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18 Jan, 2013

Broken City

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Zeta-Jones plays Cathleen Hostetler in the crime drama Broken City. The mayoral elections are near and corrupt incumbent Mayor Hostetler will do what it takes to keep his position. He uses his cheating wife Cathleen, and ex-cop Billy Taggart as pawns in his game of lies and deception. Co-starring Russell Crowe and Mark Wahlberg.

The writing is spectacular. It was all the elements that you just want to see on the screen. It’s an adult movie, people talk intelligently. It’s edgy, it’s sexy.

6 Jan, 2013

Urges countires to stop supporting enemies

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Assad pledges to continue fighting terrorist violence and urges foreign countries to end support for his enemies while also offering a national dialogue and a constitutional referendum to end Syria’s crisis. Assad uses an hour-long speech in Damascus to propose what he calls a comprehensive plan that includes an expanded government. He refers to plots against his country and the role of al-Qaida, long-portrayed as the leading element in the uprising.

We are now in a state of war in every sense of the word, This war targets Syria using a handful of Syrians and many foreigners. Thus, this is a war to defend the nation.

Assad also thanks Russia, China and Iran for supporting Syria in the face of hostility from the US, Britain and France.

31 Dec, 2012

Startup School 2012

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Livingston talks about co-founders leaving and other issues that can de-rail a startup:

It’s a red flag when you find yourself wondering if you can trust your co-founder

Investors tend to have a herd mentality, which she says is a Catch-22 situation, but once it is overcome it can work in the company’s favor:

If they like you, others like you. If noone likes you until others do, what happens when you talk to the first one? Noone likes you. You’re really starting off in a hole and you have to work your way out of it.

21 Dec, 2012

Jack Reacher

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In this thriller directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Pike plays Helen, a young defence lawyer, who teams up with Reacher (Tom Cruise), a homicide investigator, to bring down a military sniper who shoots five random victims. Co-starring Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo and Jai Kourtney. About Cruise:

I suspect there are a lot of co-stars who wouldn’t have been so supportive, but he was great. Except I bet you won’t believe me, will you?

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