running Pines Camp without realizing that he'll be the only guy in a sea of screeching pre-teen girls. Eddie (George Lopez) isn't used to the great outdoors, but that all changes when he heads to camp with his beloved daughter Naomi. Eddie wants to connect with Naomi more than anything in the world, and what better ways for a father and daughter to bond than to scour the forest on a treasure hunt, engage in a seriously competitive game of canoe soccer, and take part in the ultra-slippery slimeball wars? Jane Lynch and Naked Brothers Band heartthrobs Alex and Nat Wolff star in a woodsy comedy for grown ups and kids alike. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano
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Latino pride reigns in this comedy special from one of America's top funnymen. In Tall, Dark & Chicano, nothing is safe from George Lopez's wit, including the sacred purity (and gas-inducing tendencies) of Mexican food, the joy of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation as a Supreme Court judge, and the silliness of Caucasian baby names. For the taping of this HBO special, the comedian sold out the huge arena at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. ~ Kimber Myers, Rovi
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
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A pampered Chihuahua accustomed to the living the good life in glamorous Beverly Hills must rein in her heiress instincts and rely on the kindness of strangers in order to find her way back home after becoming hopelessly lost in Mexico. Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore) is a diamond-clad toy dog who favors traveling in her wealthy owner's purse over frolicking in an open park, and Papi (voice of George Lopez) is the kind of independent pup that she doesn't afford a second glance. When a vacation mishap leaves Chloe stranded in Mexico, the Chihuahua who doesn't speak a lick of Spanish must rely on street-smart German shepherd Delgado (voice of Andy Garcia) to guide her back home before she wanders any further south. Meanwhile, brave Papi races to the border intent on proving his love for Chloe by tracking her down and escorting her home in style. Along the way, Papi is joined by an enthusiastic pack of helpful pooches (voices of Luis Guzman, Plácido Domingo, and Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo) a pair of concerned humans (Piper Perabo and Manolo Cardona), an anxious iguana (voice of Paul Rodriguez), and a crafty rat (voice of Cheech Marin). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Francés
An unlikely ranchero star finds fame on both sides of the Mexican border in this mockumentary comedy drama satirizing our celebrity-obsessed culture. When Jonathan French (Spencer John French) was just three years old, his parents were stoned to death by lepers. Subsequently adopted by his Mexican nanny (Lupe Ontiveros) and her God-fearing husband (Danny Trejo), Jonathan grew up to become a hard working janitor and gardener, eventually adopting the name Juan Francés. When Juan turned 33, he was blessed with a beautiful singing voice by the Virgin of Guadalupe. Over time, Juan sharpened his musical skills by performing in front of modest crowds at East L.A. soccer bars. In the wake of a successful performance at a prominent music festival, however, the burgeoning singer became a bona fide superstar on the Mexican pop charts. Eventually, Juan becomes so wrapped up in his own fame that he changes his name to "El Guero," and makes the leap from ranchero music to Reggaeton. Just when it seems that Juan's identity couldn't become any more clouded, a sensitive secret from his past prompts him to question everything he's ever known, and make a tough choice about who he really wants to be. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Swing Vote
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When the mischievous antics of a precocious 12-year-old girl result in the outcome of the United States presidential election hinging on the vote of her apathetic, likable loser of a father, the man who thought that life had long since passed him by is reluctantly thrust into the national spotlight in this political-themed comedy starring Kevin Costner. Bud Johnson (Costner) is your typical American -- a simple man and loving father who never would have thought he had the power to change the world. Though when election day finally arrives and Bud prepares to cast his ballot, his overachieving daughter Molly proves to be the catalyst for a stunning series of events that place the fate of the free world in the hands of a man more comfortable slinging cases of beer -- her father. The two candidates are portrayed by Dennis Hopper and Kelsey Grammer, with Nathan Lane and Stanley Tucci as their campaign managers. George Lopez also stars as a local TV-station manager who has to deal with the political factions as they set up camp in the small town. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Henry Poole Is Here
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Given a grim diagnosis during a routine doctor's checkup, a man who once had it all finds his attempt to disappear into a working-class suburb and spend his remaining days subsisting on vodka and junk food hopelessly disrupted when he falls for the beautiful divorcée next door and a busybody neighbor notices a miraculous stain on his stucco wall. Henry Poole (Luke Wilson) had a comfortable life and a beautiful fiancée. But just when it seemed that the future couldn't look any brighter for Henry, a visit to the doctor's office casts a dark cloud over his sunny outlook. Shattered, Henry wants nothing more in life than to simply vanish into his surroundings, and what better way to accomplish that feat than to purchase a cookie-cutter house in a working-class suburb and spend his final days awaiting the inevitable in peaceful solitude. Unfortunately for Henry, his new neighbors aren't about to let the handsome neighborhood newcomer spend his days sulking. The first to stop by and welcome Henry to his new home is local yenta Esperanza (Adriana Barraza), who comes knocking on his door with a fresh plate of homemade tamales and laundry list of questions.
