Brad Pitt brings 'Killing Them Softly' to Cannes

Actor Brad Pitt poses during a photo call for Killing Them Softly at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Actor Brad Pitt poses during a photo call for Killing Them Softly at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Actor Brad Pitt signs autographs as he arrives at a photo call for Killing Them Softly at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Actor Brad Pitt waves as he arrives at a photo call for Killing Them Softly at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Actor Brad Pitt poses during a photo call for Killing Them Softly at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Actor Brad Pitt poses during a photo call for Killing Them Softly at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

CANNES, France (AP) ? Brad Pitt has arrived in Cannes with a hardboiled crime film featuring heavy doses of President Barack Obama and a backdrop of the economic crisis.

Pitt stars in and produced "Killing Them Softly," which screened at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. It's a stylized adaptation of a George V. Higgins novel that director Andrew Dominik has filled with speeches of Obama and former President George W. Bush to give the film a broader financial commentary on top of a story of violent, back-stabbing criminals.

Pitt said the movie was conceived "at the apex of the mortgage loan debacle," which he called "criminal."

Pitt also fended questions about his planned wedding to Angelina Jolie. He said no date has been set and Jolie was not with him in Cannes.

Associated Press

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Wine Blog ? Blog Archive ? I've been thinking about this ?Lite Wine ...

Yeah, yeah, I know? Guys love ?lite? beer, targeted at men who have developed an extra pack. ?Drink as much, but at a fraction of the calories.? Seems like something so great. I?ve always felt there?s something wrong with ?diet? food, though. Eating and drinking ?on a diet? is not eating and drinking as a ?lifestyle?? A commitment to putting the best stuff in our little engines, so we get the best performance. (Would you put dumbed-down gasoline in a Pantera?

And? Wine isn?t beer, so forget the ?lite,? or ?light,? or anything else you want to call it. We call it ?plonk.?

I?ve written about this before? lite wine targeted at women, and I?m still not buying it.

I?ve spent my whole life dedicated to jumping on the scale every morning to see what my weight is. If it?s not where I want it to be, I make the daily sacrifice to get it back where it belongs? against all odds:

• foods and beverages with daily caloric intake
• womenopause ? nothing men about it, guys, so I invented my own name
• and gravity? Oh yeah, gravity?

Does anyone really believe that I?m going to jump all over ?lite wine??? Not a chance in a blizzard, I?m happy to say.

Why?

Simple: Manipulation of what was meant to be?.

After readying Monday?s story on Bloomberg.com: Wines Targeting Women Are Long on Legs, Short on Flavor, ?According to the new ?girly-wine? brand marketers, we want to be skinny, to toss our hair playfully like ponies as we pick our bottles to match moods, not foods. We also crave an easy-sipping flavor profile with a naughty edge of sweetness. ? Baloney, ? I say. Women of a sound mind, body, and spirit want to do the work (drinking a wine without ?lite? manipulation).

I ask:? Wouldn?t you have to drink twice as much to get that over-all glowing feeling of camaraderie that normal wine brings? Wouldn?t you have to enjoy twice or three times as much of the reduced alcohol, to get back to where you used to start to get ?the glow??

Real women want real wine; not some gimmicky come hither, ?We got less calories for you and a bit of sweetener.? God only knows what that can be, since it?s less caloric than a normal glass of wine; is it watered down so there?s less sugar? It all sounds very uninviting. Maybe it?s my age, not being able to innovate at such a younger level. Maybe it?s just me having a developed palate that knows this is just wrong for me? Maybe I need to get with the times? (I think not, though.)

I just got an Email this morning about another new brand, not the one in yesterday?s story. It read:

___ Light stands up to taste tests. Bursting with fruity aromas and a touch of sweetness, it?s a fresh choice which can be enjoyed at every occasion, plus it has the added benefit of containing less calories and alcohol than your usual glass of wine. With just 60 calories per glass, that?s 30 per cent less than a standard glass of wine, and less than one unit of alcohol per 125ml serving, the crisp flavours of its Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc grapes are perfect to enjoy on its own or with a Mediterranean fish stew; with the Shiraz Rose an ideal partner to fresh ?superfood? salads.

So, one more thing. I?m gong to share the comments from a woman wine writers? group that I belong to. What they have to say is very telling of lots of things. With their permission:

Enobytes: ?I understand the promoter?s vision of zeroing in on the 20-30 year old demographic. However, I think it is a failed attempt at realistic marketing. The emphasis of amusing banter over quality is disrespectful to all. Besides, I completed my hair flipping, playing with pony days when I was four.?

Rachel Humphrey Voorhees: This is totally insulting. I for one enjoy big, bold badass wines. Not watered down crap.

Sandy Barrett: Me, too, no whimpy wines for me.

