And in a few weeks, the animated film Persepolis brings us Iran's Islamic revolution as seen through the eyes of a spunky cutie named Marjane.

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His name is Paul, and he is voiced by Seth Rogen, which tells you immediately that he is not the cutie from beyond.

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As with the Suhartos, the Birds and Papa's mistress, Cutie Francis, are sufficiently rich not to be too distressed if, as in Indonesia, the economy goes rotten.

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Father Albert Cutie, an Espiscopal priest who studies the Vatican, said it would be impossible to exclude every cardinal with a hand in the church's vast sex-abuse problem.

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It's Death Cab for Cutie day here at the BPP.

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It helps that the New Englander is far from a typical young alt-folkie he's recorded for Bright Eyes' label and toured with Beth Orton and Death Cab for Cutie and his stripped-wood voice implies resilience more than defeat.

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That it's so entertaining as it recounts the tumultuous 40-year marriage of an emotionally difficult 80-year-old Japanese Pop Artist and his onetime teenaged bride a union that has always been plagued by issues of money, alcohol and ego testifies to the tenacity of its director and the charisma of its subjects: Ushio (the Boxer) and Noriko Shinohara (Cutie).

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