News from the thin line between imagination and reality: loosely political edition

Apocalypto OK for kids. Or is it?: That's the question in Italy, where a court has barred children under 14 from seeing the film. Reuters notes that Italian censors had previously declared the film child-safe, and that folks of any age can currently see it in Russia.

Mockumentary tries Tony Blair for war crimes: The Trial Of Tony Blair, airing in Britain on Jan. 15, will apparently be a more satirical cousin of another Channel 4 film, Death Of A President. (Via Associated Press.)

Folks care about musical history, in their own little way: The Associated Press finds that a photo of Elvis Presley shaking Richard Nixon's hand is the document most requested from the National Archives.

 
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