Growing Up in a Goal-Oriented Society

By: ScullinDa

It started in kindergarten. Eager four and five-year-olds lined up on stage, dressed in their Sunday-best, waiting to tell the audience what they wanted to be when they grew up. One wanted to be an astronaut, one wanted to be a writer, and one wanted to be a hockey player. Although their chosen occupations were all different and unique, every ...

4 days ago

Joe Jackson Demands Pension

By: daltonvette

 Los Angeles-Joe Jackson, father of the late pop star Michael Jackson, filed a petition on friday in court with intends to receive a pension from the estate of the musician, claiming his son helped him for many years. The application filed at the Superior Court of Los Angeles argues that the assets of Michael Jackson have ...

25 days ago

China + USA

By: BiodunIginla

Monday, November 9, 2009 Read it all right here... * News * World news * China * China at the crossroads * Xinjiang * Tibet * Japan * United States

25 days ago

Movie Review - 'A Christmas Carol' looks great in 3-D

By: atifaslam

Robert Zemeckis hits a few flat notes as he takes on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," using the same motion-capture technology from his adaptation of "The Polar Express."Much of the story looks great, dark and brooding. It's scary when it needs to be, grotesque when required. And it doesn't dumb down the dialogue or go for modern snarky jokes; ...

28 days ago