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Obama Chicago Olympics Defense: President Mocks Critics Of His Push For 2016 Olympics

AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago

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NEW YORK — President Barack Obama is having some fun at the expense of those who criticized him for trying to help his Chicago hometown land the...

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Review: Hits and misses make up `NY, I Love You'

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

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LOS ANGELES — The title is "New York, I Love You," and it's a collection of shorts intended as one big love letter to the city and all the romance it has to offer.

The result is a curiously bland hodgepodge – not terribly evocative of such a famous place, and not all that inspiring in the connections it depicts.

Following 2007's "Paris Je T'Aime," this is the second in a planned series of "Cities of Love" films. Each features a group of eclectic directors and well-known actors coming together to concoct brief clips; Rio, Shanghai, Jerusalem and Mumbai are next.

Inherently with such a structure, you're going to have hits and misses. Not all the segments are going to work for every viewer. But whereas "Paris Je T'Aime" had a healthy number of hits, "New York, I Love You" is the unfortunate opposite.

The challenge presented to filmmakers was intriguing, too: Each of them had two days to shoot, then a week to edit. Each short had to take place in an identifiable New York neighborhood. And each had to involve some kind of love encounter.

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Rio De Janeiro Courts Woody Allen; City Wants To Be Setting For Director's Next Movie

Los Angeles Times | Chris Kraul | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Brazil, Woody Allen, Hollywood, Location, Movie, Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, Woody Allen Movie, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Tourism, Barcelona, Spain, Rio, Oviedo, Entertainment News

Vicky Cristina . . . Rio de Janeiro? The Brazilian city has formed a new film commission, hired a longtime movie industry pro to head it and set an a...

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Ten Extraordinary Things About Rio, Including a Man Called H

Lea Lane | Posted 10.06.2009 | Style

Read More: . Olympics, Poverty, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Pele, Travel, H Stern, Christ the Redeemer Statue, Copacabana, Favelas, Hans Stern, Rio, Macumba, Ipenema, Style News
Lea Lane

When in Rio, I sought a place where locals go, and for hours swayed to steady drumbeats. You need stamina and rhythm, but it's so dark and so mesmerizing that once I let go a bit, I got swept into it.

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Field of Tears

Brian Dickie | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Rio, Chicago Olympics, Patriotism, Daley Plaza, Olympics, Brazil, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

Oh dear -- we were booted out in the first round from the great Olympic election. And on my way to the Lyric's dress rehearsal Friday morning I saw a...

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Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

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Rio Celebrates 2016 Olympics Win (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

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Thousand of Brazilian fans broke out into a spontaneous celebration as Rio de Janeiro won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Go here for more. Get...

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Victory: Chicago Loses the Olympics

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama, Brazil, Olympics, Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Rio, Barack Obama, Chcago, Chicaco Loses Olympics, Inside DC, Chicago News
Dave Zirin

This is a victory for the people of Chicago, and the grassroots organizations who spoke out against the Olympic storm of gentrification, tax hikes, and police misconduct. Now it's time to stand tall with Rio.

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LIVE: Chicago Voted Out

NBC NewYork | NBC New York | Posted 10.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Tokyo-Japan, Japan, Rio, Madrid, Chicago-Illinois, Home News

Follow the action as Chicago, Rio, Tokyo and Madrid make their final pitches. ...

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Live From Copenhagen: Bid City Presentations

NBC NewYork | NBC New York | Posted 10.02.2009 | Home

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Follow the action as Chicago, Rio, Tokyo and Madrid make their final pitches. ...

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Brazilian Paper: New Yorker Tried To Scuttle Olympic Bid

FP Passport | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

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"It's war!" cries Brazilian newspaper O Globo, lamenting an article in the latest New Yorker on gang violence in Rio de Janeiro, which comes out mere ...

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Don Blanquito: Get Down, Dirty, and Feel the Beat (VIDEO: Explicit)

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pop Music, Explicit Content, Nightclubs, Madonna, Rio De Janeiro, Don Blanquito, Youtube, American Idol, Music, Hollywood, Brazil, Rio, Rap Music, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

Put down your guns rappers, mover over Justin, there's a new man around with a Brazilian urban sound, he's a man possessed and poised to be heard.

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Rio's Olympic Bid - Taking the Games To New Ground

Chris Dalby | Posted 09.08.2009 | World

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Chris Dalby

Rio's ferociously proud population is high with anticipation for hosting the World Cup and wants to showcase what more it can do.

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Brazil Passionate to Host 2016 Olympics

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 06.03.2009 | World

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Eric Ehrmann

The International Olympic Selection Committee just completed a week long visit to Rio and prospects seem good that the Olympics will come to South America for the first time.

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Brazil's Best Job: Painting Nude Carnival Models

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Betto Almeida is the Mr. Lucky of Rio's Carnival. The 36-year-old artist awakes at 8 a.m. Has a little breakfast. Survives a c...

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Don't Blame it on Rio...Blame it on Rumor

Jenny Block | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Rio, Travel, Carnival, Brazil, Safety, Living News
Jenny Block

The world can be a dangerous place. But when that sense of danger is the result of unnecessary and unsubstantiated gossip and keeps us from enjoying the wonders of world travel, it's inexcusable.

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