How We See The World

Cotillard won her Oscar for playing legendary French singer Edith Piaf Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard is facing criticism after footage of her apparently questioning the 9/11 attacks surfaced on the internet. In a interview she reportedly gave a year ago, the star is shown commenting on the events of 11 September 2001. "I think we're lied to about a number of things," the Paris-born 32-year-old is seen saying in French. Cotillard's best actress Oscar was one of several awards she won for playing singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose. She is due to begin filming gangster movie Public Enemies with actor Johnny Depp shortly. Transcript In the intervie…

TMZ has confirmed reports that actor Patrick Swayze is suffering from cancer. Swayze's publicist issued the following statement to TMZ: "Actor Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and is currently undergoing treatment." The statement continues, "Patrick's physician Dr. George Fisher states, 'Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.' Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. Th…

Author says Holocaust story is false By MELISSA TRUJILLO The Associated Press BOSTON – Almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself or her horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true. She didn't live with a pack of wolves to escape the Nazis. She didn't trek 1,900 miles across Europe in search of her deported parents, nor kill a German soldier in self-defense. She's not even Jewish. Defonseca, a Belgium writer now living in Massachusetts, admitted through her lawyers this week that her best-selling book, "Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years," was an elaborate fantasy she kept repeating, even as the book was translated into 18 languages and made…

The north of England had its biggest 'earthquake' in 25 years last night. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm I had a tsunami in my cup of tea! Did the earth move for you too? :wink3: S

Hello people! I have a really annoying problem with DeviantArt, this Art-site. Sometimes, when you look at a picture there, you can increase its size. You just have to click on the picture and it will increase itself (or you click on this little 'Download' icon next to the picture, but this icon isn't always there). So now my problem: Always when I want to increase the picture, the site loads again, but the size of the picture doesn't change. It's still small. So I decided to look under the Properties of firefox, maybe they are some options which I have to deactivate. But I found nothing useful, and now I can't look at the pictures on DeviantArt in full-size :cry: And …

Neo-Cons Scramble To Downplay Shameful Puppy Video While others sickeningly lament that it was just a puppy and not an Iraqi baby. Emotionally castrated Neo-Cons are doing everything in their power to downplay shameful scenes of U.S. Marines throwing a puppy off a cliff in Iraq, while others are openly and sickeningly lamenting the fact that the poor victim was just a puppy and not an Iraqi baby. Shocking video shows two Marines talking on the edge of a cliff as one holds up a puppy by the scruff of its neck. The soldier then tosses the dog over the side of the cliff as it yelps in panic. Neo-Cons have reacted by claiming the video is fake or that the puppy is a…

A web browser that gave many people their first experience of the web is set to disappear. Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 March 2008, the company has said. In the mid-1990s, as the commercial web began to take off, the browser was used by more than 90% of people online. Its market share has since slipped to just 0.6% as other browsers such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) and Firefox have eroded its user base. The company recommends that users upgrade their browser to either Firefox or Flock, which are both built on the same underlying technologies as Navigator. "I think we represent the hope that was of Netscape…

Medvedev to take Russian presidency By DOUGLAS BIRCH, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW - Just hours after Russia elected a new president, the Kremlin sent two strong signals that it doesn't plan to back down from its pull-no-punches foreign policy — a coalition of pro-government youth groups marched on the U.S. Embassy and the state-controlled gas monopoly reduced gas supplies to Western-looking Ukraine. The decision to squeeze Ukraine and to use street protests to attack American foreign policy may be an early indication that Dmitry Medvedev, the president-elect, intends to continue the course set by his mentor, President Vladimir Putin — who has reasserted his …

Australian girl banned from tennis club for grunting A 9-year-old Australian girl has been banned from playing tennis at her local club over the noise she makes while competing. The Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, reported that Lauryn Edwards was told last weekend that she could no longer play after an opposing player complained about her grunting. Edwards' favorite player is Maria Sharapova. And like her hero, Edwards grunts when she strikes the ball. Her father, who has turned to the regional and national tennis federations for assistance, said the Mt. Carmel Tennis Club in Sunbury asked him for assurances that she would remain quiet while playing. "…

