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cool totesWednesday, October 24, 2012
Well, guess what? The fine folks over at mike and marley would like to give one of my readers a tote of their choice. How cool is that?!?!?!
If interested, please leave a comment here between now and Saturday, October 27th, 5:00 pm EST and I will have the random number generator choose a number.
223 comments
great bags! my charleston-resident mother-in-law would dig the charleston bag!ReplyDelete
- Jo M10/24/2012
I was going to ignore this post...however, I am the consumate bag lady...and these bags look terrific. Throw my name in the hat. Xoxo JoReplyDelete
Wow! I've never heard of these bags so I had to go to their website to check them out. These are seriously fabulous bags! I know I could use any of them but the one with the puppies all over it would be awesome :)ReplyDelete
What a great giveaway! Count me in!ReplyDelete
LOVE bags! Obsessively so.ReplyDelete
That looks like such a happy bag. I'd love to have one.ReplyDelete
Beautiful bags! Thanks for the opportunity to win one.ReplyDelete
So adorable!! Love it!ReplyDelete
I would love to see more lovely photos of your incredible knits.
I love bags and yellow is my favorite color!! Count me in :))ReplyDelete
Love this bag. I can thing of lots of uses for it. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I would love a bag like thatReplyDelete
love the bee bags! would be great for beach excursions...or knitting projects :)ReplyDelete
So cute. Something about yellow bees is just so festive.ReplyDelete
Awesome Bag, I tend to collect them LOLReplyDelete
- Kathy in Parker10/25/2012
I LOVE the bag with the dragonflies!!ReplyDelete
I never win anything, but I'd love to be wrong this time :-)
- Joanne Perrow10/25/2012
Love the bags - so cheerful.ReplyDelete
What a pretty bag, and so versatile!ReplyDelete
Yellow! LOVE! Thank you!ReplyDelete
That is so nice of them! I LOVE Dragonfly and they look so sturdy! Those Mini-Marley print bags are pretty great too!ReplyDelete
love that bee design!ReplyDelete
Fabric happiness bagReplyDelete
what fun bags, the green is super adorable - and the pup on their home page makes me want a new furry friend, too :) Thanks for hosting another fun give away.ReplyDelete
Well how sweet are those bags.ReplyDelete
Loving the bee bag! Count me in please.
- Terri (terdotty on rav10/25/2012
Lovely bag, everyone needs one of these!ReplyDelete
Can you really ever have enough tote bags? :)ReplyDelete
Ooh! So cute!!!ReplyDelete
These totes are the best for any occasion. Sign me up!ReplyDelete
Pick me please!ReplyDelete
Love the name too! What great bags!ReplyDelete
Love ! Love !Love ! NIce to see you posting ! Thank you !ReplyDelete
Kim O
Oh! I love the bees, what a great bag!ReplyDelete
Nice bags, would love to win!ReplyDelete
-Ravnejenta on Ravelry
Love very happy bags. I have a lot of "stuff" to carry to and from work and one of those bags would be perfect.ReplyDelete
cynshep on Ravelry
Great bags, I would like to win one.ReplyDelete
Love those bags. That sunny yellow is beautiful.ReplyDelete
The dragonfly bag is my favorite!ReplyDelete
Those bags are lovely - and so cheerful. I can see how useful they'd be.ReplyDelete
what fun bags! A girl can never have enough bags...right!?! Thanks Leslie!ReplyDelete
- Jayme10/25/2012
Please count me in! I've just started knitting and have realized that I need a large tote for bigger projects.ReplyDelete
Great giveaway! thanks so much. I'd love to win one of these lovely bags.ReplyDelete
Great bag!!! Love the happiness of it!ReplyDelete
Happy is just a perfect description.ReplyDelete
Oh! I love the dragonfly bag. All the bags are so colourful!ReplyDelete
What an awesome bag! the Dragonfly one is incredible!!! Fingers crossed!ReplyDelete
these bags are happy....they make me happy.....thanks for the chance, and great advertising for my knitty group that is easily enabled!!!!ReplyDelete
the blue bees are great!ReplyDelete
thanks for this generous opportunity!
I can never get enough bags! Anything blue gets my vote. :)ReplyDelete
honestly, you can't have too many totes, you know. thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
- Sue10/25/2012
Love the bag!ReplyDelete
I love this bee bag-- bees and knitting are both close to my heart. I would love to win one! patriceod on ravelryReplyDelete
I love the Charleston bag! I have a thing for bee motifs (not real bees because they sting), and I would love to keep my yarn and to-go projects in that sunny bag!ReplyDelete
How cute! I'd love the blue bees bag.ReplyDelete
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Who doesn't love a new tote bag?!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
I love bags! I don't "need" another one but it's sort of like when I don't "need" anymore yarn! I love the Dragonfly & the Savannah Blue Bee!ReplyDelete
Cute! And perfect for a knitting bag. :)`ReplyDelete
so lovely!ReplyDelete
What beautiful bags! There is no such thing as having too many tote bags, especially if they are as cute as these.ReplyDelete
I'll take a chance for one of those great bags. Thanks for the opportunity.ReplyDelete
Totally awesome bag--would love one.ReplyDelete
I'm such a bag lady!ReplyDelete
- Kathleen10/25/2012
Fun! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Love this bag! Count me in. Thank you.ReplyDelete
one can NEVER have too many bags!!!! Thanks!!!ReplyDelete
Super cute bags and I love the colors!! The hard part would be to decide which one...One can never have too many bags:)ReplyDelete
I am a total bag whore and I love these bags!!ReplyDelete
Whoa, cool tote!ReplyDelete
Candace from CanadaReplyDelete
In the mood to win a great bag, oh yah
Lovely bag!ReplyDelete
Great tote, I especially love the Marley bag! Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
I'm such a sucker for totes. Someone is going to be so lucky to win one fingers crossed my number pops up:)ReplyDelete
I will say, that's a nifty looking tote. Anything to help corral the projects floating all over the house :-)ReplyDelete
Very cute tote!!!! I could stuff a nice sweater project in a tote like that!!!ReplyDelete
These are so pretty and happy!ReplyDelete
These bags really make you want to be HAPPY!and have alot of FUN!! They look fantastic - count me in! Thanks for the give-away:)ReplyDelete
- kari10/25/2012
What a great giveaway - thanks!ReplyDelete
- Roxanne10/25/2012
These bags are ADORABLE! How do you choose?! I think I'm a bag hoarder, but I have room for one more : ) That's for the offer. Fingers crossed.ReplyDelete
- Anabella10/25/2012
Summer in a bag! Thanks for the chance!ReplyDelete
Great bag! I'm in!ReplyDelete
I have to agree with you...what a happy bag!ReplyDelete
oh how cute are these!! we all can use another bag, I may just need to buy one!ReplyDelete
Such a cheerful color and design!! I know my niece would fall over backwards for the pink puppy tote!!ReplyDelete
Very nice!ReplyDelete
ehrmagherd i love those bees! so cute!ReplyDelete
What cute bags! Thanks.ReplyDelete
I love bags and you always heve such beautiful things you make!ReplyDelete
Awesome tote! Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
I have a friend who would just adore that yellow one!ReplyDelete
I adore big totes and have a lot of them in my arsenal. Thanks for the opportunity. TiffanieReplyDelete
That is a beautiful Happy bag! Would love use one.ReplyDelete
- lindy10/25/2012
One can never have too many bags! They are great!ReplyDelete
That is such a happy bag. Yellow bees are perfect for a corner that is in view throughout the grey days of winter. I'd love to win one.ReplyDelete
Beautiful bags and such a nice giveaway! I'm crossing my fingers!ReplyDelete
- Chantell10/25/2012
Oh I LOVE that bag! I might just have to zip over and check them out just in case I don't wine the giveaway!ReplyDelete
What a great bag! Love the color!ReplyDelete
I love the Charleston bag! It's perfect for a South Carolinian!ReplyDelete
I'm interested! Pretty! :-)ReplyDelete
What great bags! Thanks for the giveaway! I hope all is going well with you!ReplyDelete
Love love love the bags! I'd love one.ReplyDelete
These are such fun looking bags. I could really use one!ReplyDelete
Beautiful bag!ReplyDelete
This is so cool! I had never heard of these, either, but I love the website. Thanks for the contest!ReplyDelete
Love the bag! What a great giveaway.ReplyDelete
Yes please! says the bag lady ( as her husband so lovingly calls her )ReplyDelete
Oooooh what a sweet and cheerful bag! Love it!! Plus, you always need ONE MORE tote ;)ReplyDelete
I LOVE bags. And I absolutely must win this one because my husband won't let me buy anymore. :)ReplyDelete
That is one great bag!ReplyDelete
Great for a knitting bag!ReplyDelete
Love to win one!ReplyDelete
- Shannon10/25/2012
You can never have too many project bags, right? Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
So cute! I love the Charleston bag. thanks!ReplyDelete
Such an awesome bag! I love BeesReplyDelete
I am with you. . . . love, love, love the name. And so many options. Pick me!ReplyDelete
Yes please!ReplyDelete
- Katie in Cali10/25/2012
I love the dragonfly bag!ReplyDelete
So cute! I love all of them. I might actually love the yellow one best, which is surprising since I don't like yellow. :) Super adorable!ReplyDelete
lovely! and looks like good quality workmanship (workpersonship?) too!ReplyDelete
That charleston yellow with the bumbly bees just makes my heart ache!
nGreat bags! I would love to have oneReplyDelete
Love this bag! I would love to win this to give to a friend who is going through a sad time right now.ReplyDelete
That is absolutely the cutest thing I've seen all day. All week even! LOLReplyDelete
I would love the chance! Thanks for such a great give-away.ReplyDelete
I love the name and what great bags! I would love to have my name added, thank you.ReplyDelete
Nice bag! I hope I get randomly picked :)ReplyDelete
It's so cool!ReplyDelete
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That is a happy looking bag. Hadn't heard of "Mike and Marley" before, thank you.ReplyDelete
Absolutely too cute bags. Have seen their items before and love them.ReplyDelete
How precious! Think of how much yarn you could fit in one of those…ReplyDelete
This is fantastic...I'm nuts about tote bags and these are so cute! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!ReplyDelete
I love these bags!ReplyDelete
My addiction to adorable bags has just grown! Super cute. As a teacher, I can never have too many fun things to lug my work around it. Whoot!ReplyDelete
The Savannah Blue Bee! How adorable!ReplyDelete
I adore bags, and these are so cute!ReplyDelete
Count me in.
i adore bags and have been looking for a new one to tote water bottle, book, knitting, and camera along with wallet! i love the happy yellow charleston bag :)ReplyDelete
Adorable is the word of the day for these totes.ReplyDelete
Seriously cute !
I think I'd carry that mini marley as a handbag everywhere.
Thanks for the fun giveway, Leslie!
