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'Batman' star Bale has Joker under his skin
TOKYO AFP — Christian Bale, the controversial star of the new "Batman" film that weighs good and evil, said Tuesday he saw some truth in the evil logic of the film's villain the Joker. In "The Dark Knight," which shattered box-office records in the United States, the late Heath...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, box-office, Tokyo, villain
Research articles 2008-07-28
ABC revives 'Mole'
Apparently, ABC is so desperate for new programming that it's bringing back old ideas. "The Mole" returns to the network tonight (9 p.m., Ch. 4). The last time this show was on ABC -- back in 2001-02 -- CNN's Anderson Cooper was the host. Although he was already...
Tags: ABC Inc., MARKETING, TVs, villain
Research articles 2008-06-02
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Cadets teach respect and discipline
IN REPLY to the story about the Combined Cadet Force at a Walker School (Evening Chronicle, March 26), I would like to point out that the Army, Navy, Air Force and Combined Cadets are not there to recruit soldiers but are an organisation similar to others like the Scouts, who...
Tags: Air Force, soldier, team, villain
Research articles 2008-04-02
Arctic Monkeys lead shortlist for British music awards
LONDON AFP — The Arctic Monkeys were celebrating Tuesday after the indie rockers from Sheffield received a record seven NME Award nominations, including best album and best track. Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been nominated for 'Villain of the Year' alongside Prime Minister Gordon Brown, his predecessor Tony Blair...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Arctic, London, nomination, villain
Research articles 2008-01-29
Jon Voight happy to play the hero for a change
LOS ANGELES AFP — After carving out a niche as one of Hollywood's most reliable villains in recent years, Jon Voight says he was only too happy to play a hero in his new film "National Treasure: Book of Secrets." But while the 68-year-old veteran gladly seized the opportunity...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, movie, villain
Research articles 2007-12-29
Living by the word: Holy hate
Sunday, November 25 Jeremiah 23:1-6; Luke 23:33-43 THEY WERE no angels. Whatever else they did or didn't do, or hoped to do, they hired strippers. Then prosecutor Mike Nifong charged them with rape, Duke University turned on the boys involved and the media feasted on what these white jocks...
Tags: Blogging, Duke University, economist, INTERNET, villain
Research articles 2007-11-13
Eric Bana to play villain in 'Star Trek' film
LOS ANGELES AFP — Australian actor Eric Bana is to star as a villain in the latest film adaptation of hit science fiction television series "Star Trek," it was reported on Wednesday. The 39-year-old star of "Munich" and "The Hulk," will play the character Nero in the movie, which...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, TVs, villain
Research articles 2007-10-10
Lazio hold Real at the Stadio Olympico
ROME AFP — Real Madrid were twice pegged back by Lazio in their Champions League Group C clash which ended 2-2 at the Stadio Olympico here on Wednesday. It was a case of doubles all round with Ruud van Nistelrooy responsible for Reals' goals and Goran Pandev starring for...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, C, villain
Research articles 2007-10-03
Editorial | The National Intelligence Estimate
The most startling aspect of the new National Intelligence Estimate isn't the content. It's the candid, crisp description of actual terrorist threats facing the United States.Candor and consideration of clashing viewpoints have never been strengths of the Bush administration. So it's a welcome change - especially when the topic is...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Bush, FINANCE, Iraq, Pakistan, U.S., villain, White House
Research articles 2007-07-22
He's too nice to be the villain Pistons' Wallace always jabbering, but friends, foes alike love the guy.(Sports)
Byline: Mike McGraw Daily Herald Sports Writer Bulls fans were quick to identify James Posey as the No. 1 villain in their playoff series against the Miami Heat. It was an easy choice, considering Posey's history of committing flagrant fouls against the Bulls. ...
Tags: Games, NBA, team, villain
Research articles 2007-05-04
'Harry Potter:' She's Unpretty in Pink
The first female villain hits Hogwarts in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Imelda Staunton, Oscar-nominated for "Vera Drake," plays Dolores Umbridge, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. A year before Staunton got the part, a friend suggested she would be perfect for it. "I read...