Later, after taking notice of sad-eyed divorcée Dawn (Radha Mitchell) and her taciturn eight-year-old daughter, Millie (Morgan Lily), who hasn't spoken a work since her father left, Henry finds his self-imposed exile shattered when Esperanza notices a stain on his stucco wall that seems to possess miraculous powers. Before Henry can say "Hail Mary," Esperanza is leading pilgrimages to the "holy site" in his backyard and inviting Father Salizar (George Lopez) to give his blessings to the sacrosanct blemish. As skeptical as Henry may be about the healing powers of the curious apparition, however, his growing friendship with young Millie not only brings him closer to Dawn, but also proves to him that there's no escaping the power of hope. Cheryl Hines, Richard Benjamin, and Jessica Walter co-star in a wry existential comedy drama penned by first-time feature film screenwriter Albert Torres, and directed by Mark Pellington (Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
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Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest features a number of performances by some of the most talented comics of their day performing for a charity that collects money for the homeless. Among the performers who appear on this release are Sarah Silverman, Lewis Black, Jon Stewart, and David Cross. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Brown Is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream
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A disgraced former ping pong champion is drawn back into the world of high-stakes table tennis to carry out a top-secret mission in the feature directorial debut of Reno 911! writer/director Ben Garant. Far removed from the rigidly regulated world of professional sports, clandestine ping pong tournaments offer thrilling competition where only the strong survive. There was a time when the mere mention of the name Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) was enough to make even those most hardened ping pong player cower in fear, but these days Randy has fallen out of favor with ping-pong fans. The former champ soon receives a much-needed shot at redemption, however, when he is recruited by a determined FBI agent named Rodriguez (George Lopez) to win a coveted spot in the upcoming underground table tennis tournament and ferret out the nefarious Feng (Christopher Walken), whose thriving criminal empire has transformed him into a true menace to society. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Tortilla Heaven
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A tightly knit New Mexico community devoted to God, family, and fresh Mexican food is unexpectedly thrust into the national spotlight when the face of Jesus Christ appears on a tasty tortilla as the owner and head cook prepares for the Sunday lunch rush. Isidor Navarro (José Zuñiga) is the owner and proprietor of Tortilla Heaven -- a modest Mexican restaurant located in the remote town of Falfurrias. Though Tortilla Heaven may indeed have the best food in all of New Mexico, the only people aware of the restaurant are the 72 other residents who live in Falfurrias. All of that changes one fateful Sunday, however, when the citizens of Falfurrias file into church to pray the Lord's Mass and Isidor steps into the kitchen to make some fresh tortillas. When the dough that morning proves especially hard to handle and Isidor curses the difficult mixture before slamming it down on the grill, the God-fearing cook is suddenly taken aback when the face of Jesus Christ appears on the burnt tortilla. Of course, in a tiny town like Falfurrias it's impossible to keep a secret, and the very next day curious citizens are filing into Tortilla Heaven to find out if there is any truth to the rumors concerning a divine flatbread. As Isidor realizes the moneymaking potential of the culinary anomaly and begins to charge admission, worshipers begin to appear from all corners of the state and Tortilla Heaven soon begins to turn a tidy profit. Later, after a series of incredible miracles are attributed to the tortilla, a shady city slicker named Gil Garcia (Miguel Sandoval) appears at Tortilla Heaven throwing around such words as "expansion" and "franchising." It doesn't take much for Gil to convince Isidor to sign on the dotted line, and it's only when greed begins to plague the citizens of Falfurrias that the true miracle comes to light. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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George Lopez: America's Mexican
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Superstar comedian/actor George Lopez, one of the premier comedic talents in the entertainment industry, makes his HBO solo debut performed live in front of a packed house at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. Lopez delivers a hilarious routine touching on his own Latino roots, immigration and naturalization, modern-day kids, old-school values, interracial relationships, the e-coli outbreak, and the future.