I love the blue color bag. Very cheerful bags.ReplyDelete
- bogna10/25/2012
totally love the bags and they are happy!ReplyDelete
- Anne10/25/2012
So nice of you to have this bag raffle! I'm crossing my fingers - love the bags!ReplyDelete
Love that bag! Thanks for a chance to get one.ReplyDelete
Count me in! Such a cute bag.ReplyDelete
I yellow bee bag. Perfect birthday present for my bee-keeping friend!ReplyDelete
Wow a lot of people want a bag and now I add myself to the list.ReplyDelete
What a nice giveaway! Thanks for the chance... ~JanReplyDelete
oh please.......... pick me! pick me!ReplyDelete
ps I am tired of guacamole!!!
xoxoxox MG
I would love one of their totes!!!ReplyDelete
Cathy B
Awesome!! Thanks for a great give away! cami paul @ comcast dot netReplyDelete
Love, Love, Love these bags! Thanks for such a great giveaway!!ReplyDelete
The bag is so gorgeous!!! And your comment about the yellow brightening up any type of day, even in winter, is perfect!ReplyDelete
I want one!ReplyDelete
Such a wonderful bag. I can see one filled with yarn and projects. I hope to win. ThanksReplyDelete
Those are so cute! I would love one!!ReplyDelete
- Nancy10/25/2012
Just beautiful!ReplyDelete
What great bags! Love the Marley bag. It's super cute. Please count me in. thank you for the chance.ReplyDelete
So cute!ReplyDelete
Oooh ... love.ReplyDelete
Fantastic, would love one,,, firstname.lastname@example.com
Wow! What a cute bag!! The yellow one is so sunny and cheerful, I love it :)ReplyDelete
Hmmm, I'm always in the market for another bag - and this one would be SO fun! Thanks for the opportunity!ReplyDelete
Love the Marley bag!ReplyDelete
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- Maureen10/25/2012
You're so generous - thank you very much! Between books, knitting, and living on the coast, I never have enough bags and will be a "bag lady" forever!ReplyDelete
Dogs in red. Love it!ReplyDelete
Cute bags ~ thanks for the chance to win one!ReplyDelete
This is a happy bag -perfect for yarn!ReplyDelete
I think I need a new bag....:-))ReplyDelete
These bags are amazing wow I love dragonflies thanks ,you as usual are very generousReplyDelete
- newknitter210/26/2012
Amazing bags thank youReplyDelete
Cute bag! fingers crossed.ReplyDelete
I love a good tote -- and this tote looks *good*!ReplyDelete
Happy happy joy joy. I love the totes.ReplyDelete
The tote is really nice. I would love to win one. ThanksReplyDelete
What cheerful bags those are. I could see smiling because of them all winter.ReplyDelete
Truly a lovely bag. So cheery and so versatile. Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
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- Bonnie10/26/2012
I love the Dragonfly bag! Thanks for the great giveaway.ReplyDelete
I recently lost my 13 year old Lab ,I like the pink Mini Marley.ReplyDelete
- Lynna10/26/2012
I would love the blue Savannah bee. I am not familiar with these bags. They would make a great knitting bag. Thanks for the offer.ReplyDelete
What a ray of sunshine the yellow bag would be for the upcoming dark days of winter.ReplyDelete
these bags are wonderful! Love!ReplyDelete
That bag is HAPPY! I just started knitting and would be so HAPPY to carry it around in that bag!ReplyDelete
Beautiful bags. Love the dragonflies.ReplyDelete
Happy Bags!! I love them!ReplyDelete
What a cute, cheerful bag!ReplyDelete
love those happy bags!ReplyDelete
seriously cute bags!! It love the yellow one!!!ReplyDelete
Pick me! What great bags!ReplyDelete
- Rainy10/26/2012
Love, love, love totes!ReplyDelete
- Rachel in Portland10/26/2012
What great bags! And on another note, about to finish some fuzzy Toast armwarmers, so thanks for those too!ReplyDelete
Wow, what a great giveaway! I'd never heard of Mike and Marley.ReplyDelete
Oh! Those bags are so darling and bright and cheery!!! I'd love to have one...MaireReplyDelete
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smiled big when I saw it. what a happy maker...just like you!ReplyDelete
Yes a happy bag it is, please add me to the draw. -thanksReplyDelete
What a great bag!!!! Love this giveaway. Please count me in!!ReplyDelete
Wow - how to decide between two of my favorites - dragonfly and marley!ReplyDelete
Cute bags! I love bags! What a great giveaway, thanks!ReplyDelete
What fun! Thanks for doing the giveaway!ReplyDelete
I would LOVE this bag!ReplyDelete
- Catherine10/27/2012
Wow, I love your bag; it does look happy! I'd love to win one - thanks for having this drawing!ReplyDelete
great bag!ReplyDelete
oh wow! seriously cute! I keep saying I need to replace my knitting bag, and was intending to make one, but I never ever have the time! (the knitting takes over instead...)ReplyDelete


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Scotland Yard says it believes a British spy whose naked, decomposing body was found padlocked inside a gym bag in a bathtub three years ago, probably died accidentally.
Gareth Williams, 31, was working for Britain's MI6 spy agency when his body was found at his home in August 2010.
Last May, a coroner concluded that Williams was probably murdered, but on Wednesday London Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt told reporters that the death was "most probably … an accident."
"I'm convinced that Gareth's death was in no way linked to his work," Hewitt said.
Reuters says that at the time his death was revealed, Williams' "spy background and the fact that expensive, unworn women's clothes were found at his flat provoked a wide range of 'weird and wonderful' theories."
The news agency says:
"The remains of the maths prodigy were found curled up inside a zipped and padlocked red hold-all at the London flat — an intelligence service 'safe house' — close to MI6's headquarters."