Catie McIntyre Walker: This isn?t the first time, about five years ago or more a large wine company in California (I think) seemed to think they knew the answer to what women really wanted ? trying to remember the wine, I think it was called ?O? and it was a watered down, low calorie Chardonnay. Ugh for the wine and ugh for the insult. I am a fan of big ol? tannic reds, myself. Same with non-alcoholic wine. If that is all I will ever have left ? give me a diet Coke.

Dana: um extremely insulting.

Caroline: Well girlies, when I spoke to Mr Augustin for my naked Champagne article he told me Zero Dosage would take off because? women think it has no calories??!! Though this did offend me I thought about it for a while, paged through some girly magazines and came up with the following theory: There are 2 types of women, the dumb ones who only care about their figure and looks and the rest of us. Category 1 is the easiest to influence as they do not ask too many questions, so the ?watered down, low calorie wines? is aimed at them. They are the same girls who buy all the trashy magazines and are totally obsessed by the way they look ? best it is like one of the many celebs, because their looks will get them a rich guy and turn them into a desperate or OC house wife. So however much we women in this group may feel offended by this , we have to accept there are the other women out there who live their lives that way And those women don?t really know about wine, nor do they care about it, they just drink it cause it is fashionable and if it has less calories and not too strong a flavour so much the better:-) Would like to add that not only women are divided in 2 halves, I feel we have the cavemen and the rather more sophisticated men as well. However as the cavemen do not hang out in the circles we do, we often forget they exist;-)

Alana: This is a powerful discussion, I have a sincere question, would it make sense for all of us to comment on the article as well? I don?t see any downside and I see lots of upside, but I could be missing something. I like the idea of power in numbers and sending a clear message to producers as well as giving pause to other women who see the bottles. I posted a comment. Would love to see the wrath of this group come down on the producers of these wines ? with comments that show intelligence, wit and seething anger.

Catie: Dumb ones: it goes even deeper than that. After all these years that sulfites are not the problem for headaches, I still hear women tell me they can only drink white wine because of all of the sulfites in red wine. Then when you try to tell them (and why ? with a simple chem lesson) there are more sulfites in white wines and the processed French fries they just gobbled down with ketchup (also with sulfites), they stare at me like I have three heads. Interesting as I have never had a man tell me that ? only women. One more thing: Caroline talking about the OC Housewife. I will admit to my secret little vice of watching that TV show. It?s like a train wreck a coming ? two different occasions they have gone wine tasting and I was mortified of not only their behavior, but also while they want to be all sophisticated because of OC, their savviness about wine was zero. Now because they have visited a tasting room at least twice now, they have started their own line of wines. The launch party was awful ? they knew zero about their wines and used horrible little cheap glasses with thick rims. Where was the Riedel? Okay, I am ranting ?

Melanie: I thought it was an interesting exercise when Bart O?Brien launched Seduction, a very bold red blend in early 2000. But, he made good wines. Clearly it took off because there is now a line that is targeted toward women (Flirtaton, etc., which I think jumped the shark, but I haven?t tried). Normally I?d say women don?t ? at least none of the women we know ? but I attended a birthday trip to Sonoma with an old friend and her friends who I didn?t know. We spent hours at Sonoma Cutrer (blowing off several small vineyards per her request) because it was ?playdate wine.? I about stuck a fork in my eye.

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Miss. prison riot leaves guard dead, 6 hurt

Smoke rises above the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Miss., Sunday, May 20, 201, during an inmate disturbance at the prison. A guard at the southwest Mississippi prison died Sunday and several other employees were injured during what the facility's private operator is calling "an inmate disturbance" that continued into the evening. (AP Photos/The Natchez Democrat, Lauren Wood)

Smoke rises above the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Miss., Sunday, May 20, 201, during an inmate disturbance at the prison. A guard at the southwest Mississippi prison died Sunday and several other employees were injured during what the facility's private operator is calling "an inmate disturbance" that continued into the evening. (AP Photos/The Natchez Democrat, Lauren Wood)

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) ? A prison guard was killed Sunday during a riot that also injured five other correctional officers and hurt at least one inmate at a privately run facility in Mississippi that holds illegal immigrants, authorities said.

The riot began about 2:40 p.m. CDT and involved dozens of inmates before it was brought under control late Sunday night. Adams County Coroner James Lee confirmed that a guard died, but said he could not provide any other details until the correctional officer's family was notified.

Emilee Beach, a spokeswoman at the Adams County Correctional Center in southwest Mississippi, said the uprising involved "multiple" inmates but she wasn't sure exactly how many because the investigation was still ongoing.

She said that after the disturbance was brought under control, inmates were being searched and sent back to their cells.

Beach said the prison, owned and operated by Corrections Corp. of America, holds illegal immigrants, most for charges of re-entering the United States after being deported. Beach said the disturbance was brought under control late Sunday.

