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Iraq gets first miss pageant in 40 years

Edit Xinhua 20 Dec 2015

BAGHDAD, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iraq held first internationally recognized miss beauty contest since 1972, showing unfamiliar side of a country which its name has become synonymous to violence and epicenter of the world's anti-terror war. The contest was held at a ballroom of Crystal Grand Ishtar Hotel in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, as crowds of people spilled out of the place ... Editor. liuxin. ....

Rio Olympics: view from the favelas – 'We need the freedom to be ourselves'

Edit The Guardian 14 Dec 2015

In diary entries on life in the Maré favela complex, Thaís Cavalcante describes how the community expresses its strong identity and cultural roots through music, food and photography – despite the militarisation of the streets. Global development is supported by.. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 1 September ... 3 September. Twitter ... Ishtar is an organisation with branches in several cities that provide free advice to women ... ....

Film flops get a bad rap – but here are a few you really must watch

Edit The Guardian 26 Nov 2015

But when I think of all the years I avoided watching Ishtar simply because of its reputation as a flop, I feel rather ashamed ... “If all the people who hate Ishtar had seen it, I’d be a rich woman today,” said its director, Elaine May ... Like Michael Cimino’s costly 1980 western Heaven’s Gate, Ishtar is an extreme example of a movie that became a punchbag for all the indulgences of the industry in the 1980s....

Ishtar and Tammuz

Edit Huffington Post 24 Nov 2015

Yesterday, I told the story of Ishtar and Tammuz as our Wisdom Story. You've probably heard of the Ishtar Gate, currently in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany, part of which is pictured below. Lions represent Ishtar in this depiction ... As she weeps, her tears save Tammuz by bringing him back to life, and Ishtar is reunited with her son for six months of each year when he can bring life and celebration to the earth....

Olivia Wilde and an upstart cinematographer seek to carry a new feminist mantle

Edit The Los Angeles Times 24 Nov 2015

“Focal length, focus, not in focus — I was just taken with the whole picture,” Scorsese said. A moment earlier, Turner, sitting toward the back, had been volunteering advice to a seat neighbor she’d just met on how to improve his cellphone service. (“You can still go to a Nokia store and lay it out ... Twitter. @ZeitchikLAT ... 'Ishtar Effect.' When a film flops and its female director never works again ... ....

Ishtar's Odyssey: a book review

Edit The Examiner 18 Nov 2015

Ishtar's Odyssey is the latest in a series of stories written by Arnold Ytreeide to draw families into the Christmas experience. The main character of this story, Ishtar, is the son of one of the Magi of Christmas. In the beginning, during one of his lessons on Astronomy Ishtar discovers a new star. Ishtar shares his discovery with his father and his uncles who recognize the new star as a sign that a new king will be born....

I’d rather have a root canal than rewatch this movie

Edit New York Post 18 Nov 2015

For decades a synonym for spectacularly bad movies, the notorious 1987 Warren Beatty-Dustin Hoffman flop “Ishtar” kicks off a “Turkeys for Thanksgiving” series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Friday ... Just this year, Bill Murray starred in “Rock the Kasbah,” a woeful comedy that’s virtually an homage to “Ishtar.’’ It had the fifth-worst wide opening of all time, according to Box Office Mojo....

Inanna-Rama: Night of the Goddess

Edit Skiddle 13 Nov 2015

Passing Clouds in London. Friday 13th November 2015. 7.00pm til 4.00am. Minimum Age. 18. Join us at Passing Clouds for a female-led night of ecstatic live music to celebrate the NIGHT OF THE GODDESS!!. Event Info. Venue.  . Inanna-Rama ... Before patriarchal religion took over and made it unlucky, Friday the 13th belonged to the Great Goddess, known by many names including Isis, Astarte, Nut, Nammu, Ninmah, Ishtar and Inanna ... DRESS CODE ... 18 ... ....

'He Named Me Malala' filmmaker wanted to go beyond the headlines and get a message ...

Edit The Los Angeles Times 12 Nov 2015

Oscar-winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim's ("An Inconvenient Truth") newest film, "He Named Me Malala," showcases Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for girls. She survived and went on to share a Nobel Peace Prize two years later. As a subject, Yousafzai possesses that irresistible combination ... See more videos ... Why? ... Subtleties ... The 'Ishtar' effect ... ....

Despite some gains, female directors still face a bleak future in Hollywood

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 09 Nov 2015

As a viewer, I greet the arrival of a new film directed by a woman with anticipation. I love Nancy Meyers' intrepid heroines and Kathryn Bigelow's tense set pieces and Ava DuVernay's human moments. Would a male director have shown us the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ... So why instead do I feel so queasy? ... May, who took the fall for the legendary 1987 Warren Beatty-Dustin Hoffman comedy "Ishtar," never directed again after the box office flop....

Female directors still face bleak future

Edit Otago Daily Times 09 Nov 2015

Meryl Streep, seen here at the premiere of 'Suffragette', called the disparity between men and women in Hollywood "infuriating". Photo. Reuters. As a viewer, I greet the arrival of a new film directed by a woman with anticipation ... So why instead do I feel so queasy? ... May, who took the fall for the legendary 1987 Warren Beatty-Dustin Hoffman comedy "Ishtar," never directed again after the box office flop ... Put another way, as "Punisher ... MCT . ....

Illeana Douglas' 'great bunch of stories' includes one about Brando

Edit The Los Angeles Times 07 Nov 2015

Illeana Douglas was a teenager when she visited the set of the 1979 film classic "Being There," starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine and her beloved grandfather Melvyn Douglas, who would win his second supporting actor Oscar for the satire. An aspiring actress, Douglas was thrilled when her grandfather told her he wanted to give her advice ... They were words of wisdom but not what Douglas expected ... The 'Ishtar' effect ... ....

'By The Sea:' Angelina Jolie Pitt has filmmaking weaknesses, but they don't involve directing

Edit The Los Angeles Times 06 Nov 2015

Some stars dip their toe into directing waters. Others dive in like Greg Louganis. Angelina Jolie Pitt has in recent years turned into the latter. The star has worked on four live-action movies since 2011, and three of them have been as a director. Four years ago came the Balkan drama "In the Land of Blood and Honey," while last year brought World War II memoir adaptation "Unbroken." ... Twitter ... The 'Ishtar' effect ... ....

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Events of the 810s BC part 2: Semiramis, Queen of the World

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Putin’s Progress in Syria Sends Kerry Scampering to the United Nations

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Iraq gets first miss pageant in 40 years

Rio Olympics: view from the favelas – 'We need the freedom to be ourselves'

Film flops get a bad rap – but here are a few you really must watch

Ishtar and Tammuz

Olivia Wilde and an upstart cinematographer seek to carry a new feminist mantle

Ishtar's Odyssey: a book review

I’d rather have a root canal than rewatch this movie

Inanna-Rama: Night of the Goddess

'He Named Me Malala' filmmaker wanted to go beyond the headlines and get a message ...

Despite some gains, female directors still face a bleak future in Hollywood

Female directors still face bleak future

Illeana Douglas' 'great bunch of stories' includes one about Brando

'By The Sea:' Angelina Jolie Pitt has filmmaking weaknesses, but they don't involve directing