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Average Home Has More TVs Than People By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer Thursday, September 21, 2006 (09-21) 18:38 PDT New York (AP) -- The average American home now has more television sets than people. That threshold was crossed within the past two years, according to Nielsen Media Research. ...

South Korea rests Oscar hope on gay-themed film Thursday September 21, 2006 Guardian Unlimited South Korea has picked a low-budget, gay-themed film to be its official submission for the best foreign language film Oscar at the 79th annual Academy Awards. The King and the Clown, Lee Jun-Ik's film abo...

The Namesake Allan Hunter in Toronto Screendaily Dir: Mira Nair. USA. 2006. 122mins Mira Nair’s best films have shown an optimism about life and an affection for the flaws and failings of her characters, and she brings a similar sense of compassion to The Namesake, her adaptation of the novel by Pu...

Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist dies at 83 The Associated Press Published: September 20, 2006 STOCKHOLM, Sweden Oscar-winning Swedish filmmaker Sven Nykvist, who was director Ingmar Bergman's cinematographer of choice, has died after a long illness, his son said. He was 83. Nykvist died Wednes...

Nearly 300,000 have been killed in Darfur. Now it is feared that 2 million refuges could be slaughtered in a mass genocide. Which makes this so disgusting: Bush blocks campaign to put pressure on Sudan over Darfur By Rupert Cornwell in Washington Published: 19 September 2006 The Independent The Bus...

What I mean Sonic is exactly what you just did in your second post. You ignored a great majority of what was said and then tried to make a point off a minor aspect of the entire post. Um, my first post was a response to Okri, not you. I didn't deliberately ignore anyone. Rather, I deliberately answ...

Oh, c'mon guys, it is a comeback. A minor one, but a comeback nonetheless, from being one of Hollywood's golden boys (Academy Award, blockbuster films) to practically a laughing stock in the industry, thanks to massive overexposure (Bennifer) and notorious bombs (Gigli, Surviving Christmas). If Hol...

Sonic, I'm surprised you're pulling the same stuff Criddic does. My argument is in my post. The comeback argument is from mediocrity. From two huge duds of pictures. From status as a box office action adventure star into a roll that has everyone talking. Who cares if the film didn't make much at th...

I'm a bit surprised that people are considering this a comeback for Affleck. And come back from what? Or to what? It's not a comeback to good films - after all, Hollywoodland as only gotten the mildest of praise, and most critics seemed indifferent at best. It's not gonna be a box office hit. Hear,...

Matthews is also quite confused about the prospects of a spanish-language film becoming an Oscar nominee. He even suggests two could be. I don't know if he realizes that the likelihood of that is 1 in a million. Volver maybe but where did Pan's Labyrinth come from? I've heard no talk of it. This is...