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A newborn baby girl survived an ignoble birth after slipping down the toilet bowl of a moving Indian train onto the tracks when a pregnant woman unexpectedly gave birth while relieving herself on Tuesday. "My delivery was so sudden," said the Bhuri Kalbi, the mother of the infant, born two months prematurely. "I did not even realize that my child had slipped from the hole in the toilet." Kalbi, a 33-year-old woman from a village in Rajasthan, fainted on the toilet seat after the birth for a few minutes before waking up and alerting her family. "They stopped the train and ran on the tracks to find the baby," she said, sp…

The prince's deployment was subject to a news blackout Prince Harry has been fighting the Taleban on the front line in Afghanistan, the MoD has confirmed. Harry, 23, who is third in line to the throne, has spent the last 10 weeks serving in Helmand Province. The prince joked about his nickname "the bullet magnet", but said: "I finally get the chance to do the soldiering that I want to do." The deployment was subject to a news blackout deal, which broke down after being leaked by foreign media. Chief of the General Staff Sir Richard Dannatt, who is head of the British Army, said he was disappointed the news had leaked. In a statement, he said: "I am very disappoi…

The European Commission has fined US computer giant Microsoft for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour. Microsoft must now pay a record 899m euros ($1.4bn; £680.9m) after it failed to comply with a 2004 ruling that it abused its position. The ruling said that Microsoft was guilty of not providing key code to rival software makers. EU regulators said the firm was the first to break an EU anti-trust ruling. The fines come on top of earlier fines of 280m euros imposed in July 2006, and of 497m euros in March 2004. "Microsoft was the first company in 50 years of EU competition policy that the Commission has had to fine for failure to …

TV's top 25 put-downs published Lord Blackadder spent most of his life devising witty 'put-downs' Insults by Captain Mainwaring and Lord Blackadder have been named among the top 25 put-downs in TV history, as chosen by the Radio Times magazine. "Stupid Boy!" uttered by Dad's Army's Captain Mainwaring to Private Pike, is one of the lines in the list. The selected Blackadder line was: "The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr Brain has long since departed, hasn't he, Percy?" The list of put-downs covers the last 40 years from British and American TV. * Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers. To Sybil: "Oh dear, what happened? Did you get entangled in the e…

Israeli War Minister Threatens Palestinian Holocaust Media who became obsessed with "wipe Israel off the map" misquote scurry to defend Vilnai after disgraceful comments Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai has provoked outrage after threatening Palestinians with a "holocaust," but the same media who obsessed about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "wipe Israel off the map" misquote are scurrying to defend Vilnai's disgraceful comments. "The more Qassam (rocket) fire intensifies and the rockets reach a longer range, they (the Palestinians) will bring upon themselves a bigger holocaust because we will use all our might to defend ourselves," Vilnai told the Army Radio…

Turkey and Thailand have in the past also banned access to the site Pakistan's attempts to block access to YouTube have been blamed for a near global blackout of the site on Sunday. Google, the owner of YouTube, blamed the outage on "erroneous internet protocols", sourced in Pakistan BBC News has learned that the nearly two-hour long blackout was almost certainly connected to Pakistan Telecom and internet service provider PCCW. The country ordered ISPs to block the video-sharing website because of content deemed offensive to Islam. The BBC News website's technology editor, Darren Waters, says that to block Pakistan's citizens from accessing YouTube it is be…

Complete List of Oscar Winners Complete List of the Winners at 80th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony (Reuters) The Associated Press By The Associated Press Feb 24, 2008 (AP) Complete list of winners at the 80th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles: Best Motion Picture: "No Country for Old Men." Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood." Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose." Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men." Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton." Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men." Foreign Language Film: "Th…

The career criminal sparked a security alert at No 10 A serial burglar who broke into 10 Downing Street has been given a final opportunity to avoid prison. Obadiah Marius, 45, sparked a major security alert when he was found wandering around the Whitehall Cabinet Office last June. The break-in came three months after he strolled into private chambers at Snaresbrook Crown Court and walked off with some judges' laptops. Sentence was postponed to assess his suitability for drug rehabilitation. Marius, from Stratford, east London, who has more than 30 previous criminal convictions, admitted one count of burgling the court in March last year, and a second cha…

