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“Beloved” comes with many deep and true spiritual messages
By GalaTView staff
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Beloved is a dense, complex, hard story that will first touch and then break your heart. Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni play mother and daughter (as they are in real life) in a French soap opera of love. In the freewheeling Paris of the ‘60s, young Madeleine (Ludivine Sagnier)—who has gone from selling shoes to sleeping with men for money—falls for a handsome Czech doctor, Jaromil (Rasha Bukvic), who she soon marries and joins in Prague. A baby daughter is born, but Jaromil’s infidelities and the arrival of Russian tanks in Prague lead Madeleine back to France—though the love between them still burns. Thirty years later in London, we follow Madeleine’s daughter, Vera (Chiara Mastroianni), who has fallen in love with a musician (American actor Paul Schneider) who is incapable of devoting himself to her, while her ex (Honoré regular Louis Garrel) still pines for her. Meanwhile in Paris, a re-married Madeleine (Catherine Deneuve) has rekindled her love affair with Jaromil (director Milos Forman, in a rare acting role). Frequent Honoré collaborator Alex Beaupain (LOVE SONGS, DANS PARIS) composed the emotional, César-nominated score for this light-hearted but ultimately moving exploration of the changing nature of relationships. This was the latest film from French writer-director Christophe Honoré (LOVE SONGS, DANS PARIS).
Bill Gates thinks one of the answers to improving health is in the bathroom
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A year ago, his foundation issued a challenge to universities to create a new toilet, launching a worldwide effort to improve sanitation. This week the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that The Institute of Technology won for its work on a self-contained, sun-powered system that recycles water and breaks down human waste into storable energy.
Bob Marley is back in a soul’s journey
By Jenny Alvarez
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Bob Marley’s universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Marley is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Even it has drug content, thematic elements and some violent images you can enjoy this documentary launched in DVD-blu-ray in August 7th
This movie describes life story of Bob Marley from the point of view of many different people who shared his life as well as wonderful film footage of Jamaica and old videos of Bob Marley that most people have never seen and of course it was set to the beautiful soundtrack of his life, his music of peace and struggle, love and war, happiness and sorrow. Even is a little bit long movie, his music and his faith is showed in great detail from many people close to him, including his wife, children, producers and fellow musicians, all lending their voice to unfold Bob’s story. The films compelling portrayal of Marley is told much more through the narrative drama of his life and less through a straight interpretation or celebration of his music. It’s about illuminating Marley’s roots and the trials he faced in his tragically short life. Two thumbs up for this awesome movie!
Mel Stuart, an award-winning documentarian died
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Mel Stuart died Thursday night of cancer at his home in Los Angeles. Stuart was born in New York City in 1928 (he was 83) and his documentaries include “The Making of the President 1960,” for which he won an Emmy, as well as subsequent explorations of the 1964 and 1968 campaigns. Other programs were “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” and the Oscar-nominated “Four Days in November.” “He just finished a documentary about inner city school children in Los Angeles learning to read and recite Shakespeare. He was working literally up until the end,” Madeline Stuart (daughter) said.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Cuba Gooding Jr.
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New Orleans police say an arrest warrant has been issued for actor Cuba Gooding Jr. after an incident at a Bourbon Street bar. The bartender told officers that Gooding pushed her after she asked him to calm down, and again after she told him he needed to leave and police had been called. Gooding Jr., who became a household name after his Oscar-winning performance in Jerry Maguire, is in New Orleans filming the new Lee Daniels movie “The Butler”, starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey and Jane Fonda, among others.
Singer Ricky Martin is now doing TV series
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Ricky Martin has signed a talent holding deal with an important channel Television to develop and star in a TV series. He is currently playing to SRO in Evita, Ricky connects with his audience in a very palpable way — and we are thrilled that he will be adding TV star to his incredible resume. His television credits include a recent guest spot on Glee, an episode of The Love Boat, several Spanish-language shows and General Hospital.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed a game of football together
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While Prince William’s shot at goal on the football pitch was wildly inaccurate and Prince Harry missed all four basketball hoops he attempted, Kate picked up a table tennis bat and showed the menfolk exactly how it was done. She played table tennis during a visit to Bacon’s college to launch the Coach core sports programme, which is a partnership between the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Greenhouse charity.
Rapper Flo Rida is in a video with Jennifer López
By GalaTView staff
Now it’s time for me to complete my unfinished business. I think performing with Enrique Iglesias has already made me reach one milestone of success in my life. However, Jennifer Lopez draws on fantasy and urban street scenes to craft her latest video for new single “Goin’ In,” including a Red Riding Hood
Balfour offered his condolences to Jennifer Hudson
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Months after he was found guilty of murdering entertainer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew were murdered by William Balfour, her sister’s estranged ex-husband. Balfour, who spent seven years in prison for attempted murder. Balfour was accused to life in prison of fatally shooting the singer’s mother and brother, this fact happened in Chicago, October 2008.
Hudson, who attended every day of Balfour’s trial earlier this year, sat next to her sister and dabbed her eyes with a tissue a couple of times during the hearing, including the 10 minutes in which Burns put his own anger into words. She did not make a statement to the judge and left the courtroom without commenting.
Jackson family drama continues
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There’s a new paterfamilias in town, and his name is TJ Jackson —the 34-year-old who’s just been appointed by an L.A. judge to be temporary guardian of his uncle Michael’s three kids. Beckloff suspended Katherine Jackson as custodian for Prince, Paris and Prince Michael II, known as Blanket, because she may be “prevented from acting as a guardian because of the acts of third parties.”
The judge also ordered that Diana Ross, whom Michael Jackson named as backup guardian in his will, and Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of the two oldest children, be given notice of the order.
