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Love Our Children USA announced it’s annual “Mothers Who Make A Difference List.”

Ross Ellis, Chief Executive Officer of Love Our Children USA said “For the third year we are delighted to honor and celebrate these selfless and caring women who contribute so much to their children, families, society and to various causes.”

Ellis also stated “At a time when our country’s youth are plagued by bullying, cyberbullying, Internet dangers and the latest teen danger of beating down other teens to post on the Internet …not to mention those parents in need of more positive parenting solutions, these mothers serve as role models for others, as their children are their first priority.” [Looktothestars.org]

The 2008 list includes:Ashleigh Banfield, Cate Blanchett, Marcia Cross, Geena Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Salma Hayek, Jill Hennessey, Finola Hughes, Holly Hunter, Iman, Vanessa Mathison, Nancy O’Dell, Kim Raver, Melania Trump, Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet.

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Gina Telaroli March 24, 2008 | 11:03 am EST
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After seeing Michael Haneke’s shot by shot remake of his 1997 film Funny Games this weekend I started doing a little internet hunting to see what others had to say about the film, it’s take on violence and how it worked as a remake. One of the most interesting pieces I found was in the Chicago Reader On Film Blog by Pat Graham. In his short blog entry he gives us:

Something to puzzle over …

No Country for Old Men: serial murderer, deaf to every human appeal for mercy, goes about his business with implacable dispatch””Academy Awards: best picture, best supporting actor, etc.

Michael Haneke’s Funny Games remake: serial murderers, deaf to every human appeal for mercy, go about their business with implacable dispatch””back of the critical hand, lots of righteous huffing and puffing, etc.

Not much difference between the two, at least in my opinion, yet one movie’s lionized, the other savaged as exploitive swill.

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