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by Exothermic

‘No One Killed Jessica’ Movie Review

Article by Aravind

The lone investigating cop in this film could pass off for a deadly butcher himself. He certainly looks like one. He?s still the more honest of the lot of sharks around (mark the superlative, more).The forensic lab?s mysteriously swapped the bullets fired from a ?22 bore Italian Baretta? at the scene of crime. This tampering of evidence makes the cop?s case fairly weak. The policeman?s pissed, frustrated. But he was admittedly the same guy who took home a bribe of Rs 70 lakh, merely to not hurt the murder-accused at the time of interrogation.

?Sab koi khaata hai (Everybody eats),? the cop reasons, ?Kisliye, mein fark hai (For what, is the point).? Those words, I suppose, define the traditional Indian tolerance toward corruption at large: its inescapability remains beyond challenge, only its extents can raise eyebrows anymore. This is trap enough. Once you?ve sweetly warmed up to the basic idea (of corruption or nepotism), you may as well deal with its inevitable heat boils everywhere. As a young girl (Vidya Balan, stunningly natural) does here — almost all alone.

?Someone with a pistol in his hand, power in his head, decided that a life was cheaper than a glass of drink,? she says. That life was the her sister?s, a celeb barmaid for an evening at a club, who?d refused to serve drinks to a son of a gun already drunk on powers of all that money and influence can buy. The sister was shot at. She is no more. That man, a minister?s son, spot-on in the drunk assessment of his clout, could get away with murder. He walks around free. About 300 eyewitnesses pretty much saw this crime play out. No one noticed a thing. Law is in the eyes of its beholder. Conscience is saleable. The setting is New Delhi, political capital, neighbour to three provincial stretches, and a city that?s at once urban in its infrastructure and look, yet feudally rural in its aggressive, arrogant, influence peddling, name-dropping mindset: you-know-who, always takes precedence over who?s who here.

The film relates to the infamous Jessica Lal murder (1999). Facts on this rightly sensationalised case are already known. The supposed characters shown are still among us: Sabrina the sister; socialite ?Beena Ramani?, the nightclub?s owner; her husband ?George Mailhot?; her daughter ?Malini?; model-actor ?Shayan Munshi? (key witness to the case, who turned hostile); ?Ram Jethmalani? (the defense lawyer)?. The recreation is pretty bold. The account yet remains somewhat sensitive and neutral to the dramatis personae: politicians, police, page 3, and the press. Or that?s my guess.

Can a feature film, in a couple of hours flat, ever detail an entire truth about anything? Possibly not. But it can entertainingly dramatise it. That?s what the fine director-writer and a consummate raconteur here (Rajkumar Gupta) manages to do. The narrative is gripping, the music score (Amit Trivedi) uplifting, the screenplay tight enough to allow for very few slippages (only towards the end).

If you scan carefully, the material isn’t quite as strong on paper as it plays out on screen. The murder takes place in the first scene itself. The film follows Sabrina over about 7 years as she helplessly seeks justice in a system where judgments can be fudged. The once ?open and shut? case is conveniently shut, and then reopened, only when the television media, or a celebrity reporter (Rani Mukherjee, miscast for an Anglicised, suave role) picks it up, makes it her personal cause. The supportive public is out on the streets. SMS, for the first time, shows up as a strong political weapon.

Tabloid stories over individual killings of passion, honour or pure rage, suddenly assume national importance only when their subtexts reveal, at some level, a narrative of the times we live in. This has been true right since the first post-independent supermarket sensation of the late ?50s, the Nanavati case (moral tale between a patriotic naval commander, the murderer; his victim, a rich South Bombay playboy; and a wife who strayed). The press, almost preachy and missionary like, usually plays the plot up to the core, editorialises its reportage, sensationalises the elements, serially sermonises its message?.

As Russi Karanjia?s Blitz successfully did with Nanavati. Tehelka and others followed with Jessica. The effect is therapeutic. Opinions converge. Public is unusually charged. They wish more. Movies for memory would do. Two films were made on the Nanavati case alone (Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke, Achanak).

This is the third film on Jessica. The other being Rajkumar Santoshi?s seriously bombastic recreation (Halla Bol). The first one, of course, played out live on national TV to a background score from Rang De Basanti, Aamir Khan?s hit picture of the time.

This one?s equally important. For the way it?s been made, it will be watched. It should be. Go for the kill!

