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UPDATE 1-Indian cinema on a mission at Cannes to dispel Bollywood image
Sun May 19, 2013 3:54pm EDT * Bollywood films have struggled at global box office * Four Indian films screened at Cannes film festival * Industry keen to lure investment to India (Adds Bombay Talkies premiere) By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, May 19 (Reuters) - Indian movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that their industry, which turns ...
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Bates raises creep factor
There have been many shows about towns full of pathological weirdos - Twin Peaks, of course, and Picket Fences and Eerie, Indiana to name a few. Bates Motel is definitely one of them. Uneven in tone from episode to episode, A&E's "contemporary prequel" to Hitchcock's Psycho airs its season finale Monday having nonetheless amassed a fair-sized list of creepy, ...
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Foley plays for laughs in Games
Can you image competing with your brothers and sisters for your inheritance? That's the premise of The Goodwin Games, a new comedy premiering Monday that stars Scott Foley, Becki Newton and T.J. Miller. Foley plays an uptight doctor, Newton plays an actress and Miller portrays an inept criminal. These three are siblings at war over a $23 million inheritance. Their eccentric father (Beau ...
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How do you organise your books
Tate Britain purely to look at some Turners in which case you could just follow the arrows to the Ts and give the Reynolds and the Stubbs a miss.Or you could curate an exhibition in the way I have arranged my books at home. Most people looking at my shelves might assume they were stacked randomly; but that is far from the truth. It's just that they are arranged in a way to reflect both the ...
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Television Review The Goodwin Games With Beau Bridges on Fox
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Television Review Motive New Crime Drama on ABC
Set in Vancouver in the same way ...
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The power of photography time mortality and memory
We take thousands of pictures nowadays, but do we still cherish them? We asked writers and artists, including Grayson Perry and Mary McCartney, to pick a shot they treasure - and tell us the role photography has played in their ...
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Visconti wins gruelling Giro stage
cycling is in dire need of a heroic figure who can capture the public's imagination and bring pizzazz and sponsorship money back into the sport. That gap - and its underlying reasons - was thrown into clear relief when the slightly truncated 14th stage of ...
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Musical world celebrates Wagners 200th birthday
BAYREUTH, Germany--Opera houses the world over are scrambling to pay tribute to Richard Wagner, the controversial German composer often referred to as Hitler's favorite, who would have turned 200 this ...
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Lets go Bulworth... If Barack Obama wants to act like a cinema president which films should he copy
Thankfully only the later part of that plot seems to have inspired Obama. The New York Times' Peter Baker reported last week that Obama had spoken "longingly of 'going Bulworth'" and telling it like it is.As Baker's story and other Obama moments have proven, it's not the only Hollywood plot available to those in the West ...
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Graham on one-hour orgasms
The Hangover star Heather Graham has detailed her past sex hang-ups in a revealing new movie screenplay. The actress admits she was scarred by religious teachings, which suggested that kids who had sex before marriage were on the fast track to hell. She says, "When you grow up Catholic and you're told that you're going to go to hell for having pre-marital sex, then how do ...
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Mellencamp-King musical to debut
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A musical by John Mellencamp, writer Stephen King and T Bone Burnett will debut in Bloomington this fall before embarking on a tour of 20 U.S. cities. "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County" will debut Oct. 10 at the Indiana University ...
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Dubai laborers stage rare strike for more pay
DUBAI (Reuters) - Thousands of workers employed by Dubai's largest construction firm, Arabtec, stayed away from work on Sunday to back wage demands, a rare labor protest in the Gulf emirate, where trade unions are banned, staff ...
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Photography top tips for storing and viewing your images
Printing your images out and putting them in an old-fashioned album with amusing captions, just like my Dad used to, is still my favourite way to look at family snaps. You could use an electronic photoframe, but I think they're a bit Alan Partridge, usually run from the mains and not very ...
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Hey British moaners Germans want to be more like us | Stephen Evans
Aaron Barschak had not only walked through security but he had climbed on stage next to the prince. The accounts got ever more colourful (and perhaps fanciful). It was said that the "comedy terrorist" had been directed by a policeman through Windsor Castle: It's just down there, Sir, first on the left.In America, this would have been a matter of great seriousness. The news anchors ...
