Peter Dinklage

An epic Fantasy series and adaptation of the novel ''A Song of Ice and fire'' by George R.R. Martin, Game of thrones stands out from other TV series in many aspects. For one the series is a huge budget series, freedom from budget constraints definitely aided the series creators to use high quality Visual Effects. The series has had an exceptionally great direction along with its good choice of music. Most of all the Script is what makes it different from all the other series in the industry. Three Plot lines(based on the fictional lands of Essos and Westeros) following different tracks but with same theme have been synchronized in the best way possible; with first one following the war between Five kings/Noble houses for the control of Westeros/Seven kingdoms/Iron Throne, Second follows the return of The others(mythical creatures) in the North of The Wall and last one follows the difficulties faced by Daenerys Targaryen last known Heir to the Targaryen house and the rightful heir to the iron throne. 

Everything about this series is perfect; different from others in a sense that characters have an inner fight, a fight between right and wrong! plus nothing is certain. You people should already be convinced that this one deserves to win all those Emmy's this year. This year biggest competition posed to GOT at Emmy's will be from Breaking Bad, no doubts there! but still there is a big chance that it may take home many of the categories it has been nominated for. The Red wedding Event, single most Violent Scene for almost ever in TV industry was carried out exceptionally  exceeding all expectations. The Rains of Castamere outmatches any other series episode in the recent history of TV. There series Definitely has fair of Chance of winning! The pressure will be there without any doubts but still ..    

In my opinion the series deserve them Emmy's, all of them due to some very concrete reasons. Game of thrones is single series out there in which there is no certainty of what will happen to plot or to fans most Favorite characters off and on( take Red wedding as an example ;) ).  Unlike any other series this show dose not give you a clear picture of who is hero and who is villain, many a times single character turns out to be hero and villain simultaneously. There is no clear line between right and wrong in the series when it comes to the self-preservation of your house. Politics and issues of morality set aside, one gets to be hooked to this one because of its few glimpses of magical creatures and powers.(i.e White walkers, Wargs, Dragons, Red women with her mysterious fire lore). Also the dragons are presented in such a different way as if some normal animals who need training. 

Emilia Clarke

Other then all the arguments above, I must say that Peter Dinklage and Emilia Clarke deserve to win again this year because of their exceptionally great portrayal of the characters. 

Miley Cyrus

Entertainment industry looks very attractive to almost everyone but what we forget is the consequences of one bad move in this secto0r. If you are not careful enough your hard earned fame can turn to ashes in an instant, especially at this time of point. Many Musicians climb their way to popularity and fame through their talent and some luck but come staggering back down due to their newly found negative attitudes.

Miley Cyrus started her career with minor roles in T.V series named Doc and Film Big fish, but rose to prominence for her role of Miley Stewart in Popular Disney Series Hannah Montana. I personally like Miley as an artist, though I dint approve of the immature behavior she is portraying lately but still there is no doubt that she is an talented musician. Just have look at her music career. Party in the USA, The Climb and When I look at you; all these singles were exceptionally amazing.She is the single artist from Disney who touched heights of success(no offense to the Selena fans).

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Recently Miley has been the intense topic of discussion in Entertainment news globally due to her controversial performance at VMA 2013. The performance came ahead of her album Bangers. The massive publicity has helped her single Wrecking Ball to top the charts including Vevo Chart with almost 95,286,022 views on YouTube. Also in the wake of these events Miley and Liam Hemsworth (known for his role in The hunger games, the Expendables and paranoia) have called off their Engagement. Both star had started going out after the movie The Last Song in which both played the lead roles. 

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So all in all there is no conflict of opinion on Miley's exceptionally talented singing career, but she has to heed her moves as advised rightly by Elton John. Elton John while being interviewed by The Australian saying that if miley continued down the path she was on currently, she will have a meltdown which will not be first time happening to musicians. Elton told The paper that that he knew that Michael Jackson was going to die due to his massive drug taking and that had known Michael almost all of his life. Elton and many others like him including me have miley's best interests at heart, its time she listens to her father and restrains herself from going down the wrong path . If truth be told the publicity she is getting will be just Short term and will damage her career in the long term!     

Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker.

There are hundreds or more films released on and off that focus on plot lines that are sometimes serious while at others just for enjoyment. These plot lines are guided by themes/genres; to name some these can be Action, Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Horror, Historical, Philosophical, Fantasy, Thriller or political etc. Now most of these genres don't have seriousness at their core.