Detectives found no palm prints on the bath or DNA on the padlock, and no traces of alcohol, drugs or poison in Williams' body.
Instead, Reuters says, "they found make-up, a long-haired wig and unworn women's clothes and shoes worth around 20,000 pounds ($31,900). They also found images of transvestites, a picture of Williams wearing only boots, and evidence of visits to sexual bondage websites on his computer."
The Associated Press reports:
"Some have raised the possibility that Williams locked himself in the bag as part of a sex act gone wrong or an experiment in escapology — the Houdini-like art of wriggling out of restraints or traps. Investigators found that he had visited bondage and sadomasochism websites, including some related to claustrophilia — a desire for confinement in enclosed spaces.
"Police concluded — after several reenactments — that it was possible for Williams to climb inside the sports bag and lock it."


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CANNES, France (AP) - The Associated Press is all over the Cannes Film Festival - from its glitzy premieres to the celeb parties and quirky moments in between. Here's what reporters have seen and heard:
Radiant Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett broke the fashion mold with panache at Friday's "How to Train Your Dragon 2" screening at Cannes in a multi-colored, bejeweled bodice and a chic black pleated floor length chiffon skirt, courtesy of Givenchy.
While Cannes is a mainstay of va-va-voom ball gowns, Blanchett stayed ahead of the fashion pack by thinking outside the box. Her bold look got her noticed for all the right reasons - sapphire chandelier Chopard earrings added a touch of class.
The colorful, tropical plume embellishments on the bust, taken from a fall-winter 2014 ready-to-wear look by Riccardo Tisci, also nicely mirrored the dragon-theme of Dreamworks' latest animated picture, for which she lends her vocal talents.
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Harvey Weinstein's annual Cannes presentation promoted films featuring a buff Jake Gyllenhaal, a Shakespearean Michael Fassbender and an old-school Bill Murray.
Touting upcoming releases to buyers and media, , the Weinstein Co. co-chairman previewed footage Friday that, perhaps most excitingly, included a fiery Fassbender as lead in a stylish "Macbeth," (no release date yet). He also showcased a lean, muscular Gyllenhaal in training scenes from the currently-in-production boxing drama "Southpaw." From "St. Vincent," which hits theaters in October, Murray appears to be in broad comedic form as an outlandish next-door-neighbor to a young boy he reluctantly mentors.
Weinstein arrived in Cannes after his conspicuous absence at the festival's opening night premiere, the Grace Kelly melodrama "Grace of Monaco." Weinstein is to release the film but has feuded about the final cut with the director, Olivier Dahan.
Dahan said Wednesday their differences have been resolved. Weinstein, who promoted "Grace of Monaco" in Cannes last year, said he was on a previously planned humanitarian trip to Jordan during the premiere.
"That was planned long before I even knew that 'Grace' was going to be the opening night in Cannes," Weinstein said.
Naomi Watts ("St. Vincent") and Ryan Reynolds (period romance "Tulip Fever") were on hand for the presentation.
Other notable films previewed included the children's book adaptation "Paddington" (due out in December), Tim Burton's promising-looking "Big Eyes" (opening Christmas), about the painter Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) and the undated "Suite Francaise," a World War II drama set in France starring Michelle Williams.
- By AP Film Writer Jake Coyle - https://twitter.com/jake_coyle
A man rushed onto the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival and dove beneath actress America Ferrera's dress.
Security officials quickly pulled the man away as he tried to hide under Ferrera's voluminous dress before the Friday premiere of "How to Train Your Dragon 2."
It was a surprising and rather bizarre development on a red carpet renowned for its strict decorum.
Yet Ferrera didn't seem ruffled on the carpet and was in good spirits at the movie's after-party, laughing with guests and taking pictures.
She declined comment on the incident, however, and festival organizers didn't immediately return messages about the matter.
The former "Ugly Betty" star was on her way into the Palais des Festivals for the world premiere of the DreamWorks animated sequel.
More than 20 years after his death, River Phoenix's last film is finally getting a release.
Cinemavault announced Friday that it has sold the North American distribution rights of "Dark Blood" to Lionsgate. The film has been in limbo since Phoenix died of a drug overdose in 1993. He was in production on the movie at the time.
"Dark Blood" was left unfinished and most expected it would never see the light of day. Director and co-writer George Sluizer, however, pushed to complete it, despite spending years battling an insurance company that made a claim about Phoenix's drug use.
In 2012, Sluizer edited together an unfinished version that premiered last year at the Berlin Film Festival.
Lionsgate is planning to release the film on video-on-demand.
In "Dark Blood," Phoenix plays a young widower who retreats to the desert after his wife dies of radiation following nuclear tests near their home.
- By AP Film Writer Jake Coyle - https://twitter.com/jake_coyle
Cate Blanchett had plenty of witty replies - a couple on the saucy side - as she answered sometimes wacky questions during a Cannes news conference for the upcoming "How to Train Your Dragon 2."
The two-time Oscar-winner got most of the questions at Friday's event, which also included stars America Ferrera, Jay Baruchel, Djimon Hounsou and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffery Katzenberg.
Some of the queries were a bit off-kilter: One reporter asked if Blanchett let her children play with her trophies.
"Every morning, mommy sits them down, and I get my two Oscars out and I let them stroke them for 15 minutes before they go to school if they are good," she said to laughter.
Another reporter mistakenly called her by the wrong prefix.
"It's Ms. Blanchett, not Mr. Blanchett. I've played a few men though," she quipped.
