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EDITORIAL: The movies are 'Malaysian'Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 7:04AMWHAT does it take to be Malaysian? For Malaysian film producers, it means having to produce movies with at least 70 per cent of their dialogue in the Malay language. Anything less would not quite qualify as Malaysian; at least, not according to the Malaysian Film Development Corporation's (Finas) standards. "Malaysian" movies get protection from the government in two ways: through the Compulsory ...

Oscar Week: Why isn't 'Avatar' nominated for Best Animated Feature?Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 6:49AMOscar loves little milestones, so the Academy must be pleased at how many observers have noted that Pixar’s Up is only the second animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture. The first film to receive the honour was Beauty and the Beast back in 1991, before the era of CG and ubiquitous irony, so the nod for Up would seem to indicate that animation has reached a new level of maturity. After ...

At Home By Myself ... With You: Manic pixie dream girls get their boySunday, March 14, 2010 @ 6:49AMFilm Review: At Home By Myself ... With You: (2.5 stars): In 2005, film critic Nathan Rabin, from The Onion’s A.V. Club, coined the brilliant term “manic pixie dream girl” to describe the sort of eccentric female characters that exist in movies only to teach morose young men important lessons about seizing the day. Think Kirsten Dunst in Elizabethtown, Natalie Portman in Garden State or, to a ...

Film and Media Expert Latest Speaker in NU-Q lecture SeriesSunday, March 14, 2010 @ 5:45AMDoha, Qatar March 14: Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) will welcome the second distinguished speaker in its spring lecture series on Monday, March 15 th , as the University continues to promote a thriving film and media community in Qatar.

Palm Springs Mall's demise could drive business up at downtown shopsSunday, March 14, 2010 @ 5:36AMIf Palm Springs Mall eventually joins Desert Fashion Plaza as a ghost town, retailers along North and South Palm Canyon Drive and outlying areas of Palm Springs expect to be the beneficiaries.

Toshiba Cell TVSunday, March 14, 2010 @ 4:16AMIn Japan, Toshiba's answer to Apple TV looks set to be a hit

Local winner in ADK contestSunday, March 14, 2010 @ 4:13AMBALLSTON SPA — Dave Crudele has been perfecting his photography for the last 15 years, and it’s paid off with a first place finish in the color category of Adirondack Life’s annual photography contest.

Point Arena offers sanctuary for wildlifeSunday, March 14, 2010 @ 3:56AMSome of the locals in Point Arena are a little different from the ones we'd met at the bar - a little less vocal, a lot more shy and we got to know them over a couple rounds of hay rather than beer. Amid the grassy fields of this coastal town, not-so-native... Beer - Food - Recreation - Drink - Shopping

Community Bulletin BoardFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:17AMBRAHMA KUMARIS WORLD SPIRITUAL UNIVERSITY will hold the public program "The True Beauty of a Soul is Self-Respect" on March 12 (Friday) at 6:30 p.m. Address: 2 Gospitalnaya Ploshchad, Bldg. 1. Directions: Metro Aviamotornaya, Semyonovskaya, then tram 32, 43 or 46 to the stop "Gospitalnaya Ploshchad."