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Coca-Cola and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced they will expand a project leveraging the Company’s expansive global distribution system and core business expertise to help government and non-governmental organizations deliver critical medicines to remote parts of the world, beginning in rural Africa.

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Signalling Bentley’s return to the racetrack for the first time since its historic sixth Le Mans victory in 2003, Continental GT3 remains faithful to the company’s founding motorsport philosophy of developing racing cars from their road-going counterparts.

The new Continental GT Speed is a refined, luxury grand tourer but which, if the driver demands, has a distinctly hard-edged sporting character. With exceptional levels of accessible performance, the GT Speed, the fastest road-going Bentley ever, is a supercar that can be used every day, whatever the weather and road conditions. The Continental GT3 concept capitalizes on the performance, high-speed stability and renowned durability of Bentley’s iconic coupe, while tailoring its specification for the track with the adoption of a rear-wheel drive chassis in accordance with the regulations, state-of-the-art motorsport hardware and a comprehensive aerodynamic package. The dramatic livery of the car enhances the muscular, sculpted form of the Continental GT Speed while remaining proudly patriotic with the inclusion of Union flags.

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To introduce the Fall/Winter 2012 Collections, New Era created a unique pictorial to show the versatility of these unisex lines. Photographer, blogger, and fashion aficionado Nick Joseph (of TheCombined.com) curated the shoot enlisting the help of tastemakers and influencers. Joseph called upon four individuals to model the product how they would wear it. Featuring blogger Marcus Troy, Love+Made founder Linda Nguyen, UNDFTD head designer KB Lee and StyleSight contributing editor Jeanine Pesce, the shoot featured no stylists, no agencies and no studio – just real inspiration captured on location.

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Yasiin Bey, while onstage with his Black Star partner, Talib Kweli at a recent L.A. show, gave a subliminal shout to the people of Palestine, altering the lyrics to “Re: DEFinition” to include the line “Let’s get free just like the Palestinians.” Sama’an Ashrawi, had the chance to sit down for a quick follow-up interview with Bey, who shared a few more thoughts on the universal nature of struggle for balance and justice, regardless of geography.

Southern California lifestyle brand Orisue hooked up with Detroit emcee and producer, Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids for a special edition Fall ’12 style guide. Not only is he gearing up for the release of his new upcoming album and tour with Asher Roth and Kids These days but he’s also all geared up in Orisue’s new Fall ’12 collection.

In this self-styled photoshoot Chuck Inglish takes his own unique aesthetic with Orisue’s Fall ’12 collection which includes the latest jackets, vests, wovens and more and makes it next level.

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Brazil’s Capricho Magazine was turned into an amplifier to promote the country’s Coca-Cola.FM online radio platform. AgencySpy reports that JWT Brazil’s chief integration officer Mauro Cavalletti and his team at Group JWT launched the new print effort to celebrate the platform turning one year old. An ad ran on the inside cover of the magazine, with instructions on how to create the loudspeaker device for the iPhone.

Meet the mastermind behind a decade of elegance. From Tilda Swinton to Giovanna Battaglia, fashion’s leading ladies share their love for Alber Elbaz. Plus, the man himself reveals the secrets to transforming France’s oldest couture house and his desire to make dreams a reality.

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced the new PlayStation®3(PS3®) computer entertainment system, featuring a new design and a downsized form factor, will become available in the UK on September 28th and October 12th.

The new PS3 will come in two models, a 500GB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) version (launching September 28th), and a newly added 12GB flash memory model (launching October 12th).

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Screenings:

Sunday, September 30, 3:45pm (Alice Tully Hall)

Wednesday, October 3, 1pm (Francesca Beale Theater)

Monday, October 8, 3:15pm (Francesca Beale Theater)

Saturday, October 13, 8:30pm (Alice Tully Hall)

Venue: Lincoln Center, NYC

Series: NYFF50: Main Slate

Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I’m not sure much else needs to be said, but I’ll do so, anyway. Hyde Park on Hudson is a character-centered dramedy that shines a light on the June 1939 meeting of the 32^nd President of the United States and the King and Queen of England, the first ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America. In this historical take that puts a unique humanization on one of the most iconic leaders in world history, Murray plays FDR as a confident, complex, and roughish fellow that not only knows how to put an entire country at ease, but even more so knows how to command it. Yet, the focus of the movie is about FDR’s relationship with the many women in his life, from his overbearing mother Sara (Elizabeth Wilson, Quiz Show, 1994) to his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams, who co-starred with Murray in Rushmore, 1998) to his numerous lovers, all told through the point-of-view of Academy Award nominee Laura Linney, who co-stars as Daisy, a fifth cousin of Roosevelt’s and a neighbor of his at his upstate New York home from which he runs the country when he’s not in Washington DC.

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Screenings:

Monday, October 1, 6pm (Alice Tully Hall)

Saturday, October 6, 12:15pm (Alice Tully Hall)

Tuesday, October 9, 1pm (Francesca Beale Theater)

Venue: Lincoln Center, NYC

Series: NYFF50: Main Slate

The reunification of Germany occurred in 1990, just 11 months after the fall of the mighty Berlin Wall, which stood as a literal and figurative icon of the Cold War, dividing East Germany and West Germany by strict political and economic differences following World War II. Yet, in Barbara, the intense yet loving film that reunites director Christian Petzold  for the fifth time with title role actress Nina Hoss, it is still 1980 and that, itself, is a dangerous time to be living in East Germany. Dr. Barbara Wolff puts herself in an even more troubling position when she applies for an exit visa from the GDR (German Democratic Republic, aka East Germany) and as punishment is transferred from a prominent post in Berlin to a small backwoods pediatric hospital, and all her fellow doctors know why she is there. She is distrustful of them all. That distrust is compounded by the State Security officers (known as Stasi), who not only have her under constant surveillance but come into her home at indiscriminate times to search her room; they have reason to, as Barbara and her lover have plans to escape to Poland. The only people Barbara can trust are her patients, to whom she provides great healing and compassion, most notably is a young female runaway named Stella who will only allow Barbara to treat and visit her, and who has a secret that may just affect Barbara more than she initially realizes. Still, her glimmers of hopefulness get extended to Barbara’s attending physician Andre, whose sincerity, devotion, and own self-exile allows our heroine kinship, as well as a growing attraction.

While Barbara’s life and decisions are quite precarious, the film is never overly bleak like many other East Germany-based movies can be, and it is a solid and thought-provokingly made film about quiet heroism and freedom at a time and place in history when such principles were at a premium.

Limité Rating: 4/5

Director: Christian Petzold

Genre: Narrative, Drama

Country: Germany (Barbara is Germany’s official 2012 Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film)

Language: German, with English subtitles

Runtime: 105 min.

The 50^th New York Film Festival runs from September 28 – October 14, 2012.

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