The biggest laughs came when a reporter asked how was "the experience of training your dragon?"
"How do I train my dragon?" she said naughtily. "I don't know if I want to answer that in public."
"How To Train Your Dragon 2" premiered Friday at the Cannes Film Festival out of competition.
It's not a Hollywood production, but a movie about the Malaysian plane tragedy is in the works and should be in theaters by fall.
Rupesh Paul Productions is promoting "The Vanishing Act" among buyers at the Cannes Film Festival. A poster for it promises to tell "the untold story" of the missing plane, but in an interview Friday, the associate director of the movie, Sritama Dutta, said the only similarities between the thriller and the real-life disaster is that a plane is missing.
"It has got no similarities," said Dutta, adding there have been so many developments with the actual case that it wouldn't be practical to try to mirror it. "We cannot keep up with the true facts, it's changing every day."
Dutta said Indian director Rupesh Paul will film the movie and a multiethnic cast for it could be revealed before Cannes ends May 25. Paul hopes to shoot the film in India and the United States and plans a worldwide release in September.
Authorities still have not been able to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which was carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 when it went missing. The search for the plane has made headlines worldwide.
Paul's movie "Kamasutra 3D" is being screened outside the Cannes competition this year.
-By AP Entertainment Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody - https://www.twitter.com/nekesamumbi
The stars of the Turkish film "Winter's Sleep" are showing their solidarity for those affected by a mining tragedy at home as they promote their film in Cannes.
The actors and director held up signs with the hashtag Soma during their photo call Friday for the movie.
Soma is the Turkish city where at least 284 people were killed in a fire in a coal mine, the country's worst mining accident. There has been an outcry of anger and protests from the public, some of whom blame the government for not taking action to correct alleged safety problems in Turkey's mines.
"Winter's Sleep," by director Nuri Blige Ceylan, is a family drama starring Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbag and Melisa Sozen. All four held the signs for photographers on Friday.
Oscar-nominated Naomi Watts says she's had enough with female directors constantly being sized up to their male counterparts.
Speaking with The Associated Press, the "Impossible" star said that "female directors and actresses have a different voice, different stories. It's not helpful to be compared to men."
Watts, who wore a pink strapless dress and long Bulgari white gold and diamond necklace, was in Cannes on Thursday night to attend Calvin Klein's "Women in Film" alongside Julianne Moore, Lupita Nyong'o and Rooney Mara.
The underrepresentation of women in directorial roles has been a hot topic at this year's Cannes Film Festival, with Jane Campion - the first female filmmaker to have ever won the Palme d'Or - sitting as jury president.
"Jane Campion is right to say that there's an inherent sexism in the film industry. But there's also a lack of women putting themselves forward," Watts added.
- By Thomas Adamson - https://www.twitter.com/ThomasAdamsonAP
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A Holocaust novel with honorable aims and a high schmaltz factor
The Invisible Bridge. By Julie Orringer. Knopf, 602 pp., $26.95.
By Janice Harayda
Reading this novel is like riding a slow-moving steam locomotive from Hungary to France and back as Nazi atrocities spread across Europe. Everything passes your window at the same speed, whether Hitler's tanks are rolling toward Budapest or pygmy goats are eating a forgotten handkerchief in a garden in Nice.
Julie Orringer makes an honorable but sluggish effort to bring life to this a saga of three brothers and their extended families, whose members move in and out of love and labor camps between 1937 and 1945. Her novel is a sister under the skin to The Help: As Kathryn Stockett exhumed the cruelties of the Jim Crow era, Orringer recalls the brutalities of the Munkaszolgálat, the required national labor service program for Hungarian Jews, whom the law barred from serving in the armed forces. Her story develops the worthy theme that a will to live isn't enough when disaster looms: You also need luck.
But Orringer is overmatched with a story that has nearly 250,000 words, about 190,000 longer than an average novel. Her plot relies heavily on coincidences, and her cliché-strewn prose resembles that of an overzealous editor for InStyle ("a warm apricotty soprano"). She asks us to believe that Hungarians of the 1940s used words like "empathy," "energy conglomerate," and "We've got to talk." And her book abounds with redundancies such as "the triple-beat lilt of a waltz" (as though some waltzes had four beats) and "a perfect manmade oval artificially cooled by underground pipes" (as though pipes could provide cooling that wasn't "artificial"). The overwriting slows the pace enough turn the novel into an oxymoron: a potboiler that never comes to boil.
Brian Hall offered more insights into Hungary in Stealing From a Deep Place (Hill & Wang, 1989), a travel memoir that includes a brief analysis the national anthem, the title of which can be translated as "Please God, Save the Magyar." The text of the song comes from a 19th-century poem and has lines that say, in effect: This nation has suffered enough for all of its past and future sins. Hall wonders: What must a country have endured to believe it has paid not just for its past sins but for any it might yet commit? And his brief comments on the anthem may tell you as much about the Hungarian character as anything in The Invisible Bridge. Instead of providing fresh perceptions, Orringer's story of the invisible bridge between generations confirms the lessons of Hall's and many other books: Hungarians and Jews have suffered in unique and enduring ways.
Best line: Andras Lévi, one of the three brothers at the heart of The Invisible Bridge, quotes an architecture teacher: "Speed is the enemy of precision."
Worst line: No. 1: "And he took her to bed and made love to her as if for the first time in his life." A cliché, padded with "in his life," that suggests the schmaltz factor in The Invisible Bridge. No. 2: "a layered egg-and-potato rakott krumpli." Krumpli means "potato" in Hungarian, so this is another redundancy. It's like saying "a bacon-and-cheese cheese sandwich." No. 3: "It was a nightmare version of a fairy tale."