4D Cal Productions! Performance and Cameos @ Symmetry Night Club Wed. Nov 10, 2010.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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A nice surprise from Tiffany


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Animated Silverlight logo on the side of the PURE Nightclub upper deck.

carolyn wonderland at antone’s #4


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Lots of pure, raw emotion in the singing style of Carolyn Wonderland, here performing at Antone’s nightclub in Austin, Texas on April 23, 2010

by Josh Bancroft

Summer Heights High – HUS-1000 Test Bench Manufacturer – CRI Tester Manufacturer

Article by hi joiney

Format According to the prologue a production and filming team travelled to a typical Australian public high school and followed the events and daily lives surrounding the students and staff for one term The team would film a documentary from the opinions of the students and staff especially the three main characters Ja mie King a mean girl type prefect exchanged from a private school Mr G a charismatic drama teacher and Jonah Takalua a stereotypical Tongan delinquent all played by the series writer Chris Lilley The series is filmed in a documentary style with the supporting cast drawn from the real life students and staff of the school where the series was filmed The programme explored the facets of a typical Australian public high school such as social cliques bullying teenage slang stereotyping profanity racism and homophobia by showcasing three different individuals the bully the exchange student originally from a private school and the teacher The three main characters story lines never intersect The school principal Margaret Murray appears in all of their stories but she is most seen in Mr G s stories Characters There are three primary characters featured in Summer Heights High all portrayed by Chris Lilley Ja mie King Main article Ja mie King Ja mie King a private school exchange student immediately makes friends with the most popular girls at Summer Heights High It becomes obvious however that her friendship is not genuine when her so called friends discover a poster she has made of them calling them povo skanks Her manipulative character is reinforced when she manages to convince her new friends that the poster was meant as a joke and that they need to get a sense of humour Ja mie exhibits a racist attitude toward Asian people as well as general snobbishness She makes several attempts to alienate Bec from their group of friends as she is of Singaporean descent She also harasses Holly about having large breasts Jess for having skin problems and Kaitlyn for being dumb and doing restricted maths During the show Ja mie falls in love with year 7 student Sebastian Ja mie is year 11 and decides to go out with him However the relationship only lasts a short amount of time as Ja mie steals Sebastian s mobile phone and finds out a girl named Madeline has been texting him asking to sit with him in English class Ja mie dumps him and claims he made her question her hotness Later on in the show Ja mie and her friends form a student representative council and decide to organise a Year 11 Formal Ja mie plans to have it at a popular nightclub with an expensive DJ However at 450 a ticket the student council faces cancelling the event because students can t afford tickets Instead Ja mie arranges a day to raise money for AIDS in Africa which is enough to cover Formal expenses The Head of Senior School learns that the reason for this fundraiser isn t to raise funds as intended but to fund the expensive Formal As a compromise Ja mie is offered to hold the Formal in the school s staff room with no DJ and cheap hand made decorations She invites Tamsin a lesbian student to the Formal as she wants to make a big impression but when Tamsin finds out that Ja mie is not lesbian she ditches her by SMS forcing Ja mie to instead take Sebastian with whom she gets back together and stays with this time despite still checking the messages on his phone The Ja mie segment ends with her leaving the school after her term at Summer Heights High in the car with her mum and friend Brianna At the very end she stands up through the car s sun roof and shouts Public school rocks although this is rather ironic as she throws the jumper away rather than keep it as a souvenir Mr G Main article Mr G Helen Greg Gregson aka Mr G is a 36 year old drama teacher at the school Mr G not only believes that he is an incredibly talented and well liked teacher but also that his students share his intense passion for drama and performance His narcissism places him in constant conflict with other members of staff and the school principal in particular His self centred attitude extends to frequently losing his temper with the students and he is hostile to the disabled students being involved in his musical as he is under the belief that they will damage its quality It is clear that he is unaware that his own perception of his teaching abilities is not shared by most students He has written several musicals for the school including You Can t Skate Mate based on the Avril Lavigne hit single Sk8er Boi and Tsunamarama based on the events of the 2004 Tsunami disaster set to the music of Bananarama Also IKEA the musical Mr G has previously been featured on the Seven Network sketch series Big Bite Jonah Takalua Main article Jonah Takalua Jonah Takalua is a 13 year old school boy of Tongan descent in year 8 at Summer Heights High which is his third school after being expelled from two others for setting fire to a student s locker and drawing a penis on the principal s car He causes trouble at the school by treating his teachers with a lack of respect and bullying younger students His most hated teacher appears to be Miss Wheatley his English teacher There is constant conflict between the two characters and as a result he is at serious risk of being expelled Jonah also has difficulties learning and attends Gumnut Cottage a remedial English class for students at Summer Heights High who have reading difficulties His teacher there is Ms Jan Palmer who seems to understand Jonah better than her fellow teachers and begins to form a connection with him even though Jonah also acts out in her class After threatening Miss Wheatley Jonah is expelled from the school before he goes he returns to the Gumnut Cottage to read his story and promises that he will really try to become a better reader In the closing scene his graffiti tag dick tation appears at numerous locations around the school and this is seen as his final revenge His friends are Leon Thomas Ofa Kiran Singh and Joseph and have all formed a Polynesian breakdancing group named Poly Force His most hated student appears to be Keiran a breakdancing rival in Yr 7 Jonah is in constant fights with him and often bullies him He was banned from the amphitheatre where his group hangs out and was forced to stay at least 10 metres away from all Yr 7 students because Miss