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6:14 am
Sat August 18, 2012

The Devil Makes Three: Punk Ethos With A Country Twang

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Originally published on Tue August 28, 2012 4:15 pm

Based on their instruments, they seem like an old-time string band; based on their appearance, they seem like they might play punk music. The answer lies somewhere in between. Pete Bernhard (guitar) and Cooper McBean (banjo) grew up in New England to parents who liked ragtime and old blues. The two moved to Santa Cruz temporarily, where they met Lucia Turino (upright bass), and The Devil Makes Three was born. (For our session, Adam Chilenski fills in for Lucia, who had a broken arm.)

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Asia
5:53 am
Sat August 18, 2012

Pakistani Televangelist Is Back On Air, Raising Fears

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Aamir Liaquat, 41, is one of Pakistan's most famous and controversial TV hosts. During the holy month of Ramadan, he broadcasts live for 11 hours a day while fasting and drawing record audiences. Back in 2008, remarks he made about a religious minority in Pakistan were followed by a wave of deadly violence. He was fired and recently rehired.
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Liaquat has recently returned to Geo TV, Pakistan's top TV channel, amid much fanfare and an even bigger salary. The president of Geo TV, Imran Aslam, says one condition of Liaquat's rehiring is that he sign a new code of ethics.
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Mohammad Aslam Bhatti, 34, shares photos of himself taken after he was shot in the head, torso and arm by militants he says were motivated by Aamir Liaquat's TV program.
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Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 3:32 pm

As Pakistan's media has expanded in recent years, there's been a rise in Islamic preachers with popular TV call-in talk shows. And they've had their share of scandal. One famous TV host fled the country after embezzlement allegations. Others are accused of spewing hate speech.

That's the case for Pakistan's most popular televangelist, Aamir Liaquat, who's just been rehired by the country's top TV channel despite accusations that he provoked deadly attacks in 2008.

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The Record
5:31 am
Sat August 18, 2012

It's Her Spotlight, The Band Just Lives In It

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Lighting director Jackie Finney runs the light show during concerts for the band fun.
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Singer Nate Ruess of fun. performs in Las Vegas. Behind Ruess are lighting director Jackie Finney's favorite new tools: towers of white lights called kryptons.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:17 pm

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Author Interviews
5:31 am
Sat August 18, 2012

A Novel Endeavor From Molly Ringwald

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Molly Ringwald made her name as one of the "Brat Pack" of actors who appeared in John Hughes' teen films in the '80s. She starred in The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, among others.
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Originally published on Sat August 18, 2012 8:58 am

Most people know Molly Ringwald from her star turns in John Hughes' signature teen comic dramas from the 1980s, including Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink.

And Ringwald is still acting — she currently plays the mother in the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager. But she's also turned her hand to writing. Her new book — and first novel — is called When It Happens to You.

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Movie Interviews
5:31 am
Sat August 18, 2012

Marjane Satrapi: 'A Real Love Story Has To Finish Bad'

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Nasser Ali (Mathieu Amalric) is a man who wills himself to die in the film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Chicken with Plums.
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Satrapi previously adapted her memoir, Persepolis, into an animated film, also in collaboration with Vincent Paronnaud.
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Originally published on Sat August 18, 2012 8:58 am

When we first meet Nasser Ali, the protagonist of Chicken with Plums, he's a mess. He loves his children, but doesn't support them. He has never really loved his wife — though he likes a dish she makes, chicken with plums. He was an accomplished violinist, but his wife shatters his violin to hurt him; she believes his instrument is the only thing that he truly loves.

As Nasser Ali peels back his life, in 1958 Tehran, we begin to learn about the broken heart that's beneath his sadness, madness and flights of genius.

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