Before this documentary film has even made it’s way to the general public, it has already cause a huge stir among hardcore Darwinists and Creationists. Special interest groups have been trying to put pressure on movie theaters to not show the film. Hate mail, even death threats have also been part of the stir among those who oppose it’s position on creationism. Ben Stein a well know actor in the twilight of his career, has also been a target for hostility for endorsing Creationism in the film. Movie critic Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel purposely avoided signing a disclosure agreement which was being passed out. He then screened the film and decided to write a poor review about it.

This movie has exposed censorship to a certain degree,and the peer pressure associated with it. Also, it reveals valid points in challenging the very core of evolution. Darwinists have been fearful of the impact this movie might have on questioning evolution in general. You see, like Christians believe in the final authority in the Bible, Darwinists believe in the final authority of everything that stems from neo-Darwinism.

One of the major criticisms of this movie and Creationism in general is claiming that there is no science involved only religious ideas. Nothing can be further from the truth. Let’s say for the sake of argument that a man walks up to you, and tells you he can produce a ball of energy out of thin air and this source of energy would grow into all kinds of things as it changes structures and chemicals. “Are you serious?” would most likely the response. But in this case, the man is dead serious about his claim. Most people including creationists and evolutionists would laugh in disbelief at this notion. Christians would think as just a belief in witchcraft, and believe the man has no power to create energy out of thin air. A Darwinist would think that’s impossible.

However, evolution takes that claim two steps further. It says that the beginning of the universe came from nothing by chance. By eliminating God, or an intelligent being, it claims that is science from a human perspective. But in reality, the occurrence of creating something out of nothing is supernatural. Because it defies the laws of physics. How can a humanistic hypothesis begin by supernatural means? The answer is, it can’t, and no neo-Darwinist has ever come up with a suitable scientific explanation on how random chance could produce energy out of nothing to create the big bang.

On the other hand, creationism goes by two basic laws…

THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

Defines energy as a mass which cannot be created out of nothing, and can be changed from one form to another but the total amount remains the same.

THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

All systems will tend toward the most mathematically probable state, and eventually become totally random and disorganized. Albert Einstein said this law would be impossible to eliminate.

Whether you agree with the statements or not, science can be use to discredit evolution which promotes the idea of intelligent design. This is what the movie is trying to imply, this is what is upsetting to some neo-Darwinists. It’s not bringing religion per say into the debate as it would be a bad idea to do that in the public school system with so many different beliefs about Christianity and the influence of special interest groups, but it’s basically bringing another view of science that comes to a different conclusion. Once this movie comes out in April as the average person can only view a trailer of this movie, it will be interesting how the public reacts to the challenge of Darwinism.

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Sora Aoi, one of Japanese top model, was surprisingly found involving in GTH movie Hormones, which is directed by Dorm director Songyos Sukmakanan.

GTH studio, who is the film maker company, kept the news secretly without revealing any Sora’s movie photos or information. Even in the 15 Feb 2008 press conference, no official news on Aoi role was announced. Fans were very curious when they saw that Sora was involved in Hormones, through the film preview and trailers.

Pidterm yai huajai wawoon (English title Hormones) is divided into four shots, each of which portrays the loves of teenagers, starring by recent Thai pop actors and actresses and of course, our famous Japanese star idol, Aoi.

Aoi plays in a part as a traveller and accidentally bumped into a boy, Hern who is going to celebrate his 3 years anniversary with his girl friend. Hern is a fan of Aoi. Some incidents happened in the middle which in the end both Hern and Sora went to the full moon party together.

Hormones set to become the first major hit in Thailand this year after raking in nearly 40 million baht ($1.2 million) in its first weekend of release.

It is considered a strong opening as Hormones have made $270,000 on the opening day, and the revenue has been stable over the next 3 days. Movies which opening more than $180,000 is considered strong opening in Thailand .

One of the major reason Hormones can make a great impact is because the film itself is a teen comedy with lots of laughters. Another reason is because of the unexpected appearance of Sora Aoi in the film gave a silent but big promotion to the film. Thousands fans have immediately and rapidly spreaded the news since last Saturday morning, especially in websites and blogs. Within a week, Thaicinema.org has been linked with around 50 local websites and was hit by over 20,000 visitors

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Moving into a dream home on a quiet Southern California cul-de-sac becomes a nightmarish ordeal for a young couple in Lakeview Terrace, the latest explosive film from award-winning director Neil LaBute. Old guard and new school clash in Lakeview Terrace, a button-pushing thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Patrick Wilson (Little Children), Kerry Washington (Ray, The Last King of Scotland) and Jay Hernandez (Grindhouse).

Lakeview Terrace is rated PG-13 for intense thematic material, violence, sexuality, language and some drug references. The running time is 1 hour, 46 minutes.

Walnut, California, where Lakeview Terrace was primarily filmed, is located about 25 miles east of Los Angeles. The cul-de-sac on which Turner and the Mattsons live is set against the magnificent hill and canyon terrain of the area.

