Décès de Carlo Ponti, producteur de cinéma, mari de Sophia Loren.

Carlo Ponti, l?un des producteurs de cinéma les plus connus d?Italie et mari de l?actrice Sophia Loren, est mort à l?âge de 94 ans, a rapporté avant-hier l?agence de presse italienne Ansa. Ponti a produit des classiques comme La Strada, en 1954, et Docteur Jivago, en 1965. Ansa précise qu?il est décédé dans un hôpital genevois.

Hijabbing fun with Little Mosque on the Prairie.

The creators of a new Canadian sitcom, ?Little Mosque on the Prairie,? are hoping the TV show will strike a chord beyond the country?s borders as it portrays Muslims in a new light: funny. The comedy, about a small Muslim community in the fictional Prairie town of Mercy, aired on Canadian television this week to mostly favorable reviews and spectacular ratings. It concerns a community of devout Muslims and the inevitable misunderstandings that ensue when they interact with the locals in rural Saskatchewan.?Laughter is a universal language,? said Zarqa Nawaz, the hijab-wearing creator of the show whose previous films include ?BBQ Muslims? and ?Real Terrorists Don?t Belly Dance.? ?It?s important to get over this assumption that Muslims are not funny or they can?t take a joke or that we don?t have the same sort of relationships that anyone else would have.? The show generated a lot of attention even before its first episode. The buzz was likely due more to the idea of controversy rather than any real daring in the program.