Recommendation? The Invisible Bridge is likely to appeal most to extremely patient readers who want to learn about an aspect of the Holocaust slighted in mass-market fiction, the plight of Hungarian Jews in World War II. The book may also appeal to people who look to historical novels more for a wealth of period details than for a well-paced plot or believable characters.
Published: May 2010
Furthermore: Orringer also wrote the short-story collection How to Breathe Underwater. The Invisible Bridge, her first novel, was inspired by the life of her grandfather.
Read an excerpt from The Invisible Bridge.
Janice Harayda is a novelist who has been the book columnist for Glamour and the book editor of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland. You can also follow Jan (@janiceharayda) on Twitter at www.twitter.com/janiceharayda.
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The Washington Nationals' racing presidents will take their show on the road Wednesday for Stephen Strasburg's second start with the AAA Syracuse Chiefs.
George, Tom, Abe, and Teddy will greet fans at the main gates of Alliance Bank Stadium, then run a presidents race following the 5th inning of the game vs. Norfolk. Nationals Mascot and race judge Screech will also make the trip.
Nats Entertainment Coordinator Tom Davis noted that "sending the Racing Presidents up to Syracuse for a night is another way to let Chiefs fans experience Nationals baseball."
The game will be carried locally in DC on tape delay by MASN at approximately 10:30pm.
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Paying It Forward
This post is about gratitude. Deep gratitude. In the weeks since my last post, my gratitude list has increased exponentially. The kindness, support and ideas I have received from the blogging community has been almost overwhelming. It's given me the strength and courage to press on, persevere and work on some of their ideas for helping others.
I ventured into our employment service here and registered as well as speaking with a Work Source assistant. She looked at everything I had filled out and realizing I had not held a job since the mid 90's, with a spotty history of employment, (I was the full-time caregiver for several family members after that time) she suggested that I check out nursing homes for possible volunteering, potentially checking out my next residence at the same time. In not so many words it was gently implied that I am not particularly employable. I had an inkling of that fact already. I'm still not ruling it out. So on to option B. Whatever that may be.
I take my walks now saying my gratitude's out loud (softly, so the neighbors don't think I've slipped a cog). I start with the list of what I CAN do. It's quite lengthy. I CAN still walk.
In all of this, I can still give. My friend, Emily gave me a couple of charity quilt tops she no longer wanted to finish. The pieces were all cut, all I had to do was sew them together following the pattern she gave me. I have one done. Finished this month's quilt squares for the group charity quilt. I'm also still able to pick up a friend who is no longer able to drive and deliver her home.
Blogging friends have given me so many ideas that I have taken to heart. One has also suggested that in light of my understanding about how even the best of our plans can go sideways, sometimes we need a bit of a lift through a rough patch. I'm lucky that I have family and friends. Many are not so lucky. So we need to find a way to network and help each other.
I network here with local friends. We exchange plants so each of us can have something from the others. I've shared many pieces of my ever expanding ground cover, succulents, and exchanged several cordial glasses for a bottle of homemade Limoncello and a garden umbrella with stand to have on top of the terrace. Nice trade, right? I'm going to try making that friend a new swing cover. I'm looking at what I have here to work with to make, share or sell to help others as well as myself.
We are having a neighborhood yard sale this weekend. Hopefully some of my extra stuff can find new homes. Tech Support is here for the week and I'm hoping we can set up a website for networking while he is here. No outside projects this time. Instead of last year's 100 degree temps, we have RAIN and 60 degrees!
How do you find ways to pay it forward?
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.~ Edward Everett Hale
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What if you woke up after an accident and couldn't remember all the important things that had happened since 2004, such as that Brad and Jennifer broke up?
Remember Me? A Novel. By Sophie Kinsella. Dell, 430 pp., $7.99, paperback.
By Janice Harayda
Remember Madeleine Wickham? Unless you're English, you probably don't. But Sophie Kinsella wrote under that name – her real one – before she adopted the pseudonym that appears on her bestselling "Shopaholic" series. I liked the Madeleine Wickham novels I read, including A Desirable Residence, and hoped her new book would mark a return to their form – that of the quiet English novel of manners updated for the age of house lust and two-career couples. It doesn't: Remember Me? is the literary equivalent of a fried Mars bar. But fried Mars bars are more filling than the handful of Sour Gummi Bears you often get from romance-novels-gone-mainstream like this one. And so it is with Remember Me?: If you have a choice between this book and a Danielle Steel novel at the airport, it's no contest.
Kinsella has two virtues that are as apparent here as in her first Madeleine Wickham novels. Educated at Oxford University, Kinsella respects the language of King James and Monty Python. It is inconceivable that she would write, as Stephenie Meyer does in The Host, "It's a voluntary choice." If that seems slim basis for an endorsement, you probably walk right past all those books with embossed metallic covers each time you enter a bookstore.
Unlike many bestselling authors, Kinsella also knows how to plot. In Remember Me? she hangs her story on a creaky device – a young woman develops amnesia after a car accident – and her tale gets more improbable from there. Lexi Smart wakes up soon after a thump on the head in 2007 and finds she has forgotten all that has happened to her since 2004. The things she has forgotten include that a) she ditched her loser boyfriend and married a multimillionaire, and b) she evolved from a harried underling into the British carpet-industry's equivalent of Faye Dunaway in Network. She also thinks Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are still together. As unlikely as it all of this is, it holds your attention — if it holds your attention — in part because the story has so many plot twists and moves so fast that you have little time to think about the absurdities. And Kinsella has control of her breezy and at times humorous tone – you never sense that she's trying to be Doris Lessing or Hilary Mantel.