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Latino Kings of Comedy, Vol. 1
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Latino Kings of Comedy, Vol. 1 showcases the stand-up talents of a selection of comics including Carlos Mencia, Bill Torres, George Lopez, and Jeff Valdez. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Latino Kings of Comedy, Vol. 2 showcases the stand-up talents of a selection of comics including John Mendoza, Gene Pompa, Rick Aviles, Vince Valenzula, and Jeff Valdez. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Writer and director Robert Rodriguez returns to the family-friendly adventure of his Spy Kids movies with this three-dimensional action opus. Max (Cayden Boyd) is a ten-year-old boy who doesn't get along with his peers and is constantly bullied at school. But Max has an active imagination, and he has a pair of very special imaginary playmates -- Shark Boy (Taylor Lautner), a human-shark half-breed cared for by a pack of great whites, and Lava Girl (Taylor Dooley), a girl with superpowers who can conjure heat and fire at will. Max may be a creative boy, but what he doesn't know is that Shark Boy and Lava Girl really do exist, and he is recruited to help them as they do battle against Mr. Electricity, a super-villain determined to deprive children of their sleep. Shot and originally released in the 3-D format, The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl also stars David Arquette and Kristin Davis as Max's parents, and George Lopez as a schoolteacher; writer and director Rodriguez wrote the film's story in collaboration with his then seven-year-old son, Racer Rodriguez. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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George Lopez: Why You Crying?
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George Lopez: Why You Crying? captures a live performance by the stand-up veteran and sitcom star. Much of the material focuses on his family and the foibles of Hispanic culture. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Possessing one of the most distinctive voices in pop music and one of the most distressing résumés on the big screen, Madonna has proven that whatever the role -- screwball seductress, martyred Argentinian first lady, embittered single mom-cum-yoga instructrix -- her abilities as a performer will manage to undermine any production whose credits bear her name. Like Elvis before her, Madonna has proven that no matter how sterling a pop reputation an artist may have, success on the Billboard Top 100 does not translate into similar plaudits at the box office.
Born Madonna Ciccone in Bay City, MI, in 1958, Madonna was raised in a strict Roman Catholic household. She attended the University of Michigan as a dance student for a brief period before dropping out to move to New York City in 1977. There, she quickly became a habitué of various downtown gay discos; spurred on by her dance teacher and her deejay pals, she embarked on a singing career. Before releasing her debut album, however, she made a debut of another kind in an all-but-forgotten, micro-budgeted date-rape melodrama entitled A Certain Sacrifice (1979). In an omen of things to come, Madonna later tried to halt the theatrical release of the film after her musical career took off.
The artist's proper screen debut came courtesy of Susan Seidelman's Desperately Seeking Susan. The 1985 release featured Madonna in a supporting role as a funky girl/object of desire around which the film's screwball plot revolved. Her rising star helped to make
a minor hit; aided by Seidelman, she was able to capitalize on her effervescent comic charm and her kooky, uber-Soho, Material Girl persona.
Unfortunately, Madonna's relationship with volatile young actor Sean Penn led her to accept a role opposite him, both in real life as well as onscreen in Shanghai Surprise (1986). The retro-styled, George Harrison-produced debacle endured a brief and mercilessly lambasted life at the box office; Madonna's marriage to Penn didn't last much longer. Next up for the indefatigable entertainer was Who's That Girl? (1987), a stillborn, flimsy imitation of the Melanie Griffith/Jeff Daniels vehicle Something Wild, released just one year prior. Notable only for its hit title track, the ostensible homage to Howard Hawks starred a pained Griffin Dunne opposite a bubbly, impetuous Madonna, apparently performing in the style of her semi-controversial "Open Your Heart" video. Needless to say, their chemistry did little to ignite box-office fireworks.
