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Bloggin’ With Amaldo » 2008
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Beijing 2008- The Sad Olyimpics

By ariel in Uncategorized, Entertainment, Politics, NBC, News, Money, sports, Advertising, environment, TV, business, media, America, The Today Show, 2008, Beijing, China, Olympics, Billy Bush, Matt Lauer, Broadcast Rights, Government on August 5 2008

Billy Bush got a foot massage in BeijingThe entire world will be amazed by the beauty of China, and exited with the beginning of the Olympics. I won’t. Not that I don’t like sports, nor was I born yesterday to this cynical-material world, but every day we discover more and more about how the Chinese government managed to pull this production on the backs of it’s poor people, the less I’m inclined to actually watch the games. NBC, who paid $894 million for the US broadcast rights, will show the Olympics no meter what. Here and there, we’ll see an item on the news that gently criticize the Chinese actions, but it disappears between Matt Lauer reporting for the Today Show, and Billy Bush getting a foot massage for $25 in Beijing.

Money talks, as the Chinese and we know, so what are a few million people whose homes were demolished in favor of a shiny stadium? Or a few millions more who are left to starve because they are not allowed to water their rice fields, comparing to Coca-Cola TV commercial?

So, I’m not so exited about the games. Maybe I’ll watch it a little bit, but no more than that.

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Che Benicio

By ariel in Uncategorized, Entertainment, News, Movies, Hollywood, Retro, film history, film, 2008, Benicio, Del Toro, Che, Guevara, Steven, Soderbergh, Spanish, Fidel, Motorcycle Diaries, 2004, Cannes, film festival on May 22 2008

Benicio Del Toro as Che GuevaraBenicio Del Toro plays Che Guevara (The resemblance in the picture is unbelievable,) the Argentine who, together with Fidel led the Cuban uprising that brought Castro in to power, in a new movie. The 4 hours, Spanish speaking film was directed by Steven Soderbergh. The movie may be released in two parts titled “The Argentine” and “Guerrilla.”
“Cuba is less of an issue for me than Che,” said Soderbergh, “I think he’s great movie material is really what it comes down to. He had one of the most fascinating lives I can imagine in the last century.”

“Che” is considered a serious contender for the Palme d’or in the The Cannes film festival.
If you are fascinated by Che’s life like Steven Soderbergh, you might want to check the wonderful Motorcycle Diaries from 2004.