I can't compare Remember Me? to the "Shopaholic" series, which I haven't read. But I had less trouble finishing it than some novels that turned up on best-of-2009 lists, though this book had the least promising first line I've read in months. Remember Me? also had the welcome effect of drawing me back to the work of thoughtful Madeleine Wickham, who if we are lucky may still have a few books in her.
Best line: Lexi asks after learning that a sofa costs 10,000 pounds: "How can a sofa cost that much? What's it stuffed with, caviar?"
Worst line: The first: "Of all the crap, crap, crappy nights I've ever had in the whole of my crap life."
Published: 2008 (hardcover), 2008 (trade paperback), 2009 (mass market paperback)
Furthermore: Kinsella also wrote, as Madeleine Wickham, The Tennis Party and other books. The recent movie Confessions of a Shopaholic was loosely based on the first two novels in the "Shopaholic" series.
You can also follow Jan Harayda on Twitter. She comments on books at www.twitter.com/janiceharayda and satirizes the American literary culture, such as it is, at www.twitter.com/fakebooknews.
© 2010 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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Judge declares mistrial in 'Thunder' shooting case
LAS VEGAS – A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a Las Vegas man accused of firing a gun backstage and trying to steal costumes and props from the "Thunder From Down Under" male revue.
Clark County District Court spokeswoman Mary Ann Price said jurors had reportedly been discussing the strength of the evidence among themselves before deliberations, which is against the rules. The decision came on the second day of testimony.
A July 17 hearing was scheduled to discuss a possible new trial date for defendant Joey Kadmiri, 24.
Kadmiri is accused of firing a shot with a .44-caliber handgun during a March 18 struggle with several well-muscled cast members who found him backstage trying to steal their belongings.
Kadmiri had pleaded not guilty to the counts against him, which include burglary, robbery, battery and weapon charges that could get him decades in prison.
Defense attorney Joshua Tomsheck has said Kadmiri had drug and mental health issues.
One cast member wrestled Kadmiri's wrist away, and the bullet narrowly missed the face of another dancer before lodging in a wall at the Excalibur with an Italian restaurant full of diners on the other side, Deputy Clark County District Attorney Nick Portz said Tuesday.
One cast member suffered gunpowder burns on side of his face and still has eye and ear damage, Portz said. Another received lesser injuries, he said.
"These men don't miss the gym all that much, and it still took six men to hold him," Portz said.
Kadmiri had to be restrained after declaring that he was on methamphetamine and repeatedly hitting his own head on the floor of the outdoor patio during the struggle, prosecutors said.


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Leftover turkey takes on a new personality. For do-ahead preparation, add half of the dressing before refrigerating the salad, and then add the rest just before serving. I like to make my own Basil Pesto, but you can buy it in a ready-to-use tub in most supermarkets.
For the pasta
6 ounces penne rigate
For the Creamy Pesto Dressing
¼ cup Basil Pesto
¼ cup sour cream
¼ cup red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
To complete the recipe
1 ½ cups cooked turkey (or rotisserie chicken) in ¾-inch pieces, skin removed, cooled
1 cup coarsely shredded carrots
1 cup halved seedless red grapes (about 6 ounces)
2 green onions, coarsely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
8 leaves red leaf lettuce
Freshly ground pepper, freshly shredded Parmesan cheese, and small bunches of red grapes for garnish
Cook the penne according to package instructions.
Meanwhile, whisk together the dressing ingredients in a large bowl.
When the penne is done, drain well. Rinse in cold water, then drain again.
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Sotheby's has responded to the U.S. government's amended complaint in the legal battle for the Khmer warrior from Koh Ker, arguing that the US Attorney's failure to cite a Cambodian national ownership law is a"fatal flaw" in their effort to seize the allegedly stolen statue.
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"The [government's amended complaint filed recently] claims a Cambodian king a thousand years ago built the Prasat Chen temp where the Statue's feet were allegedly found, and asserts the Statue…therefore automatically belongs to the modern Cambodian state. No court has ever forfeited property on such a theory, which squarely conflicts with the settled and undisputed law articulated in McClain and Schultz," which both required a "clear and unambiguous" national ownership law, Sotheby's stated.
Sotheby's arguments focus squarely on the legal foundation of Cambodia's claim and largely sidestep the government's amended complaint, which alleged the auction house was deceitful about the statue's origins in omitting the role of Bangkok-based collector Douglas Latchford. Those claims are an effort to "change the subject," Sotheby's said in its response, accusing the government of using selective quotations from internal auction house emails revealed during discovery.
To support that position, Sotheby's helpfully attached those internal emails to its response as exhibits, giving us an unusual glimpse into the vetting process used by leading auction houses with a piece of ancient art they knew would raise legal and public relations concerns.
The Sotheby's emails reveal for the first time the identities of several key players in the drama:
Anu Ghosh-Mazumdar, Assistant VP, Indian and SE Asian Art at Sotheby's. Most directly responsible for coordinating the statue's vetting and sale.
Zara Porter-Hill, Head of the Indian and SE Asian Department at Sotheby's London. She corresponded directly with collector Douglas Latchford about the statue's origins. Latchford initially told her he had the statue in London in 1970, but later claimed that Spink must have purchased the statue in Bangkok. (See Exhibit 3)
Henry Howard-Sneyd, Vice Chairman of Asian Art at Sotheby's, was asked to be the point of contact between Sotheby's and the government of Cambodia before the statue's proposed sale. He demurred, saying, "we simply wanted to be informing him out of politeness and did not want to raise this to important or 'pay attention' levels." (See Exhibit 9). Ultimately it appears that contact with the Cambodians was handled by Jane Levine, head of Worldwide Compliance for Sotheby's and a former prosecutor of antiquities cases in the same US Attorney's office now suing for the statue's return. (see Exhibit 12.)
