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Journalism of Courage
| nbsp; | Brad8217;s the pits for Malaysians | nbsp; |
| nbsp; | A car ad starring Brad Pitt has been banned in Malaysia, because, according to the government, it is 8216;8216;an insult to Asians8217;8217;. The country8217;s deputy information minister Zainuddin Maidin claims that non-Asian faces would 8216;8216;plant a sense of inferiority among Asians. Aren8217;t our own people handsome enough?8217;8217; The ads, for Toyota cars, have understandably become a hit with female fans who had targeted the posters for their bedroom walls. Brad8217;s better half, Jennifer Aniston, had also fallen foul of Malaysian censors earlier in the year when they banned an episode of Friends, claiming it encouraged promiscuity. Now Aniston wants to concentrate on starting a family instead. 8216;8216;In my mind, I8217;m done,8217;8217; she said in a magazine interview. | nbsp; |
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| nbsp; | When Meg met John | nbsp; |
| nbsp; | Girl-next-door actress Meg Ryan and John Cusack have been seen getting cosy in a Santa Monica restaurant. The 41-year-old actress has not been too lucky in love since leaving her husband, Dennis Quaid, for the notorious hell-raiser Russell Crowe two-and-a half years ago. Things could just work out fine, what with 36-year-old Cusack himself newly single after having split from Neve Campbell, his Scream actress girlfriend of four years. | nbsp; |
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| nbsp; | There8217;s something about Leo | nbsp; |
| nbsp; | Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, who starred together in Martin Scorsese8217;s Streets of New York, got tongues wagging at the Dorsea nightclub in NY last week, where they appeared after attending the premier of Baz Luhrman8217;s Broadway production of La Boheme. 8216;8216;Cameron seemed mesmerised by Leo,8217;8217; an observer said. 8216;8216;She had her hands all over his head. They were bumping and grinding. She was giving him that sensual, playful, coy look.8217;8217; Diaz has been involved with American actor Jared Leto for the past two years and DiCaprio was tipped to marry Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen but the relationship fizzled out. Maybe they are 8216;8216;comforting8217;8217; each other. | nbsp; |
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| nbsp; | Charlotte8217;s geographical slip | nbsp; |
| nbsp; | Charlotte Church was a little embarrassed at her recent Toronto concert. The 16-year-old diva declared: 8216;8216;I love being in America, because of the shopping and stuff.8217;8217; When back-stagers corrected her, she gushed: 8216;8216;I8217;m sorry, I love Canada. Toronto is one of my favourite cities. I know you think I8217;m lying now, but I8217;m not.8217;8217; Likely story. | nbsp; |
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