March 2012
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Cairo’s ‘hijab-free’ zones trigger cries of... →
sharquaouia:
If anything, read the conclusion:
For decades, more and more Egyptian women have decided to don the veil. Many, however, see no contradiction between their dress and pushing for broader women’s rights in post-Mubarak Egypt. For women like Ms. Rabie, there is no difference between an Islamist Party insisting on women wearing a veil and a restaurant insisting they leave it at...
February 2012
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mohandasgandhi:
Look at all these foreigners taking our awards….
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I love your country.
– Jean Dujardin, upon winning the Oscar for Best Actor.
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Natalie, calm the fuck down.
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The Academy Awards: that show people watch instead...
These people pretend to know what ‘mise-en-scène’ means.
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So Woody Allen doesn't attend the Oscars because...
It’s slightly pretentious to decline an invitation to an awards ceremony of this caliber, but I can respect his decision.
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Slate: How Do You Pronounce “Hazanavicius”? Our...
A couple weeks ago /Film declared 2012 “the year we all learn to pronounce Hazanavicius,” but it seems most of us haven’t yet made good on that resolution. Many newsmen have bungled the Artist director’s name in Oscar reports, while at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the Frenchman’s win left Robert De Niro stammering. After a few aborted attempts, De Niro finally grumbled, “You’ve...
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This is my daughter Oorlagh George. Now I don’t have to wait until her...
– Terry George, accepting the award for Best Live Action Short Film, triggering a major ‘awwwww’
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Really, you went with penis jokes?
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Academy: Stand like a JC Penny mannequin when you get on stage.
Angelina: Like this?
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Once you get to know him, he’s just a normal frog.
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Bret McKenzie on meeting Kermit.
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In an alternate universe, the film "Oscar" is...
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At this time, many young Iranians all over this world are watching us, and I...
– Iranian film director ASGHAR FARHADI, on accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, A Separation (via claerwen)
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WHERE'S BENEDICT.
jimsnolongeralive:
THIS HAS BECOME A FULL ON GAME NOW GUYS.
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