My choices for some of the Academy Awards are: best film (Moneyball), best director (Bennett Miller), best actor in a leading role (Brad Pitt), best actor in a supporting role (Jonah Hill or Philip Seymour Hoffman), best actress in a supporting role (Kerris Dorsey), and best adapted screenplay (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin from the book by Michael Lewis).
See a video preview here: Moneyball
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Sharon Haywood, an Expat living in Buenos Aires, just had an article published:
Remembering Ruby
Fifty-year-old Barbie might be middle-aged but she sure doesn’t show it. When she was in her 30s, her manufacturer Mattel sent her for plastic surgery, not to maintain her youthful appearance, but rather in response to market demands to morph her into a more realistic-looking doll. In 1992, Barbie’s waistline slightly expanded. Then in 1998, Mattel altered one version of the doll—Really Rad Barbie—giving her a decreased cup size and slimmer hips. Currently, her estimated measurements—38-18-34—contrast greatly …
This is a friendly reminder that January 23rd, 2012 is the last day to pre-register for the conference; after this date, attendee registration fees will increase. Between January 24th - February 28th, 2012, registration will also be closed. We hope that you will join us! Please ignore this message if you have already registered for the 2012 AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair in Chicago.
The conference will host more than 400 presentations, a keynote address by Margaret Atwood, and attract more than 550 publishers to the bookfair.
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Escape the winter blues. Come in from the cold,
to a great book…
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Pigeon English Stephen Kelman
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku races through his new life in England with his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the very real threat around him. Newly-arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister Lydia, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of city life but his life is changed forever when one of his friends is murdered. Harri …
Diane Sahms-Guarnieri and g emil reutter will be reading their poetry at The Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia, Pa. (USA) on January 24th@7pm (EST). We are hopeful you can join us for this event as it will be streamed live by Moonstone. The live stream link is:http://www.moonstonelive.org/ For more information on the event please visit: http://www.moonstoneartscenter.org/moonstone-arts-center-events/mps-diane-sahms-guarnieri-g-emil-reutter/
All the best,
Diane and g
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