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Ballroom dance contest inspires St. Louis-area 5th-graders
It's not often that the introductory notes of a rhythmic Argentine tango flavored with accordion, violin and percussion elicits a roar of excitement from a roomful of fifth-graders.The finals of St. Louis Dancing Classrooms is no ordinary affair.After 10 weeks of training twice a week, select St. Louis public and private schools from Normandy to Imperial competed for bragging rights as ...
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Nolan Bond 24 director
Batman trilogy director Christopher Nolan is reportedly in early talks to take charge of the next James Bond movie. According to Britain's Daily Mail, the filmmaker is in the middle of "informal talks" with Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. But insiders claim the negotiations aren't aimed at Nolan directing the follow-up to Skyfall; they're ...
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Trek sequel tops box office
Sci-fi movie "Star Trek Into Darkness" journeyed to the top of weekend box office charts as the latest voyage of the Starship Enterprise pulled in $70.6 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters. The new 3D installment in the "Star Trek" franchise knocked the mighty "Iron Man 3" to second place. The superhero sequel from Walt Disney Co’s Marvel Studios grossed ...
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Visconti in solo victory on snowy 15th Giro stage
COL DU GALIBIER, France - A superb solo ride up the grueling Col du Galibier gave Giovanni Visconti the victory in a weather-affected 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, while favorite Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall lead.Atrocious weather conditions once again altered the race course and heavy snow fell at the finish as Visconti won in a time of 4 hours, 40 minutes, 52 seconds, ...
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Leopold Konig wins Tour of California stage seven – video
Leopold Konig of the Czech Republic wins the seventh stage of the Amgen Tour of California on Saturday, with American Tejay van Garderen finishing third to retain the overall lead. The route covered 91.4 miles and finished with an 11.5-mile ascent to Mount ...
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Mohawk Girls series tells stories of once voiceless women
The director behind a TV series being shot in Kahnawake says she wants to show Canadians what it means to be a Mohawk woman. "I'm making a show about my own life, about my sister's life, my friends', my cousins'," says director Tracey Deer. The ...
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IPL Stats Delhi become first stage to lose 13 group matches in IPL
Here are the statistical highlights from the match between Pune Warriors India and Delhi Daredevils:# Pune Warriors' convincing win by 38 runs is their biggest by runs margin at the IPL, eclipsing the 28-run win over Mumbai Indians at Mumbai on April 6, 2012.# Pune Warriors have won two and lost three out of five played against Delhi at the IPL - winning% 40.00.# Delhi Daredevils became the ...
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Guns grenades and toy soldiers museum explores childrens war games
Johnny 7 One Man Army gun , which combined grenades and anti-tank weaponry and automatic firing with your more basic cap pistol. And more, all in one!You can't easily get one these days, but you can get a UK government-sanctioned enemy fighter figure, complete with pump action shotgun, combined assault rifle and sidearm pistol. All the items are part of a thought-provoking exhibition ...
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Visconti Wins Giro 15th Stage Nibali Retains Overall Lead
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Startups take the stage at statewide investor conference
Florida Venture Forum ’s Early-Stage Conference in the Orlando area.Eighteen startup companies presented at the conference at the Reunion Resort, including five with medical devices, biotech products and health-tech applications, and four with solutions for the bar and restaurant industry. Presenting from South Florida: ...
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Copenhagen leading the eco-charge
Copenhagen has, for many decades, been an extremely influential city in world affairs, most notably in the realm of environmental management and conservation activities. It is in Copenhagen that world leaders meet to agree on eco-friendly policies at the famous Copenhagen Accord, and the city will host mayors from around the world at the Copenhagen Summit. So what is the extent of the city’s leadership on such issues?
Copenhagen has long been considered one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world. In 1973 Denmark was the first country in the world to implement a national Environmental Law, and this paved the way for a strong combination of national and municipal legislation aimed at limiting the cities carbon footprint. Read more
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