For me the only genres that turn out to be serious and substance of intellect are Romance, Historical, Philosophical or Political. I find these films to be interesting and in my opinion these genres provide viewers with story lines that are exceptionally great and worth a watch. The Butler is one such film directed by Lee Daniels, an Historical Drama Film with an amazing story that canters around White house Butler named Cecil Gaines. Other then Direction the film( that has ensemble cast) carries an amazing script written by Danny Strong.

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The film has outperformed at the weekend box office garnering some 20m $ just in North America. The main cast is comprised some very talented Celebs. The role of Butler/Cecil is played by non other then Forest Whitaker who gave an excellent Performance that certainly deserves an Oscar. The moments portrayed by Whitaker are small but at the same time subtle, layered and all powerful. Character gets its strength from the silent moments that Whitaker performed so well! 

Other Cast members include Cecil's Wife Gloria, a character portrayed by well known popular TV host Oprah Winfrey is amazing too. A performance that is both beauty and complex at the same time; a women who is struggling with very difficult realities that include those of his son, Loneliness followed by Drug Addiction. It will be unfair to not mention the outstanding performances by Liev Schrieber and Alan Rickman as President Johnson and Regan respectively. 

The plot depicts civil rights movement and other historical events spread over different Presidencies plus all the lynchings, violence, beating and injustice all in all are shown in a comprehended way. All these events which bore no interest whatsoever to Cecil do alter his life in ways not known to him, and finally at the end of film he overcomes his fears and demonstrated through voting for the first Black America President in 2008 Elections.

EGYPT, the headlines these days filled with news of growing violence on part of Egyptian Army are very hard to ignore. For the recent few years now Egypt has seen more then its fair share of unrest and violence. On 14 of this month Egyptian Army which came to control after carrying out Coup d'etat and deposing Morsi's Government stormed on Brotherhood protesters with the help of Helicopters in the skies while bulldozing encampments on the ground.

The violence that followed has left almost 100 people dead while some 3000 injured in the streets. Once again Egypt has been plunged into state of continued Violence, Churches Burned by Islamists with reciprocation on Government's part that followed declared emergency all across the country. 

It was very unwise of Army to depose the democratically elected president; not that there is any doubt about the governments poor performance on almost every front whether in terms of economy or security issues, it is a known fact that sectarian hatred for Muslim and non-Muslim minorities was not controlled properly by the government. But still Army made a huge mistake by doing so, a mistake that has inflicted wave of violence on innocent people in the streets and has paved way for civil war.

It is not too late, armed forces should be refrained from wrecking further havoc to bring Egypt back to stability. One big step that can bring stability is announcing parliamentary and presidential elections as soon as possible. 

The Generals should think about the consequences of their actions, violence is not the way to solve anything. Considering the complex characteristics of Egyptian Populace, it is not hard to contemplate that democracy is not a result of any revolution but evolution and as such it should be given time. Another factor that contributed to the present scenario at large was the political involvement by the Egyptian State media, illegal coup was termed legitimate and labels put on previous government naming them terrorists that sparked infuriation from Muslim brotherhood. 

Everything happening at the moment in Egypt is Confusing for many spectators, which I think has been main reason along with vested interests on part of many countries. But the lack of response from international community is only making things worse!      

There are all sorts of TV Drama series; some are action and fiction based while others deal with realities, but then there are others that deal with realities in whole new way garnering massive audience. The Newsroom is one such example, it is a political drama based on Behind the scene story of real events inside ACN(Atlantis Cable News) that is purely a fictional news company reporting said events. It has been created and written by Aaron Sorkin; Sorkin who is known most notably for The West West Wing (an Emmy winning and critically acclaimed series) started working on The Newsroom back in 2009 and was given an order by HBO to produce pilot in January 2011.   

The Newsroom is for the ones who take news and journalism seriously, so obviously audience targeted was not huge but still it managed to get huge audience due to its unique way of presenting the storyline. This one for sure is inspirational for future Journalists to be, as for me I am writing this opinion from a normal viewers point of view and in my opinion it is worth a watch due to its take on news in a different way.

