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Source: Globe and Mail (Original Article)

SUSAN SACHS

PARIS —
Special to The Globe and Mail
Published on Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 12:00AM EST
Last updated on Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010 5:33AM EST

In the rural French village where she lived for the past five years, Najlae Lhimer was known to people - if they knew her at all - as the pretty woman from Morocco who volunteered at the local library and attended a nearby vocational school.
All that changed three weeks ago, when the slim 19-year-old sought help from the police after being beaten black and blue by an older brother who had tried to forbid her from studying.
Within the space of 15 hours, Miss Lhimer was arrested, charged with being an illegal immigrant, bundled onto an airplane in tears and deported to Casablanca where she knew no one. “I thought that at least in France the law would protect me,” she told her French friends in an e-mail from Morocco. “I’m lost here.”
But back in the village of Château-Renard, an isolated hamlet with timbered stone buildings at the edge of a ruined 10th century castle, she was not forgotten.
Her neighbours mobilized. They printed up posters with her picture and contacted lawyers. They held a protest rally in the village - population 2,345 - that drew some 300 people. They petitioned celebrities, politicians, immigrant advocates and women’s activists.
In absentia, Ms. Lhimer quickly became a cause, a poster child for battered women in France and a flashpoint for criticism of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s hard-line policies on immigration.
This week, bowing to the grassroots campaign, the President announced that Ms. Lhimer was welcome to come back.
Immigration Minister Eric Besson said the decision, made public at the end of a communiqué on International Women’s Day, was a “humanitarian gesture.” If she now requests a visa at the French Consulate in Morocco, he said yesterday, “I am going to give it to her.”
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Source: MTV.com (Original Article)

By most accounts, “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” seem likely to dominate the Oscars on Sunday — but after a clean sweep of its five nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards on Friday (March 5), perhaps things are looking a bit more “Precious.”

The wrenching, heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting drama “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” was a juggernaut at the Film Independent Spirit Awards held in downtown Los Angeles. Other big winners included “Crazy Heart,” Woody Harrelson, “A Serious Man” and even the quirky, endearing documentary “Anvil! The Story of Anvil!”

2010 Independent Spirit Awards Show

Hosted by Eddie Izzard, the show honored independent and original filmmaking throughout 2009, and celebrated this year’s 25th anniversary by moving from its traditional day of the week (Saturday before the Oscars) and location (Santa Monica) to downtown’s expansive new L.A. Live complex. In past years, the Spirit Awards have been indicative of Oscar winners, playing out as recently as last year when Penélope Cruz (for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”) and the documentary “Man on Wire” won at both shows.

“Precious” won Best Feature, Best Director (Lee Daniels), Best First Screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher), Best Female Lead (Gabourey Sidibe) and Best Supporting Female (Mo’Nique). Looking out in the audience at her co-star who has spent the last year soaring from obscurity to Oscar-stardom, Mo’Nique said to Sidibe: “You are a special gift to the universe, baby.”

To absolutely no one’s surprise, Jeff Bridges won Best Male Lead for “Crazy Heart,” continuing his seemingly insurmountable awards-season ‘09 dominance. The film, about a broken-down country singer seeking salvation and sobriety, also won Best First Feature for rookie director Scott Cooper.

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Source: The Age (Original Article)

IT WILL go down in history as The Great Fish Massacre, the moment in last Tuesday’s episode of My Kitchen Rules when 25-year-old data analyst Rowan Booth took his filleting knife to a huge cod and produced about the same amount of flesh as you might expect from a large goldfish.
So yesterday, as Booth and his 35-year-old teammate (and workmate) Sophia Lindsay fronted at Seven’s Docklands HQ for a barbecue, it came as a relief to see they weren’t behind the griddle.
”I do know how to fillet a fish,” Booth insisted as a nameless tongs-master turned skewers of wagyu beef and prawns on sticks of lemongrass. ”And I do know how to cook it. It’s just that when I saw the clock turn over - less than an hour to go - I panicked.”
Booth is married, Lindsay single. Neither had anticipated the attention the show would bring them. ”It’s not so much that I’m stopped as I walk down the street,” Lindsay says. ”It’s the comments you get, on the fan forums especially.”
”Like ‘bash the fat ranga’,” says Booth, who points out that he’s not, in fact, ginger-haired.
Lindsay concedes, with a hint of resignation, that they have been sold as the villains of this show. ”The people who know us know what we’re really like, but the show focuses on certain things to make us look a certain way. We didn’t know it would be that way, but when we signed the contract - it was, like, a million pages - we agreed to allow them to edit it however they wanted.”
Knowing that, would you do it again? ”Well, it’s been a great experience, but no, I wouldn’t do it again.”
French chef Manu Feildel, also at Seven yesterday, is enjoying the limelight a little more. The 34-year-old from Nantes had a guest spot on Ten’s MasterChef last year, and signed on for a full two-month stint on MKR only after getting the OK from the team at his Sydney restaurant, l’Etoile.
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Source: Irish Independent (Original Article)

Well, have they or haven’t they? Yesterday, the internet threatened to go into meltdown as speculation swirled regarding the break-up — or not — of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Not since rumours that Michael Jackson had collapsed in his living room has cyberspace been rocked so profoundly.

According to initial reports, the Hollywood uber-couple had an irreconcilable
falling out and were planning a multi-million dollar quickie separation.

No sooner had the claims plunged the gossip-industrial complex into collective
hysteria, however, than sources allegedly close to the couple were hitting
back.

‘Total BS’ was top Hollywood website TMZ’s take on the scandal. TMZ quoted a
‘friend’ of the couple as saying they had never been closer Since launching
in 2005, TMZ has led the way in celebrity exclusives. It broke the story of
Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic rant and leaked Alec Baldwin’s furious phone call
to daughter Ireland. It was also first to report Michael Jackson’s fatal
seizure.

“We didn’t believe it. And, now, those silly stories have officially been
squashed by their rep,” weighed in blogger Perez Hilton, one of the few
internet gossip monkeys who might actually have Brangelina on speed dial.

Backing the rumours was Brangelina biographer Ian Halpern, who, quoting a
‘close friend’ of Brad, said the actor was “miserable” with Jolie
and had been plotting a getaway for six months. “I can confirm that his
relationship with Angie is over.”

If nothing else, the present firestorm illustrates just how hellish life can
be as part of a celebrity couple. Every relationship goes through its sticky
patches. When the entire world is scrabbling for a peek into your boudoir,
however, even a mild tiff becomes a world-shaking event.

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