/ HOW WOMEN WILL SAVE EUROPE | Newsweek BALL TLDS IE ml SECOND COMING AMERICA EXPECTS. CAN HE DELIVER?SEE ARTICLES FOR OREDITS Newsweek JANUARY 18, 2013 ‘I, Barack Hussein Obama ...’ These are gloomy times for a second inaugural. Can the president both reassure and inspire a worried public? ‘The Listener Kenzo's Cool How Women Will Yes, Joe Biden is Comeback Kids Save Europe gregarious. Buthe’salot ‘The fashion brand looks —_(If just enough of them more complicated than his _ to the skies. reach the corporate public persona. boardroom ...) ON THE COVER ‘Obama waits in the wings before being sworn in to office on Jan. 20, 2009. PHOTOGRAPH BY CHARLES OMMANNEYNEWSBEAST ‘That Speech Leading the Way Person of Interest The meaning of Jodie Indignant cleric marches U.S, Army Gen, David Foster’s moment. on Islamabad. Thousands Rodriguez: Obama’s pick By Michael C. Moynihan follow. to lead the war on terror By Jahanzeb Aslam in Africa. 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ANALYSIS ON NEWSWEEK'S WEB ANIMALLETTERS Newsweek PAUL KAGAME, WAR CRIMINAL? This is such an important, accessible piece by How- ard French. There have been a considerable number of investigations—by the U.N., Human Rights Watch, scholars such as Alison Des Forges, Scott Straus, Gé- rard Prunier, René Lemarchand, Filip Reyntjens, David and Catharine Newbury, and many others. Decisions by the Dutch, the U.S., the U.K., and other funders Dh aaNlS vs MRC over the years to pull out of Rwanda or to raise seri- ous concerns about their funding or work in country should be evaluated critically by all citizens. The doc- i 2B umentation regarding the abuses of the RPF against people within Rwanda and the DRC exists. The kind of “common sense” denial that is defensively articu- In response to the issue of lated by the RPF’s greatest supporters is reminiscent of those who argue global warming does not exist. For those who are interested, there are plenty of sources for reliable information. Grace0, via The Daily Beast THE LAST DIVE Man, that just looks like it would be fun. Wow. TagTang, via The Daily Beast @Newsweek | like the cover animation! Nathan Frandino, via Twitter @NathanFrandino THE LoGic OF HAGEL I needed this article. I confess to not knowing enough of this man’s background, but the boots-on-the- Newsweek JANUARY 18, 2013,LETTERS Findus on Facebook and Twitter Letters to the Editor, with the writer’s name and address, should. be emailed to letters@newsweek, com, They may be edited for space and clarity, ground experiences and the years past to allow reflec- tion and refining of his viewpoints are, in my opinion, exactly what I would want to see as qualifications for a candidate for this position. I'm in! Bill Kapaldo, via The Daily Beast YOUTH IN REVOLT Credit the Occupy movement and its brilliant young “leaders” for helping to inspire the youth of the world to stand up and be counted. truthteller_2, via The Daily Beast DREAMLINER’S NIGHTMARE Maybe I'm an optimist, but I’d expect a few bugs ina plane with such new technology. Yes, it’s a plane and not a toaster, but in five years no one will remember all of these startup issues. I do find it interesting that this story line is appearing in so many different main- stream news outlets. The average flyer has no idea what plane they're flying on and probably couldn’ t even de- scribe what makes a plane fly. JonnyBravo, via The Daily Beast DELHI, MONSTER METROPOLIS Mr. Dalrymple, you have started this piece by ad- dressing the issue of rape, but ended it by romanti- cizing the beautiful walled gardens of Delhi. I wish you could have made some constructive comments/ suggestions. TvishaAsrani, via The Daily Beast Newsweek JANUARY 18, 2013,NewsBeast wationat noteBoox That Speech The meaning of Jodie Foster’s moment. BY MICHAEL C. MOYNIHAN Newsweek JANUARY 18, 2013,SHE LAST directed a film called The Beaver, in which Mel Gibson communi- cates through a rodent hand puppet, but this didn’t deter Golden Globes judges from presenting actress Jodie Foster with the 2013 Cecil B. DeMille Award, in recognition of “outstanding contri- butions to the world of entertainment.” In a show of appreciation, Foster treated 20 million television viewers to a ram- bling, seven-minute acceptance speech during which she probably came out of the closet, possibly retired from acting, and surely confused her fans. Within minutes, the Twitter brigades were parsing Foster’s every on-stage ut- terance. Journalists spoke effusively of her “bravery” (Chicago Sun-Times) and her “strength and courage to be authen- tic” (The Huffington Post). During her sermon, NBC cameras hunted for weepy stars—this was a cultural moment— training them on Kate Hudson, Emily Deschanel, Marion Cotillard, and Anne Hathaway, as eyeliner ran and eyes welled with tears. Backstage, actress ed wi 8 SIRE: SS Her friendship with disgraced star Me! Lena Dunham told reporters that the — Gipson was just one of the surprises in speech was “mind-blowingly beautiful” Foster's speech, in which she also high- and “complex” and “wasn’t trying to lightedher children. hand you one moral.” ‘The rest of America seemed to miss Foster's mind-blowing complexity. CNN host Piers Morgan, never one to ignore a passing bandwagon, tweeted that he had “no idea what the hell Jodie Foster just did—but it was brilliant,” dem- onstrating Hollywood's promiscuity in praising its own, often for reasons it doesn’t understand. Newsweek JANUARY 18, 2013,Talking past ordinary Americans, and standing before millions, Foster rambled about the importance of “privacy” (while introducing her previ- ously anonymous children to the cameras). “Someday, in the future,” she declared, “people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was,” before the rapacious gossip press destroyed the simplicity of American celebrity. She made nod-and-wink references to her sexuality, leading to breathless news reports that she “came out of the closet” on national televi- sion. Well, maybe. In 2007 Foster publicly acknowledged her female part- ner, leading London's Independent to shrug that it was “hardly a secret in Hollywood that Jodie Foster is gay.” Even prior to her comments, websites like IMDB and Wikipedia listed Foster as “in a relationship” with film pro- ducer Cydney Bernard. Regardless of such niggling details, did anyone really believe this reve- lation, in 2013, would significantly hinder Foster's career? Like a universi- ty professor who converts to fascism only after being granted tenure, no one could punish her now; she was, let’s remember, receiving a lifetime- achievement gong. From the dais, she acknowledged her friendship with Mel Gibson-the closest she came to an actual demonstration of bravery— who has been credibly accused of anti-Semitism, violence against women, and religious extremism. But Gibson still managed a ticket to the Golden Globes, for he too has Hollywood tenure. ‘These days, thankfully, it’s those unaccepting of homosexuality who are more likely to see their careers damaged-provided they're untenured. In 2007 actor Isaiah Washington used a Golden Globes press conference to deny that he had directed an antigay slur at his Grey’s Anatomy costar TR. Knight, while again repeating the offending slur. Washington was soon fired from the show and his career evaporated, leading the New York Daily News to con- clude in 2009 that “homophobic comments make for bad career moves.” ‘The coherent bits of Foster’s speech—clichéd attacks on reality television, “selling out,” and the paparazzi—might have impressed her fellow actors, but there’s nothing that provokes American cynicism more than a roomful of at- tractive millionaires, swathed in Vera Wang dresses and Tom Ford tuxedos, complaining about fame and confusing solipsism for bravery. NW Michael C. Moynihan is culture editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Newsweek JANUARY 18, 2013