Game of thrones owes growing popularity to Red Wedding

The Newsroom grabbed attention via its videos excerpted from first episode in first season that went viral on social media, Will McAvoy made quite an impression on viewers with his explanation as to why America is not a greatest country any more (outstandingly put to the screen).

The show focuses on how journalism should be, helping electorate to make informed and educated decisions not the otherwise. Will McAvoy along with his staff join in together to change the way news is reported via News Night 2.5 in face of all the corporate, commercial and personal obstacles; reviving News Night in light of the quote that ''Every one is entitled to his opinion, but not his facts''.

Jim, Mac and Maggie

Just like every other Work of his with serious tone like The Social Network, Money ball or The West Wing; The News Night is centred around ideals that explain how things should be! That is where the value of his work lies and for that very same reason he is considered one of the best screen writers. In my view The Newsroom dint receive the attention and audience that it deserved so well.       

With the rapid advancement of technology along with the world all round us, the relationships whether observed in terms of workplace or daily relationships have become complex. Today these relationships lack the essence of trust; Trust that originates from the honesty, integrity, benevolence and character of all the concerned parties. Everyone of us involved in various relations at points in life ponder upon the ingredients of an effective and healthy relationship, Is it all Trust? or just to some extent.

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Trust in a relationship! whether it is personal or business relation or any other relation, always depends on a persons ability and capacity to trust the trustee. Capacity to trust dose not come up in a moment but is a whole sum of life experiences. Therefore when particular relationship lacks the essence(trust) in the beginning due to any bad experience then both persons or more should take time to build the trust because without trust nothing is possible, it is the building Stone.

The trust broken is difficult to build again! So they say but in my opinion one should not loose faith and should always try to act in a way that dose not lead to broken trust in the first place. Basic pillars that give any relation strength by maintaining trust are to be honest ALWAYS!, being tolerant to others opposing point of view, Not lying in any case and being responsible and caring.

What creates a perfect relation? has been researched for the past century by Sociologists and others, Their Common Findings and my opinion both are the same. You have to be open, have to risk others response to your openness, have to learn from mistakes rather then enforcing your control and in doing so you build a strong relation that has trust at its core. Also Trusting you own-self is what contributes to breathing trust into the relation!

There are some movies that focus on very serious and rare stories that hold true for so many people, we may not even know it but they may be present amongst us. The spectacular Now is a comedy and teen drama film that focuses on a coming of age story. Two lead characters Sutter and Aimee have different views about future but still they find a connection between them that draws them close, closer then they anticipated.

The story of the film perfectly depicts the ordinary lives of teenagers in quite an extraordinary way and their attitudes towards life. I mean its just amazing how the story rolls out as a teen romance that is so much exhilarating just like a teenagers life. 

The Spectacular Now is based on the novel with the same name written by Tim Tharp. The storyline is very simple one. Sutter Keely played by Miles Teller is a party animal sort of high school boy who gets drunk quite often, right after being dumped by a beautiful blond girl he meets

Aimee played by shailene Woodly. Aimee is just the opposite of Sutter mainly in terms of view on life and future. Sutter just wants to be with Aimee to make his ex Jealous but along the lines something happens that neither of them expected, they fall for each other and a connection between them starts to grow strong.

It is that connection between the two that makes Aimee as well as the viewers about how dark Sutter's life was and the tragedy that it encompassed. As a defence Mechanism Sutter finds comfort in drinking and has adopted a philosophy of living in the Now. 

The Spectacular Now's name alone speaks the fact that movie is trying to comfort these distressed teens by showing that the image teenagers form about life being painful and miserable is just there in our heads and they can easily make things nicer for them by showing will!  

In Turkey headlines have been made involving the conviction of Ex Military Chief and scores of other people including Journalists and Politicians for plotting to overthrow the Democratic Government of Islamist party. In total 250 people faced verdicts in the said case, out of which 19 defendants including Ex Army Chief Basbug were sentenced to life imprisonment while 64 defendants faced imprisonment sentences ranging from 1 to 45 years. Also Turkish Court acquitted 21 people of charges against them.

Defendants were accused by the prosecution of preparing way for a military coup via High profile terrorist attacks under the cover of an organization called Ergenekon. Other accusations levelled included plotting to kill the now Prime Minister Erdogan, a noble laureate Orhan Pamuk and other high profile targets.