Wheatley caught him throwing Keiran s shoe on the roof and fighting with him On the final day of term Jonah returns to Summer Heights High to read his story he made to Gumnut Cottage where he claims that all teachers at Summer Heights High are gay except for Ms Palmer who he says is awesome He then promises that he will read books every day in Tonga Also on the final day of term Jonah walks up and shakes Doug Peterson s hand he then calls him a good bloke When Jonah sees Kieren on the final day his friends want to bully him but Jonah refuses saying Why do you want to do that This suggests Jonah has reached a level of maturity and acceptance however this impression of Jonah is then removed when we are shown the graffiti around the school and he starts breakdancing in front of cars Other characters Celine Mr G s dog that has an oversized brain and is said to be quite talented She is able to do simple math by stomping her feet jump through hoops at questionable heights and has even modeled for commercials she comes to school with Mr G and stays in his office Unfortunatley she gets hit by a car and dies all because Rodney left the door open in the gym Margaret Murray Elida Brereton The principal of Summer Heights High She is often referenced in all three stories but plays the biggest part in Mr G s story She is not fond of Mr G s irrationality which almost caused Mr G to resign though she was able to stop him when she told him that she would continue the production of the musical whether he was there or not Elida Brereton usedto be an actual high school principal for Camberwell High School until the end of 2009 Rodney Parsons Stan Roach A science teacher at the school who is also a close friend to Mr G and shares an office with him Rodney is also a piano player and provides musical accompaniment for the school musicals Doug Peterson David Lennie The student welfare officer who is determined to help Jonah and to keep him from getting expelled Mr Peterson also runs the Polynesian Pathways course The Year 11 Girls Despite Ja mie s harassment Holly Bec Jess and Kaitlyn almost instantly become her friends Together they form a student representative council Also in the council is less popular girl Ashley who volunteered to show Ja mie around the school Although Ashley seems to have the qualities of a nice girl Ja mie doesn t like her calling her fugly on numerous occasions Leon Pulami Asolima Tauti Jonah s best friend and partner in crime Candice Coxmurray Kelly Dingledei Candice is the star of Mr G the Musical as Annabel Jessica Keiran Ashley Mclerie Jonah s breakdancing nemesis a year 7 student who is actually a very talented breakdancer Annabel Dickson Coby Ramsden The girl who died of an ecstasy overdose and Mr G is making a musical about while she is only portrayed in the series in a photograph she is featured in a deleted scene Ofa Ofa Prescott The only girl in Jonah s friendship group Her gender is often confused due to being referred to as one of the islander boys We do not find out that she is a girl until Episode 4 before the Middle School Dance Jonah points out her gender when they discovered what he claimed to be semen stains on his pants Episodes Main article List of Summer Heights High episodes Soundtrack A soundtrack was released through ABC Shops and the Australian iTunes Store the latter also containing audio extracts from songs in the series including Mr G s Bummer Heights High Naughty Girl She s A Slut and Jonah s Being A Poly Part 2 of the soundtrack of the Summer Heights High album contained songs such as My Name is Mr G This Time You re Dead and the Summer Heights High theme Most of the songs from Part 2 are from the final musical Naughty Girl was released as a single on 8 March 2008 with remixes by Paul Mac John Paul Talbot and Stylaz Fuego peaking at number 7 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart There was also a new music video clip to go with the song Ratings Average ratings for Summer Heights High 5 capital cities The premiere episode of Summer Heights High did well in the ratings as a strong lead in from the return of The Chaser s War on Everything It peaked at 1 6 million viewers 5 capital cities with an average of 1 22 million Along with Spicks and Specks Summer Heights High helped ABC TV to achieve its strongest midweek ratings for 2007 The second episode rated stronger than the premiere with an average of 1 375 million viewers tuning in The third episode managed to rate very well with 1 275 million viewers while the fourth episode fared well with 1 235 against the season premiere of Prison Break The fifth episode only managed 1 156 million viewers the lowest ratings for an episode of the show although the programme remained the highest rating show in its timeslot The sixth episode picked up slightly in viewers from the previous week with 1 192 million tuning in The seventh episode grew in ratings as the penultimate episode picking up to average 1 307 million viewers for the night The eighth and final episode achieved the highest ratings for Summer Heights High with a total of 1 512 million viewers watching the concluding episode to the series International syndication Country Broadcasters Time Slot Notes 160 Denmark TV 2 Zulu Premiered January 26 2010 Currently showing 160 Australia ABC TV The Comedy Channel Premiered September 5 2007 Currently showing on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel 160 Ireland RT Two Mondays 11 50pm Premiered September 2009 160 UK BBC3 Premiered June 10 2008 160 US HBO Premiered November 9 2008 New Zealand TV1 The Comedy Channel Premiered August 30 2008 Currently showing on The Comedy Channel on Sky 160 Togo TV H6 Tuesdays 22 30 Premiered September 12 2008 160 Kenya TV H6 Tuesdays 21 30 Premiered September 12 2008 160 Israel Yes Stars Comedy Premiered December 14 2008 160 Canada HBO Canada Saturday 21 30 Currently Showing BBC Three is doing a re run of the entire series which started on 17 November 2008 It is also available for viewing online through the BBC s Flash based iPlayer website Controversy Even before Summer Heights High aired some community groups complained about a rape joke and Mr G s inappropriate touching of a boy with Down syndrome The Herald Sun reported that parents and some teachers have considered the possibility that the show is influencing children to misbehave at school Students were reportedly imitating Jonah and Ja mie repeating lines that were bullying racist and homophobic Education Union branch president Mary Bluett stated in response that the show was clearly tongue in cheek After episode three the family of a girl who died taking drugs at the 2007 Good Vibrations Festival in Sydney Annabel Catt complained that the program had been lampooning her death The ABC apologised to the family stating that the situation was purely coincidental and assured them that filming of the episode in question had been completed eleven days before their daughter s death The ABC thereafter began to display a message before each episode

