… and Clinton a PC? This question is asked in a great New York Times article. Barack is more stylish, youthful and cool, while Hillary is more traditional, hectic and ‘in your face’, the article argues and backs it up with an analysis of both contenders’ websites.
Unfortunately, this also means that Barack remains a ‘niche product’ [...]

“Football under Cover” is the working title of Iranian filmmaker Ajat Najafi and his German colleague David Assmann’s new project. It’s about a friendly game played between two women’s teams - the multicultural BSV Aldersimspor from Berlin Kreuzberg and the Iranian women’s national team - in Tehran.

Hence the name: both the German and the Iranian [...]

All those of us worried about the lack of sex appeal of the European Union need not worry. The EU’s film programme, Media, is bringing sexy back with two wonderful videoclips to launch its new media support programme, Media 2007.
Both of them incorporate scenes from European film projects of the past, including classics such as [...]

Following threats from Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa against the Ecuadorian press, the Spanish newspaper El País will have an interview with Francisco Vivanco Riifrio, president of the Ecuadorian critical newspaper La Hora. Readers can submit questions for Vivanco on-line. Correa’s threats come at a very difficult time for freedom of speech in Latin American as [...]

Yes, they are. At least according to the spokesperson for children’s rights, Ewa Sowinska. According to the BBC, Sowinska is having the Teletubbies investigated to see if they might be promoting a homosexual lifestyle.
The chief suspect is Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby. Ewa Sowinska saw him carrying a woman’s handbag on TV and couldn’t first [...]

Crude oil exploitation in Ecuador has long been one of my favourite rant subjects, ever since I’ve seen it in person. But it seems that other people are on it, too: Sting’s wife, Trudy Styler, co-founder of the Rainforest Foundation, has just been there and has reported back on the experience.

A child plays next to [...]

The avid reader of this blog (should they exist) may have noted that every once in a while, I just have to go on a little rant about Hugo Chávez. It’s that time of the year again.
Now, Hugo is planning to revoke the licence of the critical TV station RCTV. It would be replaced by [...]

Levi’s | Dangerous Liason

This is one of the best ads ever! I came across it when I was watching way too much TV during exam time. The best thing about it is the song: “Strange Love” by Little Annie.