Tonight’s guests on PBS’s Charlie Rose (schedule):
- JAN EGELAND, Under-Secretary-General for
Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations - CLIVE OWEN, Actor, “Sin City” (slurp)
On BBC World Service, Egeland announced he’d urged U.N. staff in earthquake-affected areas to spend the night outside. Charlie will ask him about the earthquake, and the most neglected humanitarian hot spots (listed below):
From a March 26 Washington Times pick-up of a Manila Times editorial:
MANILA — A survey … has cited 10 significant crises that aid experts said had been neglected by the world media.
The most neglected humanitarian hot spots, the aid experts said, included the crises in Congo, northern Uganda, western and southern Sudan, West Africa, Colombia, Chechnya, Nepal and Haiti.
The United Nations’ list is longer: 21, including Eritrea, Somalia, Tajikistan, North Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq and the occupied Palestinian territories. …
Public contributions are an important investment. Turmoil is much cheaper to avert, according to [U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan] Egeland, than to fix once it has erupted.
And Clive Owen. I’m a longtime fan of his exceptional acting ability, as well as his other attributes. (IMDb link)
Sin City: The previews look great. Is this another Kill Bill?
Okay, so this was an excuse to look at photos of Clive Owen. But Jan Egeland isn’t that bad either. And I’m anxious to hear what Egeland says about the humanitarian situation in the tsunami, Sudan, and other regions. I’m also excited about seeing more clips from “Sin City,” which looks like a most intriguing film.
Tag lines for “Sin City”, from IMDb:
Walk down the right back in Sin City and you can find anything.
She smells like angels ought to smell.
Hell of a way to end a partnership
Beautful and merciless
Skinny little Nancy Callahan. She grew up. She filled out.
You’re gonna love this, baby.
Do I take this cop down and risk it all?
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Plot summary: Sin City is a violent city where the police department is as corrupt as the streets are deadly. In this movie, we follow three stories, the central of which is Marv, a tough-as-nails and nearly impossible to kill street fighter who goes on a rampage of vengeance when a beautiful woman, Goldie (King), he sleeps with for only one night is killed while lying in bed with him.
They’re both super cute. Makes me wish I had a tv!
You can listen via audible.com. But that’s not quite the same, is it.
Easy now. He’s married.
I met him at a social function last December. He was there with the wife – a very attractive couple.
I am married too. But no harm in looking at a movie star every now and then.
Is he as cute in real life as in screen life?
Just kidding, you’ve mentioned your husband previously (whether it was here or on Kos, can’t recall).
He is a handsome boyish-looking man. Extremely hard working. His daughter is in the same class at school as my son. The step-sister of a good friend worked with him in his last job (President of the Norwegian Red Cross) and I have heard a lot of good things said about him. A natural politician.
I must say that the interview with him just after the Tsunami made me sit up straight, fearing relentless attacks to follow. Though no nation was mentioned by name, it was clear who the reference (the cheap, rich nations)was intended for. But I’ve been told afterwards that he was quite aware of what he started and how he did it. It was very well executed, with the consequent record pledges for the victims, while he solidified his own position.
Check here tomorrow (March 29) for a great article on Robert Rodriguez and the making of Sin City. I read the dead tree version and was blown away. Rodriguez is quite the iconoclast, doing things his way. He makes his films in Austin, TX, with a bare bones crew and high tech digital imaging. He’s a revolutionary.