Convicted Ex Military Chief

The most prominent Defendant in the case, ilker basbug who was the army chief between 2008-10 in turkey was convicted for the internet sites that were posed as hostile towards the Government. The second most prominent figure was Brigadier General Veli Kucuk who has been sentenced to double life on charges that he ran Death Squads in South East parts of turkey; other then that two parliamentarians, that is to say a university founder and Surgeon Mehmet Haberal and a Journalist Mustafa Balbay were sentenced to imprisonment of 12 and 34 years respectively. Also another well known figure, previous head of higher education council was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Prime Minister Erdogan with Ex Military Chief 

There are many people who are in favour of the convictions while there are also many others who believe otherwise. Both have their reasons, many have staged protest against the convictions stating it was highly unfair. After the Convictions the whole country has been divided into two factions, one is those ultra nationalists who are accused of being behind the scenes force and those secularists who believe that Islamist Government is trying to undermine the secularism in the country. 

With some experience and observation it is not difficult to presume that best contenders for the Best picture this year may be Tracy Letts Pulitzer Prize winning play named August: Osage County which is about a dysfunctional family; the film with the same name has an Excellent ensemble Cast including Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, that alone is enough to buy this film a nomination at OSCARS for best picture. Other then this another high contender is 'The Monuments Men' directed, co-produced and co-written by George Clooney; a Wartime Drama with a group of people trying to protect some precious artwork from Nazis. Other then these two The Great Gatsby featuring Leonardo Decaprio is also up in the nomination list. All these high profile films deserve to be nominated but as a personal opinion I will say that there is one other Movie ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' that deserves the top position due to exceptional story, perfect music and created with courage to point out some realities that need to be addressed. Its too good not to be at least considered for the top spot.

It is most probable that the contenders for this years Best Director will be Tom Hanks for Saving Mr. Banks, Michael Fassbender for Twelve Years a Slave, Mark Rufflo for Fox Catcher and Mathew McConaughey for The Wolf of Wall Street. It seems like the Oscar for best actor will also result in some tough competition as Lenardo Dicaprio and Tom Hanks will be competing via The Wolf of Wall Street and Captain Phillips Respectively. on the other hand for best Actress, Meryl Streep seems to be a very strong contender along with Judi Dench for Philomena and Sandra Bullock for Gravity.

  

Television and Film industry has been active for a century now in many countries round the globe, Worlds well known and most popular Film industry is Hollywood. Every year different award ceremonies are conducted to honour and celebrate the leading personalities in the world of cinematic s. Different Awards like Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards and Tony Awards are bestowed upon out performers in Film , Television, Music and Theater industries respectively. All the other Awards were formed and modelled after the success and popularity of Academy Awards a.k.a OSCARS. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS) organizes the Formal ceremony each year to give out these Awards, AMPAS was first conceived by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer E and presented OSCARS for the first time at a ceremony in Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 1929.

Ellen DeGeneres

Motion Pictures Academy has announced that Ellen DeGeneres will be hosting this years Oscar Award Ceremony at 8 p.m, March 2 2014 on ABC. It will be the second time first being the one in 2007, that she will get to entertain everyone at the ceremony with her natural ability to make people laugh. They really did made the right decision by choosing Ellen, it may even raise their ratings this time triple fold. 

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Ellen hosting the show is very exciting for me but what's even more exciting is that this year Pakistan will submit a movie for Foreign Film Category after almost 50 years. Pakistan first submitted a film named 'Jago hua savera' for the category back in 1959 and then the second one in 1960 named Ghunghat. A committee free from state involvement has been formulated with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy chairing it and includes the Writer of 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' Mohsin Hameed; Directors Mehreen Jabaar, Akifa Mian and Samina Peerzada along with actor Rahat Kazmi and Arts Academic Framji Minwalla. With the revival of cinema in Pakistan this year Sharmeen will have 23 well directed movies to select from and it sure will be very difficult choice to make!

DI Khan Jail

Today we live in societies with so much issues that hold us back, back from progress and development not only in terms of physical needs but also the thinking process. Poverty, corrupt social norms and lack of education with so many more are the issues that are consistently plaguing almost all societies for a century. Unfair to say that these severe issues were not doing so before but now in the present day, when world has been transformed into a global village it is very easy to address these issues if only we have the will to do so! 

