The movie rumor mills are are at work this morning and they’re talking about the possibility of Steven Soderbergh’s Che (which Blair blogged about back in May) opening this years New York Film Festival. Karina over at Spout Blog and New York Magazine both explore the possibility and share the fact that the Film Society of Lincoln Center may have have actually accidentally leaked the information themselves by posting a preview of their Sept/Oct issue of Film Comment. The preview promised a sneak peak of the 08 fest and then went on to list a Che cover story featuring Benicio Del Toro?! While we can’t be sure, it would suggest a connection between Che and the NYFF…

The preview was soon taken off of their website, but luckily some Karina saved the screenshot (see the link above). I for one am excited to see Che. Soderbergh is always interesting to watch, even when he fails and I have always had a soft spot for Del Toro. Plus it’s the story of Che and it it’ll be refreshing to have a new pop culture reference for the man beyond posters and t-shirts.

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While most of my Boston pals are still healing from the Patriots SuperBowl loss, some folks in Nicaragua and Romania are actually enjoying the Pats defeat. Well enjoying the gear given to them after the Pats defeat.

Thanks to the NFL and WorldVision( to learn more!) championhip gear meant for players didn’t go to waste, instead goods were shipped to needy children.

Some of the recipients were the smiling children at a school in the San Gregorio neighborhood in the town of Diriamba.

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