High-speed plastic skiffs, AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades have replaced
the galleons, flintlocks and cannons of old, and their targets are no longer
ships full of Spanish gold, but oil tankers and human hostages to be
ransomed for millions of American dollars.
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Author: By Simon Usborne
30,000: The expected number of Chinese MBA graduates in 2008. The number in
1998: 0
5.7 million: Students graduated from Chinese universities in 2007 (compared
with 270,000 in 1977)
Author: By John Walsh
And OhMiGaaaad, am I seeing things or is that Sarah Palin holding a
conversation with (pinch me, somebody) Arnie Schwarzenegger in a serious gun
shop?
Well, of course it makes perfect sense, but to actually see them together …
Wait a minute, can that be James Gandolfini from The Sopranos posing all
friendly with (gulp ? isn’t he dead?) Marlon Brando with cotton-wool in his
cheeks for his role as The Godfather? What is this, some kinda Mafiosi
nostalgia-fest? But that would hardly explain the presence in the parking
lot of Bono from U2 (does he own any sunglasses apart from those pink
wraparounds?) having a surprisingly public canoodle with the birdbrain
actress Jessica Simpson. Or the fact that you cannot move in the local
supermarket without encountering Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the
Caribbean posing, in his Hamlet blouson and pointy double-beard, beside the
ice-cream cabinets, or Tupac Shakur contorting his fingers into an
LA-gangland gesture, bang in the middle of the tinned-fruit aisle…
Read more on Fake That: The uncanny world of America’s biggest celebrity-lookalike convention…
It’s not much of a surprise that Warren Spector, the man tasked with reinventing Mickey Mouse with the upcoming Disney Epic Mickey, would be well versed in Disney’s catalog. Spector hasn’t said much publicly since Disney Epic Mickey saw its debut in the pages of Game Informer magazine, but he’s slowly emerging. On his personal blog, Spector responded to a barrage of requests about his preferences for Disney material by listing off his favorite Disney rides, comic books and characters.
Read more on Warren Spector’s Favorite Disney Rides, Comic Books And Characters…