Today in many unprivileged societies at large and in others to some extent that call themselves educated and progressive; Extremism and intolerance have been rooted deep into these societies due to internal as well as external factors. Many sociologists have formed a conclusion after thorough research that Extremism nurtures intolerance and ultimately terrorism all across; All these issues also have origins in other issues like for example the one I described above, Poverty and lack of education etc. 

Al-Qaeda is a global terrorist organization that is highly organized and  is devoted to attacking military as well as civil targets all round the globe, it views all the liberal Muslims, non-Sunnis and Sufi's as heretics. It was important to mention above issues because Al-Qaeda and all other Militant organizations exploit these issues to their advantage all the time. Also I as literate obligation to say here that all the misconceptions about Islam are wrong. A religion never promotes extremism and most of all Islam is all about being balanced in everything and not taking extremes. Al-Qaeda along with all other terrorists are just a minute portion of Muslim population that are damaging our image in front of whole world.

Recently there has been jailbreaks making headlines in media, these incidents occurred in 9 countries including Pakistan, Libya and Iraq. United States closed embassies in some 21 countries followed by Britain announcing to do so in Yemen and Canada in Bangladesh respectively. Interpol also issued an alert globally that there is a huge possibility that Al-Qaeda was behind the incidents and may plan more in near future. It also requested its member countries to cooperate in any way possible to confirm whether these were isolated or interlinked events. According to latest reports some 500 convicts broke out in Libya, 1100 in Libya while 150 in Pakistan. 

United States warned its citizens against foreign travel saying: 

               "Current information suggests that Al-Qaeda and affiliated organisations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August". 

           

So the big question whether Al-Qaeda is behind these incidents or not? and are they planning to carry out more of these breakouts along with other terror activities? Considering the Fact that many of their Senior Commanders with Osama at the top of the list have been killed in the previous years its not hard to comprehend for an answer!

Lannisters sent their regards!

Fantasy Series have always garnered massive amounts of fan base, all of it starts with fantasy books that are written to blurt out a whole new world that depicts our own in so many ways and then these best sellers lead way on screen to become popular series of all time with a fan base that cant be measured in terms of counts. Almost everyone who comes in contact falls for them immediately , at least every one from our Generation ;) All these Fantasy movies based on novels like Lord of the rings, Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia have had their fair share of fan base for showing us realities of life through whole new territory. Game of thrones also follows the same line except it's creators deemed it good to do it via Drama series rather then a film.

The fantasy genre has been promoted by television series that is to say that Game of thrones broadened the fan circle of fantasy, no doubts being a big budget series did help big time by materializing an amazing story into amazing drama series with very impressive visuals and cinematography.

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The Series is based on several plots each one interlinking with the other that encircle around Westeros and Essos; through these plot lines several severe issues like Civil War, loyalty, honesty, Crime, Religion, Corruption, Conspiracies and may other are addressed perfectly via various well portrayed characters. Three plots in the series are civil war between seven elite houses for the Iron throne, the evil that has emerged again in the North and attempt by last heir of exiled Targaryen dynasty to reclaim what was taken from them by force and deceit.

Lannister House

All the interlinked plots and confusing stories that revolve around characters make the overall plot more complex, while watching it every detail has to be comprehended quite carefully and that is where Game of Thrones mainly garnered its success. Viewers were estranged by the series because instead of being simplistic like many series in the same genre it was much more complex.

Game of thrones has managed to grab as many as 16 Emmy nominations this year, thanks to all the social media following that was created as a direct result of Red wedding a.k.a Rains of Castamere treat and those reaction videos that emerged after the episode made the story go viral. Other then this years Emmy nominations Game of thrones has been able to have Primetime Emmy Nomination for Drama series in all three seasons, Golden Globe Award Nomination for Best Television series, Primetime Emmy Award for Best supporting Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best supporting Actor. The last two wins on its plate are of none other but Tyrion Lannister who has won much more then just awards among the fan base.

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Sure Awards are just a measure of performance! but they mostly stem out of vast popularity that they enjoy among their fan base round the Globe. while gauging the popularity one will find it quite hard that recent big up in the popularity owes big time to Red Wedding.       

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad addressing UN

Many Leaders throughout the world have made a place in history by both right and wrong ways. Some were introduced to a strong place in history via their strive for welfare of general public while others came to be know as tyrants in history. Leaders like Hitler, Napoleon, Joseph Stalin etc paved their way to political prominence by being hard liners, who made hard decisions that lead to horrific Consequences. But all the same it will not be fair to say all of them were Tyrants, If we take into consideration Genghis Khan or Joseph Stalin they were pure tyrants who suppressed anyone who was at contrary with them.