Tags: Games, Newsweek, Phoenix Technologies, villain
Research articles 2007-04-16
Jet Li to star in Chinese-themed "Mummy 3"
LOS ANGELES AFP — Chinese action hero Jet Li is in negotiations to play the villain in the third instalment of the succesful "Mummy" films, it was reported on Thursday. Li, most recently seen in "Fearless" and period epic "Hero", would star as the mummified monster as the action...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, movie, villain
Research articles 2007-03-22
Tourism villain and victim on climate change: UN tourism body
MADRID AFP — Tourism is both villain and victim when it comes to climate change the head of the World Tourist Organisation WTO said on Tuesday. Major growth in air traffic "is a vector of climactic change under way," WTO director general Francesco Frangialli told an international conference on...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, greenhouse, Manufacturing, MARKETING, villain
Research articles 2007-03-20
Hit US television show '24' under fire from Muslim group
LOS ANGELES AFP — Hit US television show "24" came under fire from a Muslim group, which accused the program's makers of fuelling anti-Muslim prejudice with its latest storyline. The Council on American-Islamic Relations CAIR said "24's" season premiere, in which Islamic terrorists detonated a nuclear bomb near Los Angeles,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, TVs, villain
Research articles 2007-01-18
Bush is top villain -- and hero
A poll conducted recently by the Associated Press and AOL News found that 25 percent of Americans view President Bush as their top villain, while about half as many -- 13 percent -- see him as their top hero. Among "villains" who received 1 percent of the vote...
Tags: celebrity, FINANCE, Hilton Hotels Corp., Leadership, Paris, president, villain
Research articles 2006-12-29
Schweinsteiger from hero to villain
LISBON, AFP — Bayern Munich's dismissed midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger turned from hero to villain following his spectacular winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Sporting Lisbon at the Jose Alvalade stadium in their Champions League clash. Schweinsteiger's 19th minute screamer means the Germans are almost certain to qualify from Group...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, villain
Research articles 2006-10-18
Heath Ledger to play The Joker in next 'Batman' flick
LOS ANGELES AFP — Australian heartthrob Heath Ledger will play The Joker in the next "Batman" movie, playing the villain opposite Welsh-born actor Christian Bale, Warner Bros. announced. Ledger, 27, who played a gay cowboy in the Oscar-nominated drama "Brokeback Mountain," will inherit a role made famous by Jack...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, drama, villain
Research articles 2006-08-02
Lehmann cast as villain of Champions League final
PARIS AFP — Jens Lehmann was firmly cast as the villain by newspapers after his early sending off in the Champions League final cost his club Arsenal dear, his 10 team-mates going down 2-1 to Barcelona. "Crazy Jens sent mates to guillotine," read The Sun tabloid, Britain's best-selling newspaper....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Arsenal, Barcelona, Branding, MARKETING, Sun Microsystems Inc., villain
Research articles 2006-05-18
Jill Porter | There are villains, but the 7-year-old isn't one of them
IT'S THE DEPRAVED version of that innocent sharing ritual of elementary-school days: show and tell. Show your second-grade classmates the dozen bags of illegal drugs you found in your backpack, the kind that pass furtively from hand to hand on the dangerous streets where you live. And the...
Tags: Strategy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, villain
Research articles 2006-03-03
Gail Shister | Whitaker comfortable being anti-villain on 'The Shield'
Forest Whitaker loves to be loathed. "Most people who watch the show hate my guts. That's good for an actor," says the newest cast member of FX's gritty cop drama, The Shield (Tuesdays at 10 p.m.). Whitaker plays Lt. Jon Kavanaugh, a nasty internal affairs investigator obsessed with...
Tags: drama, Government, NBC Universal Inc., Shield, villain
Research articles 2006-02-14
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