Madonna's next vehicle was undoubtedly her most high profile to date; cast opposite Warren Beatty in Dick Tracy (1990), she received lavish amounts of pre-film hype, particularly as she was involved at the time with long-in-the-tooth, alpha-stud Beatty. However, the much-anticipated feature failed to make good on the promise that surrounded its production, and Madonna herself came away with only a few choice Steven Sondheim production numbers to her credit. However, the "inspired by the motion picture" soundtrack album did help spark one of the singer's most enduring
cause celebres
-- "voguing."
It took director Alex Keshishian to (literally) strip some of the veneer from the Madonna mystique with his tell-all documentary Truth or Dare the following year. The feature's risqué subject matter -- including the songstress' unabashed fellating of an Evian bottle -- created a ratings stink with the MPAA and revealed some previously unexposed dimensions of Madonna's relationship with Beatty, such as his incessant ridicule of her.
Madonna next courted the best reviews of her film career to date playing a feisty baseball player in the 1992 A League of Their Own, in which she starred amongst a talented ensemble cast that included Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and offscreen gal-pal Rosie O'Donnell. Those favorable reviews were soon overshadowed, however, by the maelstrom of negative publicity just a few months later, when she formed a troika of artistic shame with her starring role in the pseudo-S&M thriller Body of Evidence (1993), her show-and-tell photo book Sex, and her subpar dance album Erotica.
Madonna kept a relatively low profile during the next three years, popping up occasionally for cameos in Blue in the Face and Four Rooms as well as a leading part in Abel Ferrera's barely-released Dangerous Game, co-starring Harvey Keitel. Instead, she spent much of her free time hounding director Alan Parker to cast her in the title role of the long-gestating film version of Andrew Lloyd Weber's Evita. Madonna's efforts eventually paid off when she won the part in the Christmas 1996 release; although critics responded with mixed opinions, the singer/actress managed to garner a Golden Globe for her performance.
Just when it seemed the actress had written off Hollywood for good, fate came calling in the form of boy-toy gal pal Rupert Everett and his script idea titled The Next Best Thing. Billed as a romantic comedy, the John Schlesinger-helmed vehicle was in actuality an uneasy melange of The Object of My Affection, My Best Friend's Wedding, and, improbably, Kramer vs. Kramer. Critics responded to the film with primal screams of derision, many of which were aimed at Madonna's balsa wood-inspired and deeply schizophrenic performance. Around this time, insult was indeed added to injury when, in early 2000, the erstwhile thespian was dubbed the Worst Actress of the Century at the Razzie Awards, beating out such notables as Bo Derek, Pia Zadora, and Elizabeth Berkley.
The stage was set for another of the actress' many career reinventions, and it seemed as though she might do just that with her marriage to film director
Guy Ritchie
, the father of her second child, Rocco. Though she had not yet appeared in one of the Brit's testosterone-laden heist films (including 1998's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and 2000's Snatch) she did play a starring role in their lavish Scottish Highlands' nuptials in December of 2000.
It wouldn't be long before Madonna collaborated artistically with her new beau. Subscribing to the age-old Hollywood dictum that a couple can't truly be in love without an accompanying vanity project, the Material Girl and Ritchie dusted off Italian director Lina Wertmuller's 1974 post-feminist chestnut Swept Away... By an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August for a lavish remake, albeit one without the original film's rape scene and communist subtext. Though many reviewers pointed out Madonna's natural adeptness at portraying a spoiled, shrewish heiress who engages in dominant/submissive sex games with a lusty Italian seaman, they were less convinced of the positive emotional "transformation" her character underwent over the course of the film. True to form, audiences avoided Swept Away like the plague, as it struggled to crack seven digits at the box office, making it one of the least-profitable films of 2002. In March of 2003, the Razzie Awards responded in kind, showering Swept Away and its star with 5 wins including Worst Picture of the year. Unfortunately, Madonna had to share her award for Worst Actress with her acolyte, another pop star trying to segue into film, Britney Spears.
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According to high school wrestler Matthew Modine, a spiritual "Vision Quest" is necessary for him to decide his future. Thus, Modine starts behaving in a manner that amazes even himself. The crowning achievement of Modine's new outlook on life is his romance with 21-year-old artist Linda Fiorentino. Somehow, all of this boils down to the standard "underdog makes good at crucial sports event" finale. Essentially Rocky and Breaking Away redux, Vision Quest is saved by the spirited performances of its young protagonists. Of historical value is the brief appearance by Madonna, whose voice is heard throughout on the film's music track. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Northern Irish driver Alastair Fisher heads the category for identical M-Sport Ford Fiesta R2s using Pirelli control tyres. But with Elfyn Evans, from Wales, eight points behind, the battle for honours is wide open following the opening two events of 2012.