Just like that it will be unfair to term Ahmedinejad as the second type of leaders that I just described, and all that just because he was a hard line Leader who was staunchly opposed to come on terms with US and Israel. I also believe that ahmedinejad should have been more diplomatic rather goint to an extreme but despite that Its just a plausible and Rational thought, I mean how can one just term someone as that second type when their extreme position towards Israel is factually supported by the notion that Israel is single nuclear power in middle east. keeping that in mind one should not jump to conclusions about type of leadership the leader is portraying. Just as Israel has been Pre-emptively Defensive all this time and takes all measures to safeguard itself, Ahmednejad was doing the same but the difference is the latter restrict himself mostly to words to get Diplomatic Advantage.  

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad left office yesterday after two terms spread over almost 8 years of Presidency and was replaced by the President elect Hassan Rouhani who was approved to be a president by Ayatollah Khamenei. Retiring from Presidential office has given him time to form University along with an office so that he can sustain his presence in politics. Other then that Ahmedinejad plans on launching several Publications. 

The first presidential Campaign was filled with slogans of strengthening economy, helping the poor that appeared to be realistic because of his poor but not uneducated background. He did deliver, helped poor allot and transformed Iran into a economically strong country but faced downfall during second term in office when the economy started to cripple due to all those economic sanctions on oil sales and international banking Sanctions resulting from his staunch and extreme opposition to West. That is when everything started to turn around and he lost public trust.

In contrast to first term where he portrayed himself as a spokesman for Supreme Leader, in second term Ahmedinejad Started to build a political circle of supporters and started challenging the Dominance of Conservative Clerics certainly making matters far more worse for him. Everything else followed these events and led to a Ahmedinejad being domestically as well as internationally defamed. 

   

Recently Lea Michael told her 3.5 m Followers via Twitter that she was thankful  to everyone for the huge level of support shown, that it helped her allot to go through grieving phase. Lea and Cory's relationship was quite strong like the one they shared on Glee. It is not hard to imagine that Cory must having found happiness while being at Glee with all the amazing ensemble cast who had been supportive of him all this time. It really is sad to see young talent falling prey to such abuse. Tough measures are required to stop this from happening to anyone whether a celebrity or a commoner.   

Glee: Lost a Real talent to substance abuse!

The cast and crew of glee mourned together at a ceremony where everyone while grieving shared their best moments with Monteith  and also shared songs/stories. The Co-creator of the Show Ryan Murphy said in a statement that he thought it better that everyone should get back to the work where they all shared the same grief, also Ryan said that Third episode of Glee's upcoming season will deal with death of Cory from drug abuse with a special Beatles tribute.

Fox Entertainment Chairman did not clarify whether finn will die of overdose or not but chances are he will die from overdose most probably. In addition to this Proceeds made from the episode will be used to honor the late Cory with forming a foundation in his name.

 

In the light of the episode dedicated to honor Cory contributing proceeds to form a foundation that works for eradicating substance abuse, everyone one of us has an obligation to do what we can to stop such incidents from happening and comforting such people and supporting them so that they can get their life back on track and can avoid such tragic end for themselves!

Edward Snowden an NSA(National Security Agency) fugitive is responsible for leaking some very sensitive official documents pertaining to US Surveillance programs like PRISM. With Snowden on the run from prosecution in his home country, the whole scenario puts a huge question mark on US. As confirmed by Julian Assange himself wiki leaks did help Snowden at more then one time. Edward Snowden was offered asylum by countries like Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Bolivia but Snowden thought it more plausible to wait to see if Russia will approve his asylum request.

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Seems like Snowden's wait was worth it, Russia has granted Snowden asylum for one year. According to snowden's lawyer Snowden may or may not decide to stay in Russia as of now. There are chances that he will leave for Latin American Countries that extended their offer to Snowden for Asylum.

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Many in USA still see Snowden as a traitor who should be tried under Espinoge Act. But whatever thee truth is it seems Documents may not stop yet on Snowdens part at least. The Guardian a leading Newspaper fueled current scenario further by revealing details about another US Surveillance Program yesterday. According to the newspaper's released details, US authorities keep check on large Email, online chats and browsing histories databases without any authorization beforehand.

