Archive for September 20th, 2005

High and Mighty

A few months ago, talk show queen Oprah Winfrey was refused entry into luxury French boutique Hermes, an incident Ms Winfrey reportedly described as “one of the most humiliating moments of her life.” *
 
Winfrey has now publicly addressed the incident for the first time, in the process trying to prove that her problem was not [...]

Quote of the Day

“Some people just court celebrity for the sake of it. People like Tom Cruise. He was always a great actor, but I think the man’s lost it, lost it. You won’t ever catch me jumping up and down on Oprah going on about how I love this woman. And then others start feeding off it. [...]

Simon Wiesenthal 1908-2005

Simon Wiesenthal, the man whose name has become synonymous with bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, has passed away at the age of 96.
 
Baruch Dayan Emet (’Blessed is the one true Judge’)
 
Biography
 
From Wikipedia

Simon Wiesenthal was an architectural engineer by training. He received his degree from the Technical University of Prague in 1932 after being declined [...]

War and Peace

The New York Times has an interesting article about a new Egyptian movie that “promotes peace with Israel”.

Egyptian movie audiences are not accustomed to laughing about the Arab conflict with Israel, or to seeing Israeli diplomats portrayed as regular folks living next door.
 
But in Egypt’s box office hit, “The Embassy Is in the Building,” the [...]