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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Cheat Sheet - The Whitest Oscars Ever?

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January 15, 2015
OUTDATED
For the first time in almost two decades, no person of color received an acting nomination for the Academy Awards, writes Kevin Fallon. The Academy couldn't find just one worthy black actor in a year when a Martin Luther King biopic, Selma, is released?
DEVELOPING
Belgian media reports at least two people have been killed in a counterterrorism raid in Verviers on Thursday. Judiciary officials confirmed only that an operation took place near the center of the town. RTBF-TV reports there are no casualties among security forces, but that two unidentified people were killed, a third injured, and several others arrested. An official told AFP the raid is "jihadist-related." Yesterday, a Belgian arms dealer turned himself in after saying he gave the Charlie Hebdo attackers weapons in Brussels last year.
ENDORSE
Some critics say Clint Eastwood's new film, American Sniper, is filled with nothing but hate and cold blood. Bradley Cooper, the widow of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, and Vice President Joe Biden don't think so. In fact, Asawin Suebsaeng reports Biden wept at the end of the movie.
STICKS AND STONES
The pontiff doesn't believe "Je suis Charlie," apparently. Barbie Latza Nadeau reports while Francis certainly did not endorse the murder of journalists, he suggested that the bitter reaction against the satirical weekly's caricatures (including some of him) was predictable.
REALLY?!
On the heels of a Golden Globe win for Transparent, praise for the Jolie-Pitts' support of their child going by 'John,' and the year Laverne Cox ruled, InTouch proved it's nothing but out of touch with its cover turning Bruce Jenner into a woman, writes Samantha Allen.

BIENVENIDO
U.S. Opens Cuba to Tourist Activity
Direct flights, booze, and cigars.
STAY OUT
Saudis Build 'Great Wall' to Block ISIS
Sealing off Iraq border.
YOUR TAX DOLLARS
$500K Afghan Training Center Melts Down
Literally disintegrating.
BULLSEYE
Target Evacuates Canada
Closes all stores after $1.6 billion loss.
RECKLESS
Police Chief Shot Wife, Paralyzing Her
Investigation pending.

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