Steven Spielberg and china

The Olympic Games in Beijing must manage without filmmaker Steven Spielberg as artistic advisor. Spielberg has pulled out because of the Darfur policy of the Chinese government.

A hollywood brake for Vladimir Putin ?

Here is a particularly strange bit of news from Russia - the debut of a romantic film about the private life of Vladimir Putin, though the producers adamantly claim otherwise: “For the first time we have the chance to take a look at the life of a politician, from another angle,” reads a promotional brochure for the film, “This Kiss Is Off the Record,” distributed at a news conference in Moscow on Tuesday.

Yogi - dead @ 91

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles -
In the late 60's Yogi was feted by the Beatles - who called him an influence, not only spiritually but musically - it is believed he was the inspiration for such songs as 'Let it Be' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever'.

it's samba time

BRAZIL CARNIVAL is on