Chromeo @ 9:30 Club (DCist)
When a restless audience opens a sold out show with chants of, "Oh Ee Oh, Chromeo," you know you're probably in for a treat. And at their first ever show in D.C., Chromeo killed it. Chromeo is Patrick Gemayel and David Macklovitch, boyhood friends who describe themselves as, "the only successful Arab/Jewish collaboration since the beginning of time." In addition to their ethnic ...
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Finding lost items, supporting divorcees (Haaretz Daily)
One day last winter, the phone rang in Shahar's house in Rosh Ha'ayin. On the line was a woman with an Arabic accent. "Are you Shahar?" she asked him, and he confirmed it hesitantly. "I found your name on the Internet. I have your cell phone."
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Our critics recommend... (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Movies Opening Friday Body of Lies Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a CIA operative who is forced into an uneasy alliance with the head of Jordanian intelligence as he attempts to catch a major terrorist. Russell Crowe and Mark Strong also star.
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Salmond seeks Arabian knight (Times Online)
Not so long ago, Qatar consisted of “two camels at a crossroads”. It was Bedouin territory, not much more than sand and stones. Now, thanks to oil, it’s got a Ridley Scott skyline and as much Prada and Gucci as you can buy.
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Artists Are the Worst People (San Diego Reader)
“He’s restored that villa to a fare-thee-well. That’s the trouble with Americans; all that money and no taste.” This story begins with an ending: an estate sale in a Hillcrest apartment, scanning the rooms of the deceased, picking through what was left behind.
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Top Chef: New York Revealed, Meet the Cheftestants! (Gothamist)
The fifth season of Top Chef has wrapped up its not-so-secret production in New York City and is set to premiere with a "super-sized" episode on November 12th, Bravo announced today. Padma Lakshmi will once again join head judge Tom Colicchio ( who made news yesterda y with his forthcoming Tuesday night supper "club"). Gail Simmons from Food & Wine Magazine is also a judge, but perhaps ...
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Moving Midway / Family Name among new releases (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
Capsule reviews of films currently playing in Charlotte... By Matt Brunson New Releases MOVING MIDWAY / FAMILY NAME How coincidental that these two documentaries – both about North Carolinians grappling with their lineage – are hitting town at roughly the same time, one in theaters (Oct. 3), the other on DVD (Sept. 23). The new release Moving Midway, by film critic and Raleigh native Godfrey ...
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'Towelhead' takes daring look at teen's sexual, cultural awakenings (Miami Herald)
Jasira Maroun, the 13-year-old Lebanese-American girl at the center of Towelhead, endures an endless number of indignities, humiliations and transgressions during the two-hour movie: racial epithets, cruel classmates, an abusive father, a pedophilic neighbor.
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Buy Stuff. Blog Stuff. The New JuicyCouture.com (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Having already conquered the conventional retail space, Juicy Couture, together with global digital leader createthe group, is now turning to the hottest trends in website technology, from social networking to blogging, to further unite the masses that worship this global brand.
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Girls escaping abusive father come to dead end (Arab News)
JEDDAH: Three sisters who have repeatedly fled their father’s home after 10 years of physical and psychological abuse and sexual molestation reached a dead end.
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