'Help,' 'Bridesmaids' earn nods for producer award

In this film image released by Disney, Jeremy Irvine is shown in a scene from "War Horse." Producers Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg were nominated for nominated Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards for the film "War Horse." The winners will be announced on Jan. 21. (AP Photo/Disney, Andrew Cooper)

In this film image released by Disney, Jeremy Irvine is shown in a scene from "War Horse." Producers Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg were nominated for nominated Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards for the film "War Horse." The winners will be announced on Jan. 21. (AP Photo/Disney, Andrew Cooper)

In this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Company, Jean Dujardin portrays George Valentin in "The Artist." Thomas Langmann was nominated Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards for the film "The Artist." The winners will be announced on Jan. 21. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The historical epic "War Horse," the Deep South drama "The Help," the silent film "The Artist" and the wedding comedy "Bridesmaids" are in the running for top honors from the Producers Guild of America.

Also nominated Tuesday for the guild's big film prize are two George Clooney tales: the family drama "The Descendants" and the political saga "The Ides of March." Two Paris stories made the cut, the family adventure "Hugo" and the romantic fantasy "Midnight in Paris."

Rounding out the 10 nominees are the thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and the sports tale "Moneyball."

Animated contenders for the Jan. 21 awards are "The Adventures of Tintin," ''Cars 2," ''Kung Fu Panda 2," ''Puss in Boots" and "Rango."

Along with honors from other Hollywood professional groups such as actors, directors and writers guilds, the producer prizes help sort out contenders for the Academy Awards, whose nominations come out Jan. 24.

The Producers Guild field represents a heavy-hitting lineup of Oscar winners and nominees, including Steven Spielberg ("War Horse" and "Tintin"), Martin Scorsese ("Hugo"), Woody Allen ("Midnight in Paris"), David Fincher ("Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"), Alexander Payne ("The Descendants") and Bennett Miller ("Moneyball").

Besides starring in "The Descendants," Clooney multi-tasked on "Ides of March," directing, producing, co-starring and co-writing.

Among other Producers Guild nominees:

? Film documentary: "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest"; "Bill Cunningham New York"; "Project Nim"; "Senna"; "The Union."

? TV comedy series: "30 Rock"; "The Big Bang Theory"; "Glee"; "Modern Family"; "Parks and Recreation."

? TV drama series: "Boardwalk Empire"; "Dexter"; "Game of Thrones"; "The Good Wife"; "Mad Men."

? Long-form television: "Cinema Verite"; "Downton Abbey"; "The Kennedys"; "Mildred Pierce"; "Too Big to Fail."

? Live entertainment and talk TV: "The Colbert Report"; "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"; "Real Time with Bill Maher"; "Saturday Night Live"; "The 64th Annual Tony Awards."

? TV competition series: "The Amazing Race"; "American Idol"; "Dancing with the Stars"; "Project Runway"; "Top Chef."

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Producers Guild Nominees: Which Movies Made the Top 10?

Let the Oscar prognosticating begin! The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominees for best picture of 2011 -- and the top-10 list is usually a pretty good indicator of which movies will feel the love come Oscar time. In fact, last year 9 of the 10 movies to get PGA nominations also scored best-picture Academy Awards nods.

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Nigerian anger heats up as petrol prices rocket (Reuters)

ABUJA (Reuters) ? Nigerian motorists and unions vented their anger Monday at a sudden more than doubling of fuel prices, a day after government subsidies were removed in a sweeping economic reform that could trigger mass protests.

Opposition leaders, unionists and local rights groups have condemned the move by the state's fuel regulator, which they say will hike the prices of goods at a time when many Nigerians, the majority of whom live on less than $2 per day, already find basic commodities too expensive.

Economists have long argued the fuel subsidies were hugely corrupt, wasteful and simply bled money from the Treasury into the pockets of a group of wealthy fuel importers.

But their removal remains an explosive political issue. A lot of Nigerians see the subsidy as the sole benefit they get from living in a major crude oil producer.

Many fuel stations in the capital Abuja and main commercial city Lagos were shut Monday while they waited to figure out how to adjust their prices. Those that were open were jammed with queues and selling at prices of up to 150 naira ($0.92) per liter, up from a fixed price of 60 naira before.

"This is a bad New Year present from the government," said David Akpe, a motorist at pump in Abuja, as a queue of about 30 cars formed behind him. "What next?"

The measure risks bringing public wrath down on President Goodluck Jonathan, who says it is needed to reform the economy.