The five injured guards were taken to a hospital and treated for injuries that weren't considered life-threatening.

The 2,567-bed prison houses male illegal immigrants for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. State and local law-enforcement officers were called in case they were needed for backup.

CCA spokesman Steve Owen confirmed in an email "there has been one employee death" but he said he could not provide more details immediately. CCA said in a news release earlier Sunday that "the inner compound and portions of housing units are the focus of remaining efforts to quell the disturbance."

Adams County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Emily Ham said no inmates had escaped the facility.

Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield told the Natchez Democrat that 15 employees were freed at one time during the uprising by opening a fence and protecting the route with guns.

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Associated Press writer Norman Gomlak contributed to this report from Atlanta.

Associated Press

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Nick Stahl Emails Friends, Enters Rehab

Nick Stahl, who was reported missing last week, has surfaced.

Better yet, the actor is apparently unharmed, and seeking help.

Friday, he told friends via e-mail he planned to get help and seek treatment for his substance abuse problem, and now, Stahl's wife Rose confirmed that he has.

The Terminator 3 star checked into rehab Saturday night.

According to a source, Stahl apologized for "worrying everyone," said he wanted to get help and that he was planning to seek treatment in a rehab center.

He had not been seen since May 14.

The 32-year-old, who went missing more than a week ago, was "really working hard" at sobriety at the time of his disappearance, according to his wife.

"He wants to be well," Rose, who has been estranged from Nick for an unknown period, stated. "He's a good man and we want him home so we can help."

Hopefully, this means the beginning of his road to recovery.

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Reopening Pakistani routes crucial for NATO exit plan

With Pakistan so far unwilling to reopen supply routes to Afghanistan, NATO faces a potential logistical nightmare as it prepares for a costly withdrawal of military hardware over the next two years.

In the run-up a NATO summit that opened Sunday, US and Pakistani officials had signaled growing optimism that a deal would be clinched on reopening the routes, which Islamabad had closed in November over a botched American air raid.

But negotiations stumbled over Pakistan's demand to charge several thousand dollars per truck, instead of the current rate of roughly $250.

A senior US official told AFP on Sunday the exponential hike in fees, reportedly as much as $5,000 per truck, was "unacceptable" and that Pakistan had failed to present a consistent, coherent negotiating position.

US officials have so far refused a demand from Islamabad for an explicit apology over the air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

Since Pakistan shut the northwest border crossing to NATO about six months ago, the US-led force in Afghanistan has managed to endure the closure by relying on cargo flights and a more costly northern route through Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

The shift has carried a price, costing two and a half times more per container than the Pakistani route, according to US military officials.

But under NATO's plan to withdraw most of the 130,000-strong coalition force in Afghanistan by the end of 2014 -- including a vast fleet of vehicles and equipment -- the Pakistani route is considered crucial.

General William Fraser, head of US Transportation Command, told senators in February that the shorter Pakistan route was needed to ensure hardware could be withdrawn on schedule.

"With the amount of equipment we need to move... we need the Pakistan GLOC (ground line of communication) open," Fraser told the Senate Armed Services Committee in February.

Last year, before the Torkham gate border crossing was shut, the United States moved more than 35,000 shipping containers through Pakistan, according to Fraser.

In another complication for NATO's exit plan, countries along the northern route have approved the transit of military vehicles and supplies but have prohibited shipping weapons through their territories.

German Defense Minister Thomas De Maiziere, speaking to reporters in Chicago, acknowledged using the northern route was a "complicated process" because it passed through so many countries.

The most practical and inexpensive route into Afghanistan runs through Iran's port of Chabahar, but that is not an option given the long-running hostility between Iran and the United States.

For Pakistan, the border crossing is a valuable source of revenue and leverage that will dry up once NATO completes its planned departure in 2014.

The United States for its part provides more than $2 billion in military assistance every year to Pakistan, including $300 million devoted to financing Pakistani forces along the border with Afghanistan.

The US administration last year suspended hundreds of millions in military aid to Pakistan, saying Islamabad needed to do more to fight Islamist militants allied with the Taliban.

Six months after shutting the border to NATO, Pakistan on Friday had allowed containers of office supplies for the US embassy in Kabul to cross into Afghanistan through the Torkham gate, feeding speculation that Islamabad was on the verge of reopening the crossing.

But officials at Torkham, a mountainous outpost through which trucks packed with fuel and food for NATO used to trundle through daily, said there was no link between supplies for embassies and NATO goods.

In Chicago, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was scheduled to meet Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on the eve of the alliance summit but the session was canceled.

Both NATO and Pakistani officials insisted that the last-minute change was due to the late arrival of Zardari's flight.

Rasmussen expressed cautious optimism on Sunday that Pakistan would reopen the border to alliance convoys.

"I do hope that we will see a reopening of the transit routes in the very near future," he said.

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