Bradley Manning Scenario

Things really are getting messy for United Sates now, it is quite visible from what has happened in previous days that it is loosing its grip on the world. 

Entertainment Industry is one of those destinations that people choose most of the times to get fame. Many of these famed artists after achieving success fall down because of material and other distractions, but there are some who keep moving forward to achieve much more. Whether it is Film, television or Music sector fame always get to their heads in the end and start making mistake that brings their downfall. But as i said there are some who stay focused and Johnny Depp is one of them. He did have allot of wrong turns too but still manged to stay on track.

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Glee: Lost a real talent to Substance abuse !

 No doubts these films made him who he is today but that really brought him to the broader limelight was his brilliant portrayals of Ed Wood in 'Ed Wood', Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco, Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, George Jung in Blow and not to forget Bank Robber John Dillinger in Public Enemies. All the success he achieved through these perfectly performed roles lead Depp to become highest paid actor in the whole industry according to Guinness Book of World Records as of 2012.

Johnny Depp has recently announced in an interview with BBC that he will be calling it quits in near future as he needs to prepare for old age. According to sources Pirates of the Caribbean is due with Johnny depp coming back to play the highly popular role of Jack Sparrow. Also Rumor has it that Depp will be appearing in sequel to Alice in the Wonderland as Mad hatter and that he has also signed himself to a lead role in a crime Thriller named Mortdecai. 

Well whether Depp stays or retires he has had a fair share of his success! and has left his mark deep down in the industry with his unique Acting style. 

Its never easy to be a whistle blower or in this case just someone accused of passing on classified information, they know what consequences their actions might bear for them but still they do them. Why? is it Fame they seek? or riches? Each one of them whether its Edward Snowden or Bradley Manning, putting themselves in danger to get fame. I don't think so! its too much of a price to pay.

Edward Snowden Hero or not

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Prosecution based their case on one particular civil war trial of private Henry Vanderwater who was charged with aiding the enemy by leaking union roster to Alexandria Newspaper in Virginia. He was sentenced to three months hard labor and was dishonorably discharged from service. But in the end Judge Denise decided to acquit the charge. Manning's defense tried to carry out the case in manning's favor by arguing that young manning's actions were well intended, that by these actions he wanted to spark global debate on U.S Foreign policy and nothing else! 

Bradley Manning a U.S solider was stationed in Iraq near Baghdad when he was arrested for allegedly transferring Classified information to Wiki leaks on May 2010. He was charged with 22 offenses of which one was aiding enemy. The suspicion on which Bradley arrested was instilled by a Computer Hacker named Adam Lamo to FBI. Adam Claimed to be confidant of Manning; told FBI that Manning according to their online chat had downloaded material from databases and transferred it to Wiki leaks, material that included some 500,000 army reports pertaining to Iraq War Logs and Afghan War Logs along with 250,000 Diplomatic Cables and videos of 12 July Baghdad airstrike and 2009 Granai airstrike in Afghanistan. All this info no doubt bolstered the arrest of Manning plus 22 charges. 

Manning's court marshal lasted for some seven weeks that follows the verdict by Judge colonel Denise lind that found manning guilty of 20 charges including theft and digital Fraud but what is surprising in this affair is that manning was acquitted of the most important charge and that was of aiding the enemy, this action on part of the military judge has forced many to raise eyes as to why judge will acquit him of most serious charge while holding on to all other charges. is it because she like many others thinks that 25 years old manning has had not leaked information with general evil intent? it most certainly seems to be the very reason.

This scenario dose provoke a thought in many minds; the persons who put their lives at stake by disclosing official information that draws back the curtain from government wrong doings while knowing the price, is it right to convict them?!

The superhero film Genre in the previous few years has seen revolution at a remarkable pace. Movies like Superman, Batman and Spider man were rebooted successful that garnered huge success both at the box office and from Critics, at least the first two did. X-Men is another film that was liked by many film goers back in the day, many new X-men movies have been made following its first trilogy series going further to explain unexplained events from history and characters. The latest X-Men movie that explores the character of Logan that is to say Wolverine.