Fisher led in Finland last year before a rare error put him out with victory in his grasp. While he would relish the opportunity to make amends this week, he has prioritised netting a strong haul of points ahead of a second win in the category this season.
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You see, these days, Adam and Ryan have been collaborating on a variety of projects in the bodyweight training realm. And given that a lot of you are interested in both bodyweight training and fat loss, I thought it would be good to get both of them on the phone to talk training for a bit. More specifically, to talk bodyweight training for home fitness and fat loss. And that's just what we did. I sent them a list of questions, got on Skype, and we talked for over an hour to give you some ideas on how to leverage bodyweight training combined with some key nutrition and lifestyle strategies to help you burn fat and get lean at home.
There's some really good info, a few key insights (aka golden nuggets), and tons of ideas to help you in your efforts to create a healthier, stronger, leaner you – right from home. Plus, perhaps most valuable of all, is some good ol' fashioned perspective (aka a reality check). So, if that's something that would interest you, have a listen!
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Hi Diana -
Thank you for reading my piece and asking questions. I certainly dont have all the answers, but I can tell you that throughout the Cold War we consistently violated our most sacred democratic principles by backing dictators in Africa, South and Central America and the Middle East. These men routinely killed and tortured their own citizens and denied them open elections in order to retain their grip on power. The men you see falling from power now - Mubarak, Saleh, Bin Ali - were all favored allies of the United States. Thankfully we are changing our approach and actually advocating for other countries the same democratic freedoms that our soldiers have fought and died for in so many wars. However this turns out, it has the advantage of being ethical and principled - which our Cold War strategy certainly was not. Roger Cohen wrote an amazing article about the changes in the Arab World in the latest issue of the International Herald Tribune Magazine entitled 'The Die-hards of Darna.' It speaks to this issue far more eloquently than I ever could; I suggest you look it up.
Best wishes,
I have not been able to read the article. but deeply fear that we don't know whom we are supporting in Libya and it may well be al qaeda. If the Muslim Brotherhood emerges victorious in Egypt, Israel will suffer and Egyptian revolutionaries will be vanquished. If the U.S. aligns with the Muslim Brotherhood, democracy will suffer.
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A Diet of Treacle by Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block has had a varied and at times wacky career, displaying some odd twists and turns and a habit of always writing with almost terrifying professionalism. Even on those rare occasions when Block is not especially good, he still functions on such a professional level that his lieast interesting books are still compulsively readable. The relatively few less-interesting books of his that I've read seem a little like running Lou Reed through AutoTune…except, as you probably know, there is no AutoTune in writing crime novels. Block manages it anyway.
Some of Block's more formulaic crime novels are less inspired than his earlier, more hard-boiled work, and it's really not my cup of tea. But in my experience even the coziest of his novels never deviate from a simple and almost reflexive level of readability. They're so piquant and yet so standardized that I'd think there was some sort of deception involved, if I didn't know better. And I know better because I've read the colossally bland later entries in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series, in which it becomes clear that either a) Connelly is using a ghostwriter, or b) he's phoning it in with almost insulting disinterest in the craft. Block never seemed like that, even when he was cranking out stuff that he must have gotten paid $50 for. He always pounded it out with a vengeance that shows an almost creepy competence with the storytelling process.
Viewed in that context, A Diet of Treacle, first published in 1961 as Pads Are For Passion under Block's soft-porn pseudonym Sheldon Lord, is one freaky book, man, like, crazy. It's one of those odd twists and turns that Block's career took: a straight-up exploitation novel of the type that's perhaps the purest distilled form of the divine trash that inspired Hard Case Crime's branded look.
A Diet of Treacle is part of that genre that circulates as postcards hipsters snicker at in funky tchotchke shops in the Mission or on Christopher Street, not the sorts of things a sane person actually reads. Believe me, I've tried! But if you, like me, can pore in rapturous horror over the execrable prose, tight sweaters and John Waters melodramas in the novels of Ed Wood Jr. and get baked crispy to Reefer Madness, then the exploitation genre that birthed A Diet of Treacle is for you.
