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3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Will Smith’

Calling Norma Rae It’s D-Day

By Denis Campbell • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Features, Lead Story
Last year’s writer’s strike saw a shortened television season, cost $2.5 billion dollars (according to the LA Economic Development Corp.) and multiple Hollywood projects were placed on hold for four months over web residual payments to writers. The quality of television programming sank further as studios overloaded with so-called “reality” programming and 22-24 week seasons [...]


Southern Africa Burning

By Denis Campbell • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Features, Lead Story
165,000% inflation, 80% unemployment and a now brutally silenced cry for change does nothing to stop the lunacy that is the presidency/dictatorship of Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn from the Presidential run-off election scheduled for this coming weekend because government back militia gangs continue to terrorise and kill his supporters. [...]