• "I really wanted to be a Jew, and then I found out that I was really a Nazi, because, you know, my family was German. Which also gave me some pleasure."

  

  Nazi sympathizer and director who isn't Mel Gibson, Lars Von Trier. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short) CANNES, France--Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier was condemned and declared "persona non grata" Thursday by the Cannes Film Festival for saying that he sympathizes with Adolf Hitler. Festival President Gilles Jacob said von Trier had been banned from the rest of this year's festival, although he would not elaborate if the filmmaker might be allowed back in future years. It was an unprecedented move by the festival that in 2000 bestowed its highest honor on one of von Trier's earlier films, "Dancer in the Dark." The filmmaker's comments had "stained the reputation for the festival" and its 28-member board of directors felt it had to respond, Jacob said. Von Trier's current film "Melancholia" remains in competition for all Cannes prizes--including the top Palme d'Or award--but if it wins any at Sunday's closing ceremony, he will not be allowed to attend. At a news conference for the film Wednesday, von Trier said in a rambling speech that he understood and sympathized with Hitler. He said afterward he had been joking and later issued an apology.

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• 1. The World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain, Las Vegas

  

  A bit more wonderful than weird, this chocolate fountain spurts out 120 quarts of molten chocolate every minute. You’d need a hell of a lot of marshmallows to soak that up… Link:http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-world-s-largest-chocolate-fountain

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