Vacation Vixen: Parminder Nagra

In my head, Parminder and Keira ended up together in “Bend it Like Beckham.”

My Weekend Crush

Few women arch an eyebrow quite as well as Elizabeth Mitchell. It just sits there, cocked and ready. It waits for your next move. It knows things. No, I’m not kidding, it really knows things. It knows what it’s like to kiss Angelina Jolie. (For the record, it’s “pillowy and fabulous. Honestly, you got lost in her lips. It was almost overwhelming, like a peach.”) It knows what it’s like to kiss Laura Innes. It knows what it’s like to roll around naked with Angelina Jolie. Look, it just knows things that we will never know.

One of the many great things about Elizabeth is that for a beautiful woman she is awfully scrappy. You wouldn’t think it at first with her delicate features and willowy frame. But that girl can scrap. As Juliet on “Lost” and now as FBI agent and alien fighter Erica Evans on “V,” she brings a competent intensity to her portrayals. I think to truly play brainy and tough well, you have to be a little bit of both. And Elizabeth is a lot of both. But what she also has is the ability to convey incredible empathy. Like if she were to look at you with those blue, blue eyes she would know you instantly and completely. And if she were to cock that eyebrow at you, well, if you’re really, really lucky maybe you’d get to know her, too. Happy weekend, all.

Unbreak my heart

File this under: Oh, thank God. Emma Thompson might just unbreak my heart. Of all the names on the Free Polanski petition, her signature hurt the most. There are others who disappointed, of course, by signing onto the celebrity rape apologist parade: Tilda Swinton, Natalie Portman, Penelope Cruz and Kristin Scott Thomas, among them. But Emma, well, her late addition to the ranks was a shock to the system. No, not our Emma.

Our Emma, the fierce fighter of sex trafficking, the advocate against fiddling with your face, the unapologetic smartie, the bawdy wit and the champion of always eating dessert. No, not our Emma.

And now, it seems it really will be no, not our Emma after all. The prodigiously talented Oscar winner has said she will remove her name from the petition. And we have the courageous work of Shakesville reader Caitlin to thank for her change of heart. You see, Caitlin, a student at Exeter University, knew she was going to have the opportunity to meet Emma at a campus event. So she set up a petition online, gathered 400-plus signatures of her own, and then took them to Emma to ask her to reconsider her signature on Roman Polanski petition.

And wouldn’t you know it, but Emma listened. As Caitlin wrote to Shakesville:

Emma did not have much time between meetings, but she gave me all of the time that she had. I asked her why she had signed the petition, and she explained about how well she knows Polanski, how terrible his life has been, and how forgiving the survivor of the rape all those years ago now is. She said she thought the intentions of the judge were unclear, as were the intentions of those who arrested him recently. She told me that a lot of her friends had rung her up asking her to sign the petition, so there had been a certain amount of pressure. She said that she had already been thinking a lot about the petition, as others had expressed their dismay at her signing it.

I handed her our petition and the comments. She read them both through thoroughly, and came back to me. She said, while she supported Polanski as a friend, a crime is a crime. I don't know whether she had realised the extent of Polanski's crime, but she is now fully aware. She will remove her name from the petition – in fact, she said she would call today and sort it out. Even though, she stressed, Polanski has had some truly terrible experiences in his lifetime, experiences that we couldn't even imagine and which should not be taken out of the equation, she agreed that she could not put her name to a petition asking for his release....

She left me with this, to pass on to everyone who has signed the petition/raised awareness of this issue: “Know that I will remove my name because of you, and all of the good work that you have been doing. I have read your petition. I have heard you. And I will listen.”

Never underestimate the power of one person to effect change. We forget this sometimes, amid a crushing sea of injustices. But sometimes all it really takes is one voice to pierce the darkness. Thank you, Caitlin. And thank you, Emma, for listening.

UPDATE: Emma is officially OFF THE PETITION. Broken hearts really can be mended. Recommence loving every inch of her great big magnificent brain...and other bits.

Viva sua paixão- Rio de Janeiro sede das olimpíadas de 2016

É com muito orgulho e alegria que venho informar que o Rio de Janeiro será sede das Olimpíadas de 2016. Desbancamos Chicago, Tóquio e Madrid.
Vamos mostrar ao mundo a alegria e a garra do povo brasileiro.
" O Rio de Janeiro continua lindo."
Vamos mostrar o amadurecimento que tivemos não só no esporte, mas na economia.
Brasil parabéns por mais essa conquista.

Armàrio de Idèias: BRASIL X ARGENTINA- VÔLEI FEMININO

Armàrio de Idèias: BRASIL X ARGENTINA- VÔLEI FEMININO
Só da Gabi>
inda bem que temos ela pra nos falar de amores pelos esportes!
esta vida de assuntos e lidas comerciais esta me matando

BRASIL X ARGENTINA- VÔLEI FEMININO

Com toda a rivalidade que o confronto tem direito, Brasil e Argentina se enfrentam nesta sexta-feira (02/10/09), no Ginásio Tesourinha, em Porto Alegre. Já classificados para as semi-finais do Campeonato Sul-Americano de vôlei feminino, as duas seleções só irão definir quem ficará em primeiro e quem ficará em segundo lugar no grupo A, já que na noite desta quinta-feira as brasileiras garantiram a segunda vitória na competição: 3 sets a 0 contra o Uruguai.
A maior pontuadora da seleção brasileira no jogo de estréia contra o Paraguai, a meia-de-rede Carol Gattaz foi novamente uma das principais peças do time na vitória sobre a seleção do Uruguai.
A líbero Fabi, que arrancou aplausos dos torcedores no terceiro set, após duas defesas consecutivas, comentou sobre a rivalidade entre Brasil e Argentina.
_ A partida de amanhã será mais difícil. É um clássico que vem do futebol, e as argentinas vêm para cá para tentar estragar nossa festa - disse Fabi.

Santos apresenta Cristiane e mais 3 para time feminino

O Santos apresentou nesta quinta-feira, na Vila Belmiro, os seus quatro novos reforços para a disputa da Taça Libertadores da América de Futebol Feminino. A competição será realizada entre os dias 6 e 18 de outubro.

A principal atração entre os reforços é a atacante Cristiane, eleita pela Fifa no ano passado como a terceira melhor jogadora do mundo. As outras são a também atacante Érika, a goleira Andréia Suntaque e a meia Francielle - a última foi campeã da liga profissional norte-americana atuando pelo Blue Sky.

As novas jogadoras do Santos se juntarão à meia-atacante Marta, maior estrela do futebol feminino mundial hoje e também contratada pelo time para disputar a Libertadores. Marta, que vestirá a camisa 10 santista, foi emprestada pelo Los Angeles Sol, dos Estados Unidos.

Os reforços apresentados nesta quinta-feira também chegam para defender o Santos na Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, que começa no próximo dia 15 e vai até 15 de dezembro.

Durante a apresentação oficial ao Santos, Cristiane destacou o fato. "Eu pretendo desempenhar um bom papel, representar muito bem o Santos, focar nestes dois campeonatos e jogar da melhor maneira possível. Eu quero muito construir uma história com a Copa do Brasil, que eu ainda não conquistei, e com a Libertadores", afirmou.