“One of the things I wanted to do in this script was set the story against a backdrop of the way we live here in Southern California,” says Loughery. “We think we’re safe and secure, but nature has its own ideas.

“The community where Abel, Chris and Lisa live is built right into the side of these hills and it’s constantly being threatened by mudslides, earthquakes and fires,” he explains. “In this story, almost from the day they move into this house, there’s this sense of this fire that’s out of control and slowly approaching. As the drama heats up between these characters, there’s this real kind of apocalypse just over the other side of the hill.”

The specificity of the location required finding homeowners willing to give up their houses for five weeks and a community that would accept a film company on their street for the 25-day shoot.

The filmmakers took advantage of an unusual tool in the first stages of their search-Google Earth, an online service that provides users with an aerial view of entire neighborhoods. “We looked at a lot of houses,” says production designer Bruton Jones. “We explored different neighborhoods and then just went up to people’s doors and knocked. I have to say, our society can be very trusting. Because, here we were, strangers, standing there saying, ‘Hi, we know you have a pool in the back of your house. Can we look at it?’ “

“We ended up in Walnut, which is a traditional, planned community,” says Jones. “It ultimately met a lot more of our requirements than the alternatives. It had many of the visual references in the script, particularly the way you can see from one neighbor’s yard into the other and from one window to the other.”

Complete movie details, including cast details, crew and storyline are available from the following sites

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Presented by Eros Entertainment, Ad film maker Kunal Shivdasani’s debut feature film Hijack starring Shiney Ahuja and Esha Deol is ready for release on 5th September. Produced by Kunal Shivdasani and Dinesh Vijan of Aleya Motion Magic – Hijack is a fast paced action thriller with some exceptional mid-air action and stunts by Allan Amin.

Hijack is based on the Kandahar incident of 1999. “A film like Hijack should be seen by people to understand how to react when they are caught in the midst of a real life hijack. It can happen to anyone. Moreover, Hijack does not just talk about terrorism. It’s a film about love and relationships too,” says the actor. He also told about his special tranining for the upcoming film. According to him “I had to work a lot on my arms. I had to hang under a chopper for about seven days. You need really strong arms and shoulders to be able to do that. So I specifically trained a lot for my shoulders, arms and upper and lower back. It takes a toll on your lower back as well.”

Ahuja’s description of Hijack indicates that terrorism may not work for long as an enduring theme in Hindi films. But till a new text grips the cinema industry, the terrorist rules.

The new girl in the Hijack promos dancing in Shiney Ahuja’s arms is Kaveri Jha. A beauty queen aspirant a couple of years ago, Kaveri is a popular and busy actress down south. In Hijack, her Bollywood debut, Kaveri plays wife to Shiney, who is a ground maintenance officer at Chandigarh airport. Esha Deol plays an airhostess who helps Shiney save his daughter who is on a hijacked plane.

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The latest and greatest in Miley Cyrus news is that the “Best of Both Worlds Tour” kicked off on October 18th to a packed house. All 54 tour dates are sold out and getting tickets is impossible without going to your friendly neighborhood ticket scalper. An acclaim to Miley’s popularity is that some arenas were sold out in less than 15 minutes.

On October 5th, Miley celebrated her 16th birthday (yes we know she won’t be 16 until November) at Disneyland. Disneyland closed their doors for the day and Miley celebrated with 2500 fans and friends. Some of the friends had paid $250.00 to join her in her birthday celebration. The celebration featured fireworks, sixteen giant inflatable candles and Miley doing a set of 4 songs for an enthralled audience.

Miley, contrary to all the rumors floating around has committed to at least one more season her 4th with Hannah Montana. This commitment has squelched the rumors of the star leaving after this season. The third season of Hannah Montana is in production right now and the Hannah Montana movie is due for release in April of 2009.

Miley and Disney are making plans for her to star in a feature length movie written by Nicholas Sparks. This movie won’t be Hannah Montana but will continue Miley’s transition from a ‘tween star to one that will attract more teens and young adults.

Miley’s latest and greatest album, “Breakout” has spent 12 weeks on the Billboard top 100. This album in which the songs were written by Miley appears to be the start of the transition away from the ‘tween age group. “Breakout” was the number one album at one time but has slipped to #35 on the Billboard charts.

Miley will be kept busy in the coming months with her latest and greatest concert tour, shooting of Hannah Montana and the preparation of a new movie.

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With a production budget of 25 million, W. the story of George W. Bush has only made 12.8 million so far. This movie was very unsatisfying, It was neither hilarious nor critical enough when it came to George Bush’s life. I mean, people where literally falling asleep in the theater.

As it was Oliver Stone who did the JFK movie, I expected it to be a lot more critical of Bush’s huge failures in the white house. The story skipped over 9/11 and only briefly touched on the 2000 election in Florida. They basically told us what we already knew about Bush.