"Don't push us to the street; for we went to the street to make you president and would not like to go to the street to remove you as president!" the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), an opposition umbrella group, warned.

Responding to a call to demonstrate, about 500 people marched through the northern city of Kano with placards saying 'No to subsidy removal' and 'Jonathan wants to kill Nigerians'.

A few dozen protesters also occupied the area around Eagle Square in central Abuja. In a sign tolerance was likely to be limited for such protests in the capital, police dispersed people with teargas and made arrests, a Reuters witness saw.

The Trades Union Congress and Nigerian Labor Congress called Sunday for mass action to repeat strikes and street protests that thwarted previous attempts to end subsidies[ID:nL6E8C107B].

There has not yet been any major organized response.

Petroleum sector workers also rejected the price hike.

"The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) rejects (it) as totally unacceptable and a crass display of bad faith," they said in a statement Monday.

"We therefore urge all Nigerians to ... begin immediate mobilization for the struggle ahead."

JONATHAN RESPONDS

Jonathan released a statement saying he had appointed a committee to ensure the money saved in subsidies was well spent and to "dialogue with organized labor, civil society and stakeholders."

Many Nigerians worry that any savings will simply be consumed by corrupt politicians.

The committee would produce monthly savings estimates and make sure the funds are transferred to a special account in the central bank, which would fund poverty alleviation programs, Jonathan's statement said.

Lawmakers have been divided on the subsidy issue, leaving the future of the measure potentially still in doubt.

Senate spokesman senator Enyinnaya Abaribe said in a statement the Senate had not yet ruled on the subsidy removal, so it was still open to debate.

The subsidies were left out of the 2012 budget, which has yet to be voted on by both houses. To restore the subsidies, lawmakers would have to add them to the budget and find some way of paying for them, probably by cutting expenditure elsewhere.

"While it is true that there was no provision for subsidy in the 2012 budget proposal, the Senate ... is yet to reach a consensus on the matter," Abaribe said. Such a decision would "take cognizance of the general mood," he added.

Some people see sense in ending them.

"The people against the subsidy removal are the people who have been milking Nigeria," said retired banker Peter Madu. "The labor unions are just being selfish."

Nigeria produces more than 2 million barrels per day of crude oil, but a lack of investment in refineries and infrastructure means almost all of it is exported, while refined products such as gasoline have to be imported at great cost.

Going ahead with the plan will save the Treasury more than 1 trillion naira ($6.13 billion) in 2012, according to the government, which was heavily criticized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the wasteful use of public funds.

(Additional reporting by Tim Cocks and Afolabi Sotunde in Abuja, Mike Oboh in Kano, Chijioke Ohuocha in Lagos and Anamesere Igboeroteonwu in Onitsha; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Matthew Jones)

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President Zachary Taylor in Louisiana

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Are Global Market Forces Linked to Obesity Epidemic? (HealthDay)

THURSDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Nations with open trade policies have greater densities of fast food restaurants and higher rates of obesity than those with more trade controls, a new study has found.

"It's not by chance that countries with the highest obesity rates and fast food restaurants are those in the forefront of market liberalization, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, versus countries like Japan and Norway, with more regulated and restrictive trade policies," lead researcher Roberto De Vogli, an associate professor in the University of Michigan School of Public Health, said in a university news release.

For example, the analysis of data from 26 wealthy nations showed that the United States has 7.5 fast food restaurants per 100,000 people, and the density in Canada is 7.4 per 100,000. Obesity rates in the United States are 31 percent for men and 33 percent for women, and obesity rates in Canada are about 23 percent for men and women.

In comparison, Japan has 0.13 fast food restaurants per 100,000 people and Norway has 0.19 per 100,000 people. Obesity rates in Japan are 2.9 percent for men and 3.3 percent for women. Obesity rates in Norway are 6.4 percent for men and 5.9 percent for women, according to the study published in the December issue of the journal Critical Public Health.

The effect that market forces have on obesity is largely overlooked, according to De Vogli.

"In my opinion, the public debate is too much focused on individual genetics and other individual factors, and overlooks the global forces in society that are shaping behaviors worldwide. If you look at trends over time for obesity, it's shocking," he said in the news release.

"Since the 1980s, since the advent of trade liberalization policies that have indirectly . . . promoted transnational food companies . . . we see rates that have tripled or quadrupled. There is no biological, genetic, psychological or community level factor that can explain this. Only a global type of change can explain this," De Vogli stated.

More information

The U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases outlines the health risks of being overweight.

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