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BorderlineHour.caWednesday 6th February 2008 The fact that Montreal writer Marie-Sissi Labrèche's early novels have never been published in English is an odd omission by anglo-Canadian publishing houses - weirder still considering these particularly Montreal-flavoured books, Borderline (2000) and La Brèche (2002), are cult classics in their German, Greek, Russian and Dutch editions.
The 'Juno' geniusesLos Angeles TimesMonday 4th February 2008 Mandate breaks the mold and finds success IT'S no secret that "Juno" is a sensation, having both earned an Oscar best picture nomination and easily cracked the $100-million mark at the box office. For all the well-deserved hoopla for young actress Ellen Page and rookie screenwriter Diablo Cody, there's an untold story that centers on the little-known company that actually put the movie ...
e C e n t r a lThe StarTuesday 5th February 2008 Now 40 and with two children, Zoe Tay is back in a new TV series in Singapore and nonchalant that people have forgotten her.
Oscar nominee Javier Bardem's work speaks volumesUSA TodayTuesday 5th February 2008 J avier Bardem, the jig is up. For years, the Spaniard relied on a fallback line when American directors came calling: He simply didn't speak English. That's what he told Ethan and Joel Coen when they approached him about playing a stony, roaming, coin-tossing assassin in No Country for Old Men. But since nailing the role that has earned him a Golden Globe, a SAG Award and an Oscar nomination ...
Obama gives us a reason to cheerChicago Sun-TimesTuesday 5th February 2008 LOS ANGELES -- These are the days that can try a journalist's soul. Even though some people think we are heartless, we grieve over heinous crimes like the killing of five innocent women in the Tinley Park strip mall.