They also painted him out to be never good enough for his father. He is always trying to appear better than his older brother Jeb as well. I really don’t think anyone feels sorry for him and don’t know why Stone is trying to humanize Bush and make him out to be an ignorant southerner. You don’t graduate Yale while being stupid and ignorant. They also skipped over the fact that Bush and Kerry where both Skull and Bones members. They only say that Bush was in a regular fraternity at Yale.

I wanted to get my money back after the first ten minutes, but part of me hoped they would delve deeper and make the story more interesting. No such luck. The movie title should have been “Just Claim Ignorance”. Because that is what they did when it came to discussing the WMD’s and justification for Iraq. They also made it like W. had a personal vendetta against Saddam because of what his father had gone through against him. Well if that was true why didn’t they just shoot Saddam instead of giving him a trial?

They portrayed Carl Rove as a nerdy political adviser who could’t understand people. Condoleeza Rice was made out to be innocent through ignorance as was Colin Powell who argued against going into Iraq. While Dick Cheney was played by Richard Dreyfus, so he was slightly sinister in parts, but not enough to despise him.

This movie won’t catch up to its budget because it is too soft on Bush for democrats and not funny enough for republicans. It is like watching a semi documentary replay of everything Bush did in his administration but no insight into why he really did it. Going into Iraq for oil, that is not the real reason or we would have taken the oil. Control of the region may be realistic, but they didn’t delve into that theory enough. It is a sub par flick and you should save your money for any other movie that’s out right now.

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The number one six-o’clock news program is now on ABC with Charlie Gibson. There were many great news anchors: Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Tom Brokaw (to name the ones that come to my mind). And I think Charlie Gibson will be added to these names. He brings the most humanly connected broadcast that is possible on TV. You feel as if he’s one of the viewers, with the luck of actually being there among the newsmakers. At first it was “Charles,” but he was just too down-to-earth to not be “Charlie.”

His start on GOOD MORNING AMERICA in 1987 brought a relaxed atmosphere that came with him to the news. This has never diminished the seriousness of the broadcast. Charlie Gibson travels the country and the world to give us the best perspective of events. In fact, I’ve often wondered when he sleeps considering the many hours he’s on the air. His stamina is amazing!

The best debate with all the candidates this year was the one Mr. Gibson moderated. After the Republican debate and before the Democratic one, all the contenders were on the stage together. His hope seemed to let the viewers see that these are just people that happen to be in the national spotlight.

People who are a part of the broadcast appear quite comfortable with Charlie. I have watched interviews where he did make the person squirm with hard questions, but only because he or she deserved to. There’s only one thing I wish he would change. His closing is, “I hope you had a good day, and we hope you have a good night.” That is so terribly corny, even for a Charlie.

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Hollywood baby news is all the rage right now among fans of celebrities. Just look at any gossip magazine currently on newsstands, and this is very obvious. Ordinary people are in awe of celebrities and how they raise their babies. There is always new information dealing with the babies of Hollywood stars because new celebrity hook-ups are happening everyday. Every time fans turn around another Hollywood star seems to be announcing yet another pregnancy.

Suri Cruise Tops the Charts
Some of the hottest baby news on the market today deals with the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Her name is Suri Cruise, and fans are obsessed with this beautiful, brunette darling. She is always dressed as well as any Hollywood star, and her outfits are as expensive as her mother’s outfits. Hollywood baby news reports that she is a very lonely, little girl because her parents keep her away from others for security reasons. She is often photographed alone or with just her mother.

Matilda Ledger
Matilda Ledger is the daughter of actress Michelle Williams and the late Heath Ledger. Since her father’s untimely death, Matilda has been in the news a great deal. She is a sweet, blonde darling who looks just like her mom. She is photographed in many celebrity magazines as well.

Jolie-Pitt Kids
The children of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are hot gossip topics right now as well. Their pictures are always included in the Hollywood celebrity magazines. Their kids are Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. The youngest two, Knox and Vivienne, are twins. This family has been photographed all around the world.

Other Hollywood Baby News
There are some other famous celebrity babies who currently stay in the news as well. Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s daughter, Violet, is on the cover of a lot of celebrity magazines. Photographers also photograph Jessica Alba’s daughter, Honor, quite a bit as well. Other famous babies of Hollywood stars are Jennifer Lopez’s twins, Max and Emme and Britney Spears’ sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James.

Finding Baby News
Baby news coming out of Hollywood can be found almost anywhere fans look. News of Hollywood babies can be seen on television shows dedicated just to them. Other baby news can be found in the tabloids, in celebrity gossip magazines, and on the Internet on websites dedicated to sharing news about the stars. Articles even appear in local newspapers from time to time announcing the births of these famous babies.

Why are these babies always in the news? These babies live totally different lifestyles than the fans who read about them do. Celebrity gossip magazines are willing to pay big bucks to photographers who take the pictures of these famous, little stars. The truth is that pictures of these celebrity babies help sell magazines. Hollywood fans seem to be as star struck of the babies as they are of the celebrities themselves.

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