Looking at the 2010 World Cup in Boston

By Talia Whyte

Boston soccer fans gathered at the House of Blues on June 12 to watch the exciting Argentina vs. Nigeria World Cup game. Not surprisingly, not many of the attendees were American citizens. While the global community will be captivated by the games for the next few weeks, America has not caught on to the excitement of World Cup or soccer in general.

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Should Hollywood cast another white Cleopatra?

Clockwise from bottom left, Elizabeth Taylor, Angelina Jolie, Vivian Leigh and Claudette Colbert

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By Talia Whyte

Who knew that Cleopatra VII would be the center of a racial commotion in Hollywood? It was reported in The Guardian recently that Angelina Jolie is slated to play the role of the Egyptian pharaoh in a new film based on a biography by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff. Jolie’s life partner Brad Pitt might also get to play her love interest Mark Antony, which is reminiscent of the onscreen/off screen relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the 1963 film version. According to the film’s producer, “the movie is being developed for and with Jolie.”

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