Wednesday, December 9, 2009

“Dalai Lama to make 6th visit to Bloomington in May - WKRC” plus 4 more

“Dalai Lama to make 6th visit to Bloomington in May - WKRC” plus 4 more

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Dalai Lama to make 6th visit to Bloomington in May - WKRC

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:19 PM PST

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The Dalai Lama will teach about the "heart" of Buddhism during his sixth visit to Bloomington next May and also present a public talk in Indianapolis.

The Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, founded by the Dalai Lama's brother south of Bloomington, announced the May schedule on its Web site. It says the 74-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate will discuss the "heart sutra" during three lessons at the Indiana University Auditorium May 12 and 13. A sutra is a teaching of Buddha.

The cultural center says details of his talk in Indianapolis on May 14 will be released later.

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On the Net:

Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, http://www.tibetancc.com


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Arts lover Obama cautiously makes the personal into policy - Journal Inquirer

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 07:05 AM PST

Amitabh Bachchan honoured with Asian Film Cultural Award - Newstrack India

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 04:21 AM PST

Mumbai, Dec 8 (ANI): Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with Asian Film Cultural Award in recognition for his 40 years of contribution to Indian cinema as well as for taking it to great heights all over the world.

 

The award was presented by Kiran Shantaram, Chairman of the Asian Film Foundation at the gala ceremony organised here on Monday.

 

 

"I look upon my career of 40 years in this wonderful industry as great opportunity to be able to represent my creativity and my art if it can be called that, but more importantly to project our cinema to other parts of the world and I feel very honoured to be here for an organisation that conducts these activities in order that rest of the world comes to learn more about our culture, our films and for us to learn a little about their as well," Bachchan said in his thanks giving speech.

 

He said India has the potential of becoming the largest export earner through its celluloid productions.

 

"I have always been motivated by the fact that if the United States of America can claim to be through their cinema, the second largest export earner for itself after aeroplanes then why can't India which produces the largest number of films in the world be anywhere near that figure. And I do believe that we have the potential and the talent to proceed in a direction where we can achieve this," he added.

 

He also commended the integrating force of Indian cinema.

 

"When we buy tickets to go to see a film we never ask whether the person sitting next to me is a Hindu or a Muslim or Sikh or a Christian but we laugh at the same jokes, we sing the same song, we cry the same emotions. I think that perhaps this cinema house is the greatest example of integration that you can find anywhere in the world or indeed anywhere in the country," he said.

 

The Asian Film Festival which projects films from Asian countries aims to link all the fraternities of Asian film fraternities and promote their cinemas. (ANI)

 

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EagleBank Bowl a big deal to Temple - Weblogs.baltimoresun.com

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 08:19 PM PST

Think it will be hard for Maryland football to rebound from a 2-10 season?

Al Golden knows something about coming back from a disastrous year -- or many years.

Golden coaches the Temple Owls, who recently accepted a bid to play in the EagleBank Bowl on Dec. 29 at Washington's RFK Stadium. The Owls will play Army or UCLA. The matchup will be determined by the winner of Saturday's Army-Navy game.

Until this season, Temple (9-3) hadn't had a winning year since 1990. The Owls hadn't been to a bowl game since 1979.

So how do you turn things around (besides recruiting, which is the obvious answer)?

"We had to change the culture," Golden told me recently. "There was a losing mindset."

The turnaround season has made Golden one of America's hot coaches. "I think there is probably speculation about 75 coaches in America (changing jobs), and about 70 aren't really candidates," he said.

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NEWSical the Musical - TheaterMania.com

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 07:08 PM PST

For a musical featuring ripped from the headlines stories, NEWSical the Musical, now at the 47th Street Theater, could use a bit more bite. Featuring book, music, and lyrics by Rick Crom, the gently satiric topical revue parodies various celebrities and politicians, but mostly in a superficial manner.

The closest the show gets to a substantial critique is in the number "Yes We Can," which skewers President Obama's backpedaling on a number of major issues by answering his campaign slogan (and song refrain) "Yes we can" with statements such as, "But not just yet." There are also spoofs of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Sonia Sotomayor, Nancy Pelosi, and more, but the routines either avoid making a political statement or stick to aspects of these figures that have been parodied in other medium ad nauseum.

On the pop culture side, there's a cute song about "The Boy in the Balloon," and a funny little number called "Flu Shot." There are also some non-musical segments such as one in which CNN's Nancy Grace reports on the case of Snow White, who was found in a coma in the home of seven dwarves, who have been brought into custody. While initially amusing, the sketch goes on way longer than it should.

All of the various characters -- both fictional and non-fictional -- are brought to life by just four actors: Christina Bianco, Rory O'Malley, Christine Pedi, and Michael West. Bianco is the clear stand-out, and her imitations/parodies of Celine Dion and Sarah Palin are spot-on; she is also the best singer out of the four performers. Pedi gets a chance to reprise her well-known Liza Minnelli imitation to humorous effect, while O'Malley is a stitch as he cross-dresses to portray Susan Boyle. West tends to mug a little too much, but still makes valuable contributions to the show.

Crom's music borrows from various musical styles, and includes the catchy doo-wop number "We Say No," and the rather lovely ballad, "Denial," which ends the show. Director Mark Waldrop keeps the action light and breezy, although the less inspired segments, such as an eHarmony parody, still tend to drag. Jason Courson's set and Matthew Gordon's lighting are fairly basic, but David Kaley's costumes are both numerous and clever. O'Malley's outfit as "balloon boy" Falcon Heene is particularly memorable.


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