The title says it all. Shall I point out the picture of Joe with the drink in his hand. I never seen a picture of him drinking so I was all like whoah but I mean he is 21. & that lolipop Ashley had looks soo good lOl !

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Mix 07 – Pussycat Dolls Lounge Party


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Mix 07 – Pussycat Dolls Lounge Party


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With 5 days of events… the Highlights are Deborah Cox on December 30th, Then New Year’s Eve with Billy Carroll and followed by Ladies2000 Tradition on New Year’s Day. Pure Nightclub in Philadelphia: Award Winning Nightlife DONE RIGHT!!!
Video Rating: 5 / 5

FEATURING SKEPTA & DJ EZ NAD & JAY PUSHING UKG TO THE MAX FILMED AND EDITED BY ANDRES RINCON & TINASHE BUKA 4 UP PRODUCTIONS
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Pure Funk Senoir Crew boys doing a freestyle gig in a Legends Nightclub in Gillingham. BIt poor quality because of the lighting and we are well aware some of the tricks did not go right. Comments please any pointless slating ones will be deleted and ignored
Video Rating: 5 / 5

New Years Eve in Vegas at Pure Nightclub with 50 Cent and Danny Trejo
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Here’s a sick video I put together and some great footage of the FUEGO that Cristian Arango aka “Locombia” was spinning at Pure Nightclub in Woodside, Queens on Fri, 3/4/2011!!! This party was probably the best Pure has ever had, the crowd and vibe were amazing and the set Arango played was even better!!!! Opening sets by Alex Poxada and Ivan D, they killed it too!! Special thx to: Cristian Arango, Pure Nightclub, Ralph, Studio F PhotographyFootage by: Petey from ClubCriticsNYC.com Pls show your support and visit ClubCriticsNYC.com for your latest and greatest updates on the underground club scene!!!!!…… Bringing you only the best parties in the best venues!!!!!
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Sammie performs with FLY Pure Atlanta Night Club Ryan Leslie, Chrisette Michele and More!!! www.Princesammie.com Theshay West Production Myspace.com/theshaywest
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Mix 07


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