The Wolverine has been directed by James Mangold, a movie that portrays Hugh Jackman in a standalone role, no X-Men or anything else. James should be appreciated to put him out there on screen alone without support from any of X-Men members, which as compared to Iron Man, Thor or Captain America is a difficult feat to achieve. This standalone story is appreciable but all the same one has to admit that it lacks some charisma that was there in the X-Men series. What is even more frustrating is that nothing is wrong in this flick acting on part of Jackman is great as always, he dose deliver that dark pathos perfectly with which his fans identify themselves but still there is nothing more to it then just his intense Dreams and his anger filled fights.

The plot of the film starts right after the third installment of X-Men Trilogy series, Jean Grey is dead and Logan holds himself responsible as seen in his intense dreams. The story is based on a man named Yashida who happens to be the most Powerful man, aged and dying Yashida (who was once saved by Logan in Nagasaki atomic Bomb explosion during WW2) calls out to Logan via Yukia the teleporter. When Logan visit Yashida, he makes a request to Logan for his immortality which is obviously turned down. Yashida dies and at his funeral a gangster squad tries to abduct Mariko who is Yashida's granddaughter, and then ... wait! now i cant  tell you the whole story, can I ? you will have to see the rest of it yourself.

what i can tell you is that it will be really worth to spare some time to watch the movie, but then again i must say that to me Jackman as wolverine is perfect but still he will do allot more well being with other fellow mutants from X-Men. 

The Reluctant Fundamentalist Review

White House Down Review

In the previous couple of days Egypt has seen yet another epilogue of worst Crisis starting by coup against its first democratically elected president Morsi followed by strong protests by Defiant Muslim Brotherhood. It is not the first time that Military Generals have deemed it necessary to carry out coup d'etat to protect the national interest. But for what it was worth all we have seen yet is more instability along with surging number of deaths at the hands of Egyptian Army. For the last one week Cairo has been packed with the protesters Demanding the release of the ousted President. 

There is no doubt in believing that time ahead for Egyptians will not be an easy one they will have to face many difficulties. The Post Morsi Era will be that of an ideological Conflict between the Islamists and Secularists, an era that may be earmarked by intense struggle between the two to bring Egypt under their Factions ideology. One should not be naive to form an opinion that with President Morsi's ouster Political Islam lost its stronghold just as Brotherhood thought of Secularists when they came to power. 

What we have to understand is the notion that gave Military the mandate to come back to power was the public support that was neither Islamist nor Secularist. The public that wanted the same as at the time Mubarak's ouster, Political stability that will lead to public security along with economic stability. These were the real reasons for the ousters. Different Ideological factions may be able to manipulate circumstances to their advantage but truth is that the real reasons for the public turning against their Rulers is lack of Governance, Stability and economic prospects. 

In my view if Egyptians truly want stability to be restored they need to be tolerant enough to make some compromises that will lead to bridging the Huge gap that exists between two strong Ideological Factions that is to say Islamists and Secularists. Both Sides have to realize the bitter realities and think for the long term future ahead unless they don't want Egypt to be a stable and peaceful again

Friendship, what is it? is it something short term with little significance or contrary? In my view friendship should be something based on long term relationship; a relation that involves expressing yourself, your feelings easily, a relation that has honesty,selflessness, trust mutual understanding, compassion and never having to fear the judgment. These are the traits that most of friendships lack today, that my friendship lacked with someone and is the reason for me writing this article. 

Some people assume that the pillar of friendship is how much gifts you share, how much interests you have in common or things like that but what they forget to themselves is what is their role in making the relation strong? In my opinion friendship really is about reciprocation, its not just about what you want but what the other person wants from the relation? WE just expect our friends to be their for US no matter what? we expect them to be perfect  always and in doing so loose a relation that otherwise would have been a blessing for us. At least that is what happened to me!

Friendships should be free of greed, self interest and they should be above all Reciprocal, only this way we will be able to nourish and sustain our Friendship. Furthermore true friendship free of greed and selflessness results in paying dividends to which monetary riches can not be compared in any way. Most of the times reasons for the friendships ending are mistakes and misunderstandings. Speaking from personal experience, I regret all the factors that were involved in finishing a perfect Friendship and I hope my Readers here will not make the same mistake; just give some space to your friends for making mistakes, they are human too. 

According to modern studies especially those pertaining to sociology have termed Friendship to be the most important relationship in ones life, a relation that helps him/her get through life with ease, A true Friendship should never be allowed to end as it revitalizes our life and takes it to a whole new level!