Archive for January 22nd, 2008
Jose Padilla aka Puerto Taliban Sentenced to 17 Years
7:55 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Justice|Politics|Puerto Rico|race · Comments Off
22 Jan 2008
37 year old Jose Padilla, a Brooklyn born Nuyorican once accused of plotting to set off a dirty bomb with al-Qaida, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on charges that he supported terrorism. There was never any proof of any of the original charges so this lesser charge of being part of a support cell that sent recruits, money and supplies to Islamic extremists worldwide was a consolation prize so to speak. The judge who sentenced Padilla actually went below the minimum guidelines citing harsh treatment (torture) Padilla had received while held as an enemy combatant.
Via / Yahoo News
Dun, dun! Fred Thompson aka Law and Order Guy Drops His Presidential Bid
5:51 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics|US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off
22 Jan 2008
Fred Thompson announced that he is dropping his bid to be the Republican nominee for president. The former Senator from Tennessee said in a statement:
Today,I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort.
Thompson did not say who he would endorse.
Via / Yahoo! News
Heath Ledger Dead at 28
5:31 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Entertainment · Comments Off
22 Jan 2008
In the wake of Oscar buzz, some sad news about a great Oscar-nominated actor:
At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building, at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of the bedroom Mr. Ledger was in. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger naked and unconscious on a bed, with pills scattered around his body. They shook him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities.
Apparently ledger wasn’t found in his own apartment but rather that of actress Mary Kate Olsen (of the Olsen twins).
The New York Times’ City Room blog is currently treating this is as breaking news, so check back there for updates on how the story develops.
Truly shocking and very sad. What a loss.
Update: City Room has updated the story with comments from Olsen’s publicist, who says the apartment does not belong to Mary Kate.
Via / City Room
Latinas and Choice
11:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Blogs|Health|Latin America|Politics|Religion|Women · 1 Comment
22 Jan 2008
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision, which basically overturned all state and federal laws outlawing or restricting abortion and allowed abortions for any reason a woman chooses up until the fetus is potentially able to live outside the womb. ‘Viable,’ that is, potentially able to live outside the mother’s womb. As a woman of color, more specifically a Puerto Rican/Latina, the debate is a little more complicated. My choice is about choosing to have a child and how, as much as it is about choosing not to have a child.
And the Nominees Are…Not Latino
10:58 am By Maegan La Mala · Entertainment|Movies · 1 Comment
22 Jan 2008
Folks, this isn’t 2007, when Latino representation on the list of Oscar nominees — and ultimately winners — was in full effect. Indeed, this year it comes down to a documentary short from Colombia and props to our friend Javier Bardem (while not Latino, a VL fave). The official nominees for the little golden men have been announced, and without further ado, we give them to you:
Best Picture: “Atonement,” “Juno,” “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood.”
Actor: George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”; Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”; Johnny Depp, “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street”; Tommy Lee Jones, “In the Valley of Elah”; Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises.”
Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”; Julie Christie, “Away From Her”; Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose”; Laura Linney, “The Savages”; Ellen Page, “Juno.”
Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”; Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”; Hal Holbrook, “Into the Wild”; Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Tom Wilkinson, “Michael Clayton.”
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”; Ruby Dee, “American Gangster”; Saoirse Ronan, “Atonement”; Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”; Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”
Director: Julian Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; Jason Reitman, “Juno”; Tony Gilroy, “Michael Clayton”; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood.”
Foreign Film: “Beaufort,” Israel; “The Counterfeiters,” Austria; “Katyn,” Poland; “Mongol,” Kazakhstan; “12,” Russia.
Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, “Atonement”; Sarah Polley, “Away from Her”; Ronald Harwood, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood.”
Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, “Juno”; Nancy Oliver, “Lars and the Real Girl”; Tony Gilroy, “Michael Clayton”; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, “Ratatouille”; Tamara Jenkins, “The Savages.”
Animated Feature Film: “Persepolis”; “Ratatouille”; “Surf’s Up.”
Clinton Vs. Obama (and Sometimes Edwards) in South Carolina Debate Last Night
8:43 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off
22 Jan 2008
In what felt like the longest debate ever, the three top contenders among the Democrats debated last night in South Carolina. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama went back and forth on each other with John Edwards struggling to get a word in edgewise.
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