Archive for March, 2009
March 19th, 2009
The News
An ad for the film “Wanted” showing an “almost naked” actress Angelina Jolie shooting and kissing has been banned in the UK by the official British advertising watchdog (ASA).
The ASA says in its ruling:
“The ad (…) depicted several guns being fired by both the male and female leads and (the ASA) considered that, in conjunction with the on-screen text and voice-over that stated “Angelina is blazingly sexy” and “The coolest movie of the year” the overall impression was that using guns was sexy and glamorous. We concluded the ad could be seen to condone violence by glorifying or glamorising the use of guns. On this point the ad breached CAP (Broadcast) TV Advertising Standards Code rules 6.2 (Violence and cruelty) and 7.4.1 (Mental harm).”
For the full ASA’s ruling: http://tinyurl.com/c4ek35
March 18th, 2009
The news:
On Friday March 6th, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva to help mend ties between the two nations. She gave Mr. Lavrov a mock ‘reset’ button to symbolise the diplomatic attempt – however, the button in Russian actually read ‘overloaded’ or ‘overcharged’ – not ‘reset’ as intended. An embarrassing moment for the new Secretary of State, though both played it off, and in any case pushed the button together. The gift referenced a comment from Vice President Joe Biden on resetting ties withRussia following years of friction.
March 9th, 2009
The news:
Tom Cruise was recently in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to promote his new film Valkyrie. He spoke to the audience with a few words in Spanish, saying ‘hola’ and ‘gracias’ in an attempt to endear himself to the local population. However, he only displayed his ignorance, unaware that in Brazil the population is Portuguese speaking. To add insult to injury, he later expressed his fondness for the tango, which is a Latin dance, not from Brazil, but with origins in neighbouring Argentina.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,487451,00.html