http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau Cinema, Popular Music, Sport and Television. en-us Copyright 2008 Euromedia Group, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 8 May 2008 14:00:50 EST 1440 http://www.culturekiosque.com/special/images/ck_horizontal_logo.gif http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/sport/delahoya_forbes178.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/sport/delahoya_forbes178.html Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and former champ Steve Forbes strap on the gloves for a 12-round bout in Los Angeles. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/bidil_and_race_profiling_in_targeted_medicine175.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/bidil_and_race_profiling_in_targeted_medicine175.html Do medical and commercial products targeted by race re-energize the idea of race as a biological category just when scientists thought they had laid it to rest? MIT research scientist and physician Dr. David S. Jones weighs in on the controversy before an upcoming conference on race, medicine and the social sciences. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/tech/online_gaming_green_computers170.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/tech/online_gaming_green_computers170.html An inefficient gaming PC with powerful graphics card, multiple hard drives and optical drives, flash memory reader and a 30-inch LCD might consume as much as 750 watts, or about as much as a typical refrigerator. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/books/darfur166.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/books/darfur166.html Sudan coverage may be missing from American news these days, but Janjaweed ethnic cleansing, financed by Chinese oil money, goes on every day. A new film on DVD and a book of photographs call us to remember those dying in Darfur. Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/calendar/juanes_tour162.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/calendar/juanes_tour162.html Colombian rock superstar Juanes tackles themes of world peace and social change. He also reminds us that while conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan grab headlines, Colombia's war kills 3,500 people ---- mostly civilians ---- every year. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/obama_speech_on_race_philadelphia159.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/obama_speech_on_race_philadelphia159.html Read the full text of Senator Barack Obama's speech today at Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/obama_speech_on_race_philadelphia.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/obama_speech_on_race_philadelphia.html Read the full text of Senator Barack Obama's speech today at Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/style/fashion_fall_2008_collections156.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/style/fashion_fall_2008_collections156.html "As talk of recession, global warming and terrorism buzzed around the front rows, the fashion pack were expecting more than usual from the designers this season", writes Shine Anthony-Dharan from Paris and London. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/michael_heller155.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/michael_heller155.html Heller has become a compelling figure in the realms of physics and cosmology, theology, and philosophy with his provocative fundamental questions such as "Does the universe need to have a cause?" Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/seen/emperors_club154.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/seen/emperors_club154.html The recent Elliott Spitzer Emperor's Club VIP scandal brings to mind some unexpected questions about contemporary art, hospitality and homelessness... Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/travel/green_events153.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/travel/green_events153.html Green Festivals have been growing in both venues and attendance and in 2008 will take place in Seattle, Chicago, Washington, DC and San Francisco. Sun, 9 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/cinema/persepolis149.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/cinema/persepolis149.html Satrapi's Oscar-nominated autobiographical film cannot help but be a political gesture in the current climate of tensions between Iran and the West--and France has clearly made a gesture as well in sending a film knocking Islam to the Academy Awards. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/year_of_the_frog145.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/year_of_the_frog145.html While those celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year mark 2008 as the Year of the Rat, and much of the world attaches mystical significance to 2008 as a leap year, 2008 has also been designated the "Year of the Frog". Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/style/fashion_week_london141.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/style/fashion_week_london141.html Was fashionable Paris too busy tut-tutting over President Nicolas Sarkozy’s somewhat thrifty $20,000 Dior engagement ring for supermodel Carla Bruni to notice that the A-list had decided to give the collections a miss this time around? Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/yeswecan140.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/news/yeswecan140.html C. Antonio Romero on the political implications of the viral Internet and YouTube phenomenon with over 12 million views in 72 hours. Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/cinema/atonement123.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/cinema/atonement123.html The moral's a little cheesy, but everything else in this film is a pitch-perfect re-creation of McEwan's novel. Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/oprah_winfrey_statue_edwards137.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/oprah_winfrey_statue_edwards137.html Sculptor Daniel Edwards makes Oprah into a modern-day Goddess figure-- but may have lost control of his image. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/cinema/charliewilsonswar119.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/cinema/charliewilsonswar119.html No country for old history, America may remember 9/11, but Americans seem to have forgotten all the things that led up to it--like Charlie Wilson's War. From Afghanistan to Washington, this embarassingly bad Oscar-bait sends Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts on an alcoholic, light-hearted romp that will thrill amnesiac audiences who learn their history from Hollywood movies and can't connect the dots. Forget this movie. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/britney_spears_media_jamming118.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/comment/britney_spears_media_jamming118.html Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/style/fashion_lanvinpoiret114.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/nouveau/style/fashion_lanvinpoiret114.html Two new books on fashion chronicle the lives of two of the 20th century's most influential French designers. Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST