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Jon Popham
July 7, 2008 | 3:45 pm EST
The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!
TakePart Gang:
Everything I Know About Climate Change, I Learned in the Fifth Grade by Martin Musatov
When Torture Is Condoned, Is FISA That Shocking? by Wendy Cohen
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Nicole Hughes:
Baltimore Woman Turns Tragedy Into Art
Why Don’t We Do More to Stop Global Warming?
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Foods You Should and Shouldn’t Buy Organic
Paper or Plastic? The Environmental Impact
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Jon Popham:
The Energy Independence Bill: A Filibuster Odyssey
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Gina Telaroli:
While Iran Tests Missiles, Test These 5 Iranian Films
Mao’s Out, Time to Capitalize On the Olympics
Bruno, the gay Austrian journalist character of comic Sascha Baron Cohen, is the talk of Israel after fooling a former Mossad agent in footage for his new film. The movie will feature one of Cohen’s signature bits - refined on his famous Da Ali G Show, and the worldwide hit movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” - where former Israeli spy now turned political analyst Yossi Alpher (shown in photo inset) was tricked into what he thought was a serious interview with Bruno, who was sold to him as a “German rock star” and the perfect bridge between political issues and youth culture.
Highlights in the interview included the former spy trying to keep a level head for several minutes on end while Bruno failed to grasp the difference between Hamas and Hummus, claiming the Palestinian organization was “too high in carbohydrates”, and Bruno joining hands with Alper for a song, which Bruno thought was about the Middle East conflict, entitled “Jews and Hindus”. Cohen’s new movie “Bruno” is set to be released in May of 2009.