John Twilley: A conservation expert hired by Sotheby's to examine the statue after questions were raised about its authenticity. Twilley noted that the difference in condition between the head and body suggested the statue may have been purposefully broken "for ease of transport" from the site where it was found (See Exhibit 7) Ironically, Twilley was also an expert at the Getty workshop on the looted statue of Aphrodite, which was broken by smugglers for ease of transport.
Pieter Meyers: A former senior scientist at LACMA, Meyers conducted an analysis of the statue's stone, confirming the link between the statue's head and its torso. (See Ex. 8)
Hab Touch: The Cambodian government official who Sotheby's debated notifying before the statue's sale. (see Exhibit 10) Dismissed as a "bureaucrat," Touch ultimately objected to the statue's sale and asked for its return to Cambodia.
Below we've embedded Sotheby's response followed by the exhibits we've referred to above.


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Spring seems to be the most beautiful time of year for Ottawa, unless you enjoy a snow-driven winter of skiing. But in spring, Ottawa welcomes its natives and tourists alike, perhaps due to the Canadian Tulip Festival, the largest in the world, and one that has grown to display more than 300,000 varieties in its 60th year. I indulge in a glorious bike ride along the Rideau Canal through a path of the gardens in Commissioners Park before touring through Parliament, which reveals more stunning architecture, inside and out, and a peek inside a room with a throne, where Queen Elizabeth makes seldom appearances at meetings. When she does, I wonder if she enjoys teatime in Zoe's Lounge, which offers a menu fit for a queen.
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To commemorate 100 years, an adaptation of the First-Class Menu on RMS Titanic, which offered 11 courses, has been adapted to modern times, but with classic tastes. Our table begins with oyster a la russe, and while we enjoy each tasty morsel, we learn that the Titanic carried 1,221 quarts of oysters when it left Southampton. From there, we move on to a beef consommé infused with port wine, called Olga, named after a woman on board. In honor of French nobility on board, roast duck was served as well. Dessert of Titanic proportions is served — a trio, in fact, of Waldorf pudding, chocolate éclairs and French vanilla ice cream, much like that served 100 years ago.
Aside from castles and tulips, food is the central theme to the area, and a walk on the C'est Bon Cooking Food Tour around the ByWard Market begins at the Metropolitain Brasserie on Sussex Drive, where we taste the best shoestring fries with aioli, and where they have "Hill Hour" weekdays from 4-7 p.m. A stop in cheese shops and produce markets are in order, as well as the Beaver Tail stand (think fried dough). On a corner, young boys sing a cappella opera on the streets.
The Courtyard is where we sample an egg plate cooked by the method "sous-vide" (bacon pouch in water bath, cooked for a day in a vacuum-sealed bag) by the molecular gastronomer/chef Michael Hay, and taste truffle honey at La Bottega Nicastro. We stroll past a previous lunch stop at Stella Osteria, a hip stop with patio tables for those who want to absorb the scenery and sunshine, and past Play Food & Wine, a funky eatery that specializes in small plates that include scallops, Ontario walleye (a pickerel), fiddleheads and baked Alaska. We sip on Vouvray, Moncontour from Loire, France and late harvest merlot from Cattail Creek, Niagara.
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Beef Lili
- courtesy Executive Chef Daniel Buss, Wilfrid's
4 6 oz. tenderloin steaks
3 medium peeled Yukon gold potatoes
1/2 cup veal demi glaze
1 cup red wine
1 tbsp minced shallot
1 sprig thyme
1-1/2 lbs. butter
Kosher salt
Fresh ground black pepper
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon truffle oil
1 tablespoon chopped fresh or canned truffles
8 cippolini onions
1/4 teaspoon olive oil
1. Clarify butter: Place butter in a medium saucepot over low heat. When butter is melted and starts to separate, skim off milk solids as they come up. Continue until butter is clear and no milk solids remain. Strain and set aside in a warm place.
2. In a medium saucepan, sauté shallots in oil. Add thyme and bay leaf. Cook until shallots are translucent. Deglaze with red wine. Reduce by half, add demi glaze. Reduce by one third. Season with salt, pepper; mount with butter and truffle oil. Add chopped truffles.
3. Anna potato: Put 2 tablespoons clarified butter in a nonstick skillet with a large circle cookie cutter placed as a ring mold. On a mandolin, cut your potatoes thin, less than an inch thick. Place one piece in the center of the mold and then layer around, overlapping by 1/4 inch. Brush with clarified butter and repeat 2 more times. Turn pan onto medium heat, remove ring mold. Brown on one side and put in 350-degree oven for 10 minutes until golden on both sides. Set aside.
4. Season beef tenderloin with salt and pepper. In a large skillet over medium/high heat, brown on both sides. Put in oven at 350 degrees for 8 minutes or until 110 degrees (medium rare); rest for 10 minutes, then serve.
5. Peel cippolini onions. Place in medium skillet with a tablespoon of clarified butter, sauté onions until lightly browned. Place in oven at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes until soft.
6. To serve: Place one piece Anna potato on plate. Put cippolini onions on top of potato. Then place one more Anna potato on top. Take rested tenderloin and put beside potato. Ladle sauce around the tenderloin.
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