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Phil Woolas: Populist agent provocateurBlack and southasian readers of Pickled Politics more than 10 years old will remember how casually racist and intolerant England was in the early 70s and 80s. They will remember how easily and routinely anti-foreign sentiment was ratcheted up a degree or two during times of national economic hard... |
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Sarah Palin and the PopeSo, Sarah Palin's advisors decide that it is time for her to meet a bunch of serious world leaders. They head to Europe, where, first up, she has an appointment with the Pope. The Pope and some of his Cardinals invite her for a boat ride on the Tiber. As they are sitting in the gondola talking, a... |
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Fall Favorites 2008About this time, last year, I was in Rome. My favorite time of year in one of my favorite cities. Most days, in the late afternoon, I would walk from our apartment in Trastevere, cross the Tiber at Ponte Garibaldi, and meander through the old city with no real destination in mind. That being ... |
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Found: The long-lost grave of Marcus Macrinus, the real-life inspiration for ‘Gladiator’This is the tomb of the ancient Roman who inspired the Russell Crowe blockbuster Gladiator, archaeologists revealed today. Marble columns and an inscription in Latin to Marcus Nonius Macrinus have been unearthed in a site where a new housing development is being built. Daniela Rossi, a seni... |
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Emile Hirsch on His Piggy Woodstock ExperienceIn the recent "photo issue" of Entertainment Weekly there are a few photos of Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock, which is shooting in upstate New York and is based on the memoirs of Elliot Tiber, the gay figure who helped facilitate the famous music festival. In the film, Emile Hirsch plays... |
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First Look: Ang Lee's Taking WoodstockEntertainment Weekly published the first photo of director and cast on the set of Taking Woodstock, the film based on a memoir by Elliot Tiber, the gay Greenwich Village interior decorator who facilitated the legendary music festival. Ang Lee starts his productions off with a "Big Luck c... |
