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"Leadership": "Rudolph Giuliani's membership on an elite Iraq study panel came to an abrupt end last spring after he failed to show up for a single official meeting of the group, causing the panel's top Republican to give him a stark choice: either attend the meetings or quit, several sources said.Giuliani left the Iraq Study Group last May after just two months, walking away from a chance to make up for his lack of foreign policy credentials on the top issue in the 2008 race, the Iraq war. He cited 'previous time commitments' in a letter explaining his decision to quit, and a look at his schedule suggests why - the sessions at times conflicted with Giuliani's lucrative speaking tour that garnered him $11.4 million in 14 months." (Newsday via BenSmith)
"..At Landmark's Sunshine Cinema on Houston Street, film buffs like Piper Perabo, Liev Schreiber, and Jim Jarmusch gathered to cheer on Zoe Cassavetes and the New York premiere of her new movie, Broken English. 'It's such a surreal experience to come to this point in the game,' said the first-time director, who was dressed for the occasion in Marc Jacobs. Afterward at the Bowery Hotel, the kudos came fast and furious. 'She came to all of my screenings, and I wanted to be here to support her,' said new mom Sofia Coppola, who had her Parisian musician boyfriend, Thomas Mars, in tow. 'It's always scary with your first movie.'" (Style)
"Even as Mayor Bloomberg visits California sounding very much like a presidential candidate (according to the New York Times), one wonders about his radical plan to ease congestion in Manhattan by charging commuters for the privelege of bringing their cars into the city. Is there a link between his coy presidential aspirations and the congestion plan which has little hope of making it through the unfriendly confines of New York's State legislature which has to grant approval for it to materialize. With even his fellow Republicans in Albany -- who have greatly benefitted from his generous campaign contributions -- finding it difficult to get behind the plan and Democrats signalling no interest in bringing it to a vote what does he expect to get out of it. Well, I was thinking about it when it suddenly hit me that the congestion plan and presidential aspirations were linked. If nothing else it has positioned him as a visionary, someone willing to try out new ideas." (Papermag)
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