Perhaps more importantly, Treacle is one of the best examples of the weird and small sub-subgenre of "Beatsploitation," which featured novels with Beat Generation themes. Trashy publishers were trying to feed off the same craze that spawned Gilligan's chin-beard on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Beatsploitation books are actually hard to get your hands on. That's because the amazingly weird covers make them collector's items.
Viewed as a trashy "exploitation vacation" from Block's far more intense works (Mona/Grifter's Game, The Girl With the Long Green Heart) and Hard Case Crime's many high-quality sucker punches, A Diet of Treacle is an infuriating and annoying book. It can be cheesy at times…in fact, it is cheesy, most of the time. But it refuses to be the piece of crap that other exploitation novels often turn out to be. It's packed with camp, and it holds a fascinating place in history. I mean…a beatsploitation drug-hysteria novel written by the great Lawrence Block? Like…whoa. For what it's worth, this book is best read with On the Road kept in your recent memory.
Anyway, Treacle concerns a nice-ish kid and a not-so-nice-ish Korean War vet getting lost on the road to Crazyville, man, and getting mixed up with one bad man who's, like, out there, man, I mean like BEAT, you dig? Horse, man. The big H. Like, CRAZY. That's about as authentic as it feels. There's no real complex crime story, but at no point does the action slow down; it's Block through and through, a fast-moving and breezy despite its dorky overblown exploitation elements. And there are plenty of those; it's fairly silly, actually. But it never bogs down like a hell of a lot of crime novels. It's an easy read, satisfying enough, and a transporting and inspired glimpse of an imagined seedy underworld that never existed outside of trashy novels.
If you're interested in counterculture history, there are a lot of interesting references here. For instance, "Mexican Brown," in modern times a type of heroin, is referred to as a crappy kind of marijuana. That seems like it was probably just an error on Block's part — but who knows? I couldn't find a reference for the slang term having ever applied to marijuana…but it's moments like that — glimpses of historical underground and criminal mysteries — that absolutely make a book like this for me.
Overall, the portrayal of the drug culture from the era of the book is fascinating as a pop-culture artifact. However, the depth and accuracy seem to be pretty weak. The big moral turnaround of the book is when a girl gets high on tea and suddenly goes nuts, having public sex with her druggie boyfriend in front of everyone at a downtown beat party, man. Like crazy. It's fairly silly. It's more than a little hysterical. But it's never really bad enough to be funny, which works both for and against it.
That said, A Diet of Treacle is only maybe the twelfth exploitation novel I've ever read all the way through, some of the others being Junky and Queer by William S. Burroughs, Killer in Drag and Death of a Transvestite/Let Me Die In Drag by the aforementioned Wood, and S is for Stud, rumored to be by Jim Thompson. (Incidentally, that total doesn't include straight-up porn novels; if it did, the number would easily be well into the triple digits, which is a little scary when I think about it as a virtual pile of sleaze.)
I honestly have no idea if Block rewrote this thing for the Hard Case Crime publication, to make it match his level of expected competence now that he's had a career to learn his craft. If he did, I can't blame him. The results are pretty enjoyable, if not exactly good.
If Block didn't rewrite Treacle before allowing it to be reprinted, and this is how it came blasting outta his brain near the start of his career, for low pay and probably without much editing?
That, then, is absolutely terrifying.The guy just cranked this stuff out when he was twenty-three? That makes me wanna lay on the floor and twitch. It may not be good, but it's some of the most competent not-good around.


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In the world of computer software, wherever there's a good product to be found there will (eventually) be a 'Lite' offshoot. Stripped of some of the more complex features of the full version, the Lites are conceived to hook punters into the line and deliver them, flapping with excitement, to the doors of local retailers a while later, begging to be sold the fully-featured product for several hundred pounds more.
The reasoning is simple: give consumers a taste of what the product can do for them, dangle the carrot of extra functions, and watch them crack open the piggybank once they've exhausted the potential of the Liteware.
Roland's V-Drum line, while consisting of hardware products, is very much a range built on the capabilities of seriously hi-tech software. The mesh head pads and sexy tubular racks of gear like the TD-12K and TD-20K are all well and good, but without the processing power of the software within, they'd be a pretty but useless assemblage of rubber, nylon and metal.
