2009-08-02
China-based cyber attack hits Australia film festival site (Reuters)
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A China-based cyber attack on Saturday shut down online bookings for a leading Australian film festival, days before a controversial visit by a leading critic of Beijing, organizers said.
The attack on the Melbourne International Film Festival's site is the second in just a few days. It comes after Beijing on Friday summoned Australia's ambassador to protest at Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer's planned visit to the festival.
Festival spokeswoman Asha Holmes said a site in Chinese had been discovered carrying instructions on how to attack the festival's site. ( www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au )
"It is definitely China," she said, but added the attack did not appear to be led by the Chinese government but by a group of Chinese citizens.
The festival is to show "The 10 Conditions of Love" -- a documentary about Kadeer's relationship with activist husband Sidik Rouzi and the effects on her 11 children of her push for more autonomy for China's 10 million mainly Muslim Uighurs, who mostly live in northeastern Xinjiang province.
Kadeer, who lives in exile in the United States, has denied Chinese government claims she organized protests last month which turned into Xinjiang's worst ethnic violence in decades.
On July 5, Uighurs attacked Han Chinese in the regional capital of Urumqi after police tried to break up a protest against fatal attacks on Uighur workers at a factory in south China. Han Chinese in Urumqi launched revenge attacks.
Holmes said that despite the cyber attack, in which fake accounts were used to make massive fake online bookings and show films as sold out when they were not, Kadeer's visa had been granted and her visit would go ahead as planned from Wednesday.
However, it had been a major headache for the festival, Holmes said, as 60 percent of its bookings were normally generated online.
Three Chinese films have been withdrawn from the festival in an apparent boycott.
Ties between Beijing and Canberra have been strained recently by the detention in China of four staff of mining giant Rio Tinto over accusations of commercial spying.Pooja Kumar in OK! Magazine for 'Bollywood Hero' Premiere
Pooja Kumar struts her stuff outside the premiere of "Bollywood Hero" alongside co-star Chris Kattan. Check out the pictures from OK! Magazine that show Pooja Kumar at the premiere screening of the IFC mini-series "Bollywood Hero."
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Eminem Slams Mariah Carey Back with 'The Warning'
Well with that out on the road, Eminem the crazy lyricist, has responded to Mimi with his track "The Warning".
The lyrics have completely blown fans of both artists out of the water. It has put Mariah out there, in all possible verbal ways you can fathom.
Check out the lyrics of what he said in his single:
"Wow Mariah, I didn't expect her to go balls out,
B***h, shut the f**k up before I put all them phone calls out you made to my house,
When you was wild n out before Nick when you was on my d**k and give you something to smile about.
I just think this is funny when I pounce you on a rhyme. But it now i'm about to draw the line.
And for you to cross it that's a mountain that I doubt you wanna climb."
Wow, can you imagine the look of Mariah's face if she hears this? Well as controversial and embarrassing as these lyrics may sound the question many are asking is, if these lyrics are true?
Eminem is renowned for his raunchy lyrics always, humiliating someone in the most public and hilarious forms. I mean he came in to the entertainment scene with popular lines targeted to his girlfriend Kim who he really disrespected. He technically even disrespected his mother. Hence many are asking why Mariah would open a can of worms.
Well the can is far more than open, in fact the worms of this said relationship and all the drama attached to it is all over the entertainment world.
Well Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon has been officially warned by the Shady. Saying in his lyrics that he has pictures too and even included a voice over that sounded like Mariah. Is this really her?
So the butterfly princess has two choices. One ignore the Shady ,the wiz of dissing and say in fact that "Obsessed" was just about the mean girls movie. Or two, gather all her butterfly jewelry and her glitters and replace them with combat facial marks and army boots.
Do you think Mariah should back down? Drop comments below.
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Media criticism upsets Kareena Kapoor
When asked about the harshness of the film, Kareena responded, “Come on, it was just a movie. We were not developing any rocket science there. However, I guess some people did take it all personally and equated 'Kambakkht Ishq' to World War III.”
Kareena seems to have a hard time with the criticism. She said that she does “tend to get upset and depressed when people try to pull me down. Sometimes it just comes from nowhere and you end up feeling that what did you really do so wrong to be facing such criticism.”
The actress explained that when she’s down, she turns to her loyal friends and family members that she keeps around her. They are the supporters who help her keep her chin up. She also perked up when talking about boyfriend Saif, “And then of course there is Saif. He has been around for so long and keeps me happy and smiling. Yes, there are detractors, but then there are supporters as well. After seeing Bollywood business closely for so long, I try not to take things too seriously.”
The actress may be upset but she can see a brighter future. She concludes, “But then I understand that there could be a phase in one's life when you get attacked from all corners. It's fine because I know it will pass.”
Kareena may be crying now, but with three upcoming releases, “Qurbaan,” “Main Aur Mrs. Khanna” and “3 Idiots”, we think she’ll cheer up soon.
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