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Fraction of Michael Douglas’ cancer oral sex “

Michael Douglas.

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The other day reported Culture sweep of an interview in which actor Michael Douglas should have stated that he had cancer of oral sex. Douglas has – not surprisingly – managed to go through the roof and his spokesperson claims he is misquoted. Now, the Guardian published a recording of the interview, and leave the matter to us viewers to judge.

The best analysis is one of the commentators for the article. Freely translated: “The problem is just too much information.”

French museum billion

It is a pompous orders pending the new landmark in this year’s Capital of Culture in Marseille. Today inaugurates French President François Hollande le Musée des civilizations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (Mucem). The goal is that the museum will attract 300,000 visitors and transform the city Marseilles tarnished image.

It’s probably best that. The museum, which then opens only now that Marseille have had time to harvest half the season as Capital of Culture, has cost the giant 167 million – 1.4 billion. It is funded by the state at 65 percent, and the remaining sum of local and regional resources. On Friday released into the public. May it be a run on the building (44,000 square feet) that also symbolizes Marseille’s historic role as a hub in the Mediterranean culture.

Sweden’s best album of all time

Tina Nordenstam 1990.

Photo: Dan Hansson

In their latest issue lists music magazine Sonic the top 100 Swedish discs ever. The list, according to Aftonbladet reviewer and Sonic editor Håkan Steen, based on “opinions from people who know music from different directions.”

Gold Medal may Stina Nordenstams “And she closed her eyes” from 1994. A little exciting choice – but the rest of the list does not offer any surprises. Second is for example a certain circumscribed Gothenburg lord.

I hope people do not attach too much importance to the scheme. We wanted to highlight the music that has been neglected and older music that stands up well, says Håkan Steen in Aftonbladet.

Abba? Appears only in tenth place.

Author crushes TV viewers’ hearts

George RR Martin, author of “Song of Ice and Fire”, the model of the HBO series “Game of thrones”.

Photo: Nathan Denette

Weekly episodes of “Game of thrones” has traumatized fans worldwide. Social media boils with weeping, gnashing of teeth and promises of redundant HBO subscriptions.

We will not reveal too much here, but for those inclined Entertainment Weekly has a spoiler-filled interview with author George RR Martin. There he speak to point to why it was happening to happen. A study in the dramaturgical courage. Also read the Wired and The Guardian’s excellent (and equally spoiler filled) discussion on topic.

Report from torn Afghanistan

U.S. troops in Afghanistan faced escalating resistance in the past month. The Atlantic’s In Focus photo blog continues its reporting with a gigantic compilation of fresh photojournalism from the war. Beware of strong images

Julian Assange gets book reviewer

The other week dismissed SvD’s Sam Sundberg book “The New Digital Age” by Google bigwigs Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen. It looks like there “turkey-like science fiction,” he wrote in a column.

Today publishes The New York Times a related but even nastier text book. Schmidt and Cohen’s vision is described as an updated version of George Orwell’s “1984″.

What is remarkable, however, is not the actual review, but who wrote it. Reviewer is namely Julian Assange – WikiLeaks founder, who will soon celebrate one year as inherent in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Assange has famously had its fair share of conflict with the U.S. government. It is therefore not surprising that he sees traces of U.S. government on almost every page of “The New Digital Age.” In his eyes, the book is not a rash of clueless technology optimism, without a declaration of a deadly alliance between Google and Washington.

(Lite) blood and guts but no heart in Brad Pitt’s new movie

Brad Pitt.

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SvD culture have previously reported on the troubled filming of Brad Pitt’s zombie action “World War Z”. The film gets its Swedish premiere first on July 12, but already has the first reviews fallen in, and it is a divided critics who have seen the film.

Total Film writes Paul Bradshaw that although zombies are most often looks like a bunch of angry football fans on a Saturday night, there has never been a more impressive collection of carnivores on the big screen. Finally seeing the zombie apocalypse credible even in large format. But the 13-year limit makes it a remarkable bloodless apocalypse. Bradshaw lacks not only more guts – the film’s story also suffers from a lack of heart.

Robbie Collin in the Telegraph thinks it is a pity that the film did not include the romanförlagans satirical elements and tells parallel solution. In places, he sees a straight, uncomplicated thriller on a global scale. But, he writes, “Quantom of Solace” director Marc Forster does his best to patch up a working history by challenging conditions – after seven weeks of additional recordings determined that the third and last act was rewritten completely. The end result is a kind of thorough failure – as pasting a tragic teapot where the missing pieces replaced with pieces from a vacuum cleaner.

The Times gives Kate Muir film three out of five rating and writes that despite the film’s budget of $ 200 million will be “World War Z” more a typical action blockbuster than a fright fest. However, while the film spectacular crowd scenes with Jerome Boschska qualities but lacks meat content – both emotional and cannibalistic nature.

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