Updates on OJ & Borat

Just some news that I was reading:
- Borat has been "recommended not to be screened=censored" in Russia. This is a very interesting article about how the reason cited is xenophobia and yet the significant xenophobia that already exists in Russia.
"In recent weeks the Russian government, from the president down, has issued populist calls playing specifically to xenophobic sentiments. Officials commonly demanded the protection of "the indigenous population of Russia" from "non-locals". There is little doubt that this language ostensibly endorses hostility toward people with darker skin and non-Slavic features, regardless of whether they are Russian nationals from the Caucasus or migrant workers from the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, China, Afghanistan, or elsewhere. The head of the Russian Migration Service said point blank that "settlements such as China towns" are "unacceptable" in Russia. Such language encourages precisely those ugly, xenophobic sentiments that the ban of "Borat" is intended to contain."

- seems the OJ interview/book have been canceled - Rupert Murdoch issued an apology b/c he hadn't thought such things would cause offense. Crikey!

- finally some gossip. You might know Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes got hitched last weekend. According to this article, the wedding was nothing more than a Scientology stunt. The best man was the head of scientology in US, he went with Cruise/Holmes on their honeymoon and at each table a scientology adviser sat to explain the ceremony. It is such a joke. I don't, really REALLY don't understand how scientology can even be considered a faith... without laughing... *sigh*