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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Yesterday, while I was having dinner with some friends, one of them got a call on his cell phone from another friend, saying that his father had been kidnapped and murdered in the state of Guerrero…</p>

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<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; : A few years ago, I moved to Tucson. In said city, I noticed that there were little piles of stuff accumulated on the medians of the main roads. It looks like what was Dia de la Muertos paraphernalia—I’m not so gringo as to not know what’s up. These little piles of beads—sometimes piles big enough to have bikes—are obviously memorials to deceased family and friends. My question is this: Why the need to litter the medians or roadsides?</strong></p>

Beverly Hills, CA — Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, who won best supporting actor in 2008 for No County for Old Men, will have a second opportunity this year to take home another Oscar, this time in the Best Actor category for his performance as a low-life seeking reconciliation in his relationships as he faces death in director Alejandro Inirrutis Biutiful. Biutiful also received a nomination for Best Language Foreign Film of the year (Mexicos entry).