15 June 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 15 Jun 2010 Waxman v. Big Oil will see the entire industry go on trial today. Obama to give his first Oval Office address tonight, likely to provide "realism and hope" about BP. Also: Tonight's speech will show how committed Obama plans to be about energy legislation. Op: Obama should back regime change in Iran with communications support. State of reform in Iran: demoralized, repressed, and numbed. For the second year in a row, the $5 million Ibrahim Prize for African leadership will go to no one. Following governmental failure to communicate, recovery information now passed to Haitians via soap opera. Film teacher tours filmmaker Jørgen Leth's abandoned Haiti home. Video: The Bechdel test measures whether movies feature women talking to women about something other than men. Lost's executive producer writes a treatment for the BP crisis: Armageddoner! The future of film criticism in light of a) the history of film criticism, and b) the internet. Searches for censorship rules, Apple reconsiders graphic novel treatments of Ulysses and The Importance of Being Earnest. Video: Brazil's Twitter-ed irritation with a soccer announcer becomes a hoax to save birds. Perrier inventor not able to distinguish Perrier in repeated blind tests--but that doesn't mean he doesn't like Perrier.