Bearing in mind this reliance on boffin-created software, it's perhaps in keeping with the thinking of the day that Roland has recently come up with its first V-Drums Lite package. The HD-1 bears the slogan on its box (so it's not just us poking fun) and the bijou little kit adheres closely to the ethos of the Lite world.
Bereft of many of the features of the upscale V-Drum line, it still offers a teaser experience of the bigger TDs. The question, as with all such Lite gear, is whether it's a valid product in its own right, or a kit crippled by corners cut too far...
Whatever the final verdict on the validity of the HD-1, there's no arguing that it's an impressively cute little thing. But it's cute in a serious rather than silly way. From the diminutive little module sited atop the compact silver rack to the pod-like pedal housings, there is (as with all V-Drum offerings) clear evidence of some heavy-duty design having been brought to bear on the new kit.
And while it might be Lite in nature, the HD-1 is no flimsy toy. In fact its solidity is one of the most remarkable things about it. Sure, it's not as stable as a full TD-20 rig, but the kit is heavy enough to stay put during use, and build quality (another Roland trademark) is sufficient to assuage any fears that it'll only be good for the occasional tap-around.
Even the hi-hat and kick pedals - often the least chunky aspects of more affordable e-kits - are metal, and the housings into which they fit are of the kind of high-impact plastic that's up to a beating. Not that that ever needs to happen.
The kit slots together easily and, once it's all in place, provides a decent balance between compactness and playing space. One of the very reasons for the HD-1's existence is to offer space-deprived drummers a kit that will fit into a corner, but there's enough scope for positioning the four drum and three cymbal pads that, unless you're of Peter Crouch-type dimensions, you shouldn't feel like a monkey perched behind a set of cotton reels.
And so to the pads themselves. And what a treat they are. A mesh head snare pad is accompanied by three cushioned rubber tom pads and a trio of cymbal pads with 'half rubber' playing surfaces. This arrangement makes for as quiet a playing experience as possible - there's no escaping a dull thud from the pads (nearsilent mesh head aside), but the acoustic response from the kit is as muted as Roland could make it.
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Playing the HD-1 is a rather different experience than sitting behind a more normal-sized electronic kit. But it's in no way unpleasant or uncomfortable, quite the contrary: everything falls to hand easily and the fact that everything's slotted in close actually means you have to concentrate on accuracy rather than flailing all over the place. Which is good for some of us.
And the tactile response of the playing surfaces is very good indeed. Those familiar with the V-Drum stuff so far will appreciate the forgiving nature of the snare pad, and the wristsaving softness of the cushioned rubber toms is welcome too.
The one aspect of the playing experience that does take some adjusting to is the pedal feel, as with all 'non-standard' pedal set-ups. There's no escaping the fact that sprung units like this can't offer the same feel and responsiveness as regular pedals. But as the one significant compromise in pursuit of compactness and wallet-friendliness, it's hardly a bridge too far.
You'll be expecting that downsized module (barely bigger than a video cassette) to prove limited compared to even the bigger TD-3 offering. And you'd be right. There's seemingly no way of squeezing tons of processing power into such a small unit. But the sounds that are contained within don't let the Roland side down.
A couple each of pleasing acoustic 'rock' kits, electro ensembles (heavy on the 909/808 vibe), jazz-oriented sets and percussion groupings are presented within the choice of just 10 preset kits. And the triggering abilities of the HD-1 mean that dual sounds (bow and bell on cymbals, edge and middle of head on drums, for instance) are within the unit's remit, making for a slightly more rewarding set-up than would otherwise be the case.
A MIDI out socket also means the HD-1 can communicate with hardware better stocked with sounds, should you feel the need.
However, there's no editing as far as sounds go - what you're given is what you've got. In the main this is no great shame, because the sounds are very solid. But in some cases it would be useful to reduce reverb levels on the acoustic bass drums, or tune snares up for a tighter tone.
The HD-1 also does without the TD-3's excellent training features, so this is less of a learning tool than its bigger brother. There are no songs to play along to, no coaching functions to improve your chops with. There is, however, a click (although no bpm info), and you can plug an iPod/CD player in, too.
The V-Drum line is essentially a premium series, so although this is the entry-level, the HD-1 was never likely to be a sub-£300 product. It has its limitations but it fulfils its brief as a super-compact, good-sounding practice set very well. Surprise at the price has to be balanced against the superb build quality and general design.