The Imminent Whitewashing Of The Hunger Games’ Heroine
Fans of The Hunger Games – the dark and addictive YA trilogy that is the hottest kid-lit read this side of Twilight – have been avidly following casting rumors for the forthcoming film adaptation. But while director Gary Ross initially told Entertainment Weekly that the actress playing resentful revolutionary heroine Katniss Everdeen needn’t be a…
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Despite Contamination, Navy Copters Keep Aiding Japan
As the world braced for a possible core meltdown in Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the U.S. Navy kept its helicopters flying to provide earthquake and tsunami relief. The Navy’s Pacific-based Seventh Fleet announced on its Facebook page that the aircraft carrier in position, the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, had been moved slightly away from…
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