“Fairtrade purports to work within the market economy but its rise has been largely based on marketing subsidies and public-sector procurement,” says Tom Clougherty, policy director of the Adam Smith Institute. Despite huge pressures on the public purse, local councils are squandering large sums becoming Fairtrade towns and cities, distributing posters and leaflets to nanny people into only buying Fairtrade. Meanwhile, the Fairtrade Foundation has received over £1.5m from the Department for International Development. It wants more. In December, reminiscent of 1970s-style industrial policy, it called for £50m of development aid to be spent as “strategic investment” on Fair…

This is terrible news. To me anyway. This is the explanation, found on the main page of the website: -------------------- "I’m Tom (aka Spinner), a Stage6 user and an employee of DivX, Inc., the company behind the service. I’m writing this message today to inform you that we plan to shut down Stage6 on February 28, 2008. Upload functionality has already been turned off, and you’ll be able to view and download videos until Thursday. I know this news will come as a shock and disappointment to many Stage6 users, and I’d like to take a few moments to explain the reasons behind our decision. We created Stage6 with the mission of empowering content creators and …

Eduardo Da Silva’s Euro 2008 dreams lie in tatters after he suffered a horrific leg break just four minutes into Arsenal’s clash with Birmingham. The Croatian striker’s foot was planted as Martin Taylor dived into the challenge, resulting in a nasty injury that left several of Arsenal’s players visibly distressed. Medical staff have taken Eduardo directly to hospital, where it is suspected he will need to undergo instant surgery. Gunners physio Gary Lewin was one of a number of medical staff who were also left disturbed by the nature of the injury, which rules the striker out for the rest of the season. Unfortunately that means Eduardo will also miss E…

Well here's the video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8c2_1203613227&p=1 Just got back from Oklahoma where I was shooting Mat Hoffman’s tribute to Evel Knievel. Had a ball, too, even though I almost lost my own balls in the process. Don’t want to give too much away because the tribute airs Feb 23rd on MTV, but let’s just say before letting Travis Pastrana teach me how to do a backflip on a motorcycle I should have had him teach me to ride one first. Heh-heh…bad for me, good for our viewing audience at home. Have to go now. Have to empty the piss bag on my leg that I have to wear for the next two weeks until my torn urethra heals. Ouch, and see you on the 23r…

Millionaire gives away a king's ransom to find girl of his dreams Last updated at 23:54pm on 16th January 2007 Looking for Love: Tom Laing When I was 21, I planned to be married with children by 25. When that didn't happen, I set a new goal of 30. Now I'm 32, still single and can't waste any more time. I don't want to be running around a football field with a toddler when I'm 50, so it's time to call in a professional. I'm going to pay someone £20,000 to find me a wife. On paper, you'd think I was the perfect eligible bachelor. I run my own photographic, dance and recording studio and have another business that does everything from web desig…

Zimbabwe's central bank introduced a $10m note in January Zimbabwe's soaring inflation hit an annual rate of 100,000% in January, new official figures show. Ongoing shortages of food and fuel helped drive inflation from December's rate of 66,212%. Government officials say the shortages make it hard to work out inflation with any degree of accuracy. About 80% of the country's population lives in poverty and it is estimated that three million people have left the country for a new life in South Africa. The economy has been in trouble for seven years, with supplies of basic foodstuffs, cooking oil and petrol all running low. The central bank has introduc…

i didn't know exactly where to post this one, but the entertainment section also mentions "books" so i guess it's right here. i'm obsessed with short stories at the moment. to me a good short story is comparable to a good song. but what makes a good short story in you opinion? do you have any short stories you just love? one of my favourite two short stories are "A Perfect Day For Bananafish" and "For Esmé - With Love And Squalor" both by JD Salinger. has anyone read them? they're simply brilliant.

A speeding motorist who was sending a text message when she crashed into a teenage cyclist was convicted yesterday of causing his death by dangerous driving and was told that she faces a jail sentence. Jordan Wickington, 19, who had not been wearing a cycling helmet, died in hospital later that day. The court was told that Kiera Coultas, 25, did not see him at a busy junction on February 7 last year because she was sending the text at the time. She was replying to a message from her estranged husband. Coultas, a hotel manager, admitted that her BMW was doing 45mph in a 30mph limit when she drove on to the junction in Southampton shortly after 7am. She told Southa…