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Ricky Gervais would like to nonapologise
A timely New York Times profile of comedian Ricky Gervais in the run-up to the Golden Globes.
Of course, many thought he’d never tread those boards again after his “shock” performance last year but ratings were great so Gervais is back. Hollywood is nothing if not pragmatic.
“To many Americans, last year's Golden Globes appearance by Gervais defined how they know him: as a self-styled provocateur who's not afraid to shock and offend in the service of humor. It's an image he embraces and even lovingly cultivates.”
Anyone who’s watched his stand up work would know that. Gervais pulls no punches; even delights in being as naughty and politically incorrect as he can possibly be.
“If you're chasing after positive reviews, demographic trends or a lucrative box office, Gervais says in the story, "you've already failed." And then he adds … "if your only ambition is to get something off your chest and render it exactly as you wanted it, then you're bulletproof."
Should make for another interesting Globes.
A young woman struggles with oxy addiction and recovery
Welcome to Ladies’ Day, America’s first all-female drug court in Pinellas County, Florida.
It sounds like fun but it isn’t; this is where women who have been charged with prescription drug abuse end up in this part of the world.
This fascinating insight into America’s love affair with oxycodone comes from the Tampa Bay Times: “Prescription drug abuse kills 40 Americans every day. That’s more than a threefold increase in the last decade, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Oxycodone is the deadliest drug of all.”
“Oxy makes junkies out of people who would never buy from a street dealer. It is everyman’s high, heroin in a pill.”
Instead of punishing the women, the Pinellas County court offers them the chance to start over; one woman shares that journey with the newspaper and lets its journalists follow her around for a year. This is the result.
Imran Khan: set to play the innings of his life
For many, Imran Khan remains the playboy cricketer of his younger years. But much has happened since then and now Khan is being hailed by some as the saviour of Pakistan.
“Khan, now 59, appears on the edge of a political breakthrough,” reports this Guardian profile of the politician. “After years in the semi-wilderness, Khan – or “Imran” as he is known in Pakistan – is walking through green fields of mainstream popularity. The former cricketer tops opinion polls. For the first time, powerful and established political figures have begun defecting to his party.”
An interesting snapshot into the making of the man and the state of politics in Pakistan.
Source: http://id.she.yahoo.com/new/http://thehoopla.com.au/edschoicejan13//
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