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Box Office Report Star Trek Into Darkness on Course for $83 Million Debut
took in roughly $22 million on Friday for a projected four-day debut of $83 million, in line with the opening of the director's 2009 reboot. The 3D sequel opened late Wednesday night in North America and has earned $25.3 million to ...
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Cannes Gregg Allmans Autobiography to Become a Movie
CBGB about the famous New York City rock ‘n’ roll club, which is being repped in the Cannes Film Market by The Exchange. They will ...
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Female politicians help block womens rights legislation in Afghanistan
Conservative religious politicians in Afghanistan blocked legislation today aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience.The fierce opposition highlights how tenuous women's rights remain a dozen years after the ousting of the hard-line Taliban regime, whose strict interpretation of Islam once ...
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OGara Relationship with Sexton has come full circle
Ronan O'Gara has dismissed any concerns about being appointed to coach his former Ireland rival Johnny Sexton at Racing Metro.The 36-year-old turned down the offer of a contract extension with Munster to join Racing where he will work as a specialist kicking coach, alongside ...
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Taoiseach to receive doctorate from Boston College
Taoiseach Enda Kenny will receive an honorary doctorate at Boston College next Monday. The event, which marks the 150th anniversary of the college, will take place in the college football stadium, with an attendance of more than 20,000.He has also been invited to give the commencement address to over 3,000 students of the graduating class of 2013.Earlier that morning, the Taoiseach will be a ...
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Ryanair defends employment terms against pilot complaints
Ryanair has become involved in a fresh row with disgruntled pilots over employment conditions.The Ryanair Pilot Group (RPG), which represents captains and co-pilots working for the airline, raised grievances over alleged changes to terms and conditions for aviators moving bases or undergoing command upgrades.Ryanair has said its pilots enjoy the best security of employment of any in Europe and ...
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Hollywood celebrities escape from California
American bloggers discuss the mass exodus of show business stars from California, where hundreds of expensive mansions were put up for sale at around the same time. Homes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlie Sheen, Charlize Theron, Cher, Harrison Ford, Heidi Klum and other celebrities are up for grabs. What is hidden behind this escape from the American ...
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Keys to an evening of classic entertainment
My duty starts around this time and goes on until 11pm with breaks. I play four sessions of 45 minutes. Playing piano is not very tiring for me; we used to practice six hours a day back home. I play a lot of pop music, Elton John, Sting and soundtracks of old musicals; it depends on the audience. When I come in I see what people are doing. If people are sitting close to the piano and are having ...
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Jewish music flavors a new production
May 18--Maybe you don't know where klezmer music comes from. But you probably know where it went. Think of the sinuous clarinet solo that pierces Benny Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing," right through its swinging heart. Or think of another big hit of the same era, "And The Angels Sing." Ziggy Elman's trumpet is practically speaking in Yiddish. In America, the ...
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Hollywood Actor Brad Pitt to Promote New Film in Moscow
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt is due to arrive in Moscow in June to promote his new film World War Z at the Moscow International Film Festival, the festival’s general producer has said. The 35th film festival will kick off with the premiere of the upcoming apocalyptic horror film, World War Z, to be attended by producer-star Pitt and film director ...
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Vocal acrobatics of La Donna del Lago an Olympic challenge
LONDON (Reuters) - Even with one of the world's most athletic opera singers at her side and plenty of practice, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reckons the latest London production of Gioachino Rossini's "La Donna Del Lago" is the challenge of a ...
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Native American actress proud to walk Cannes red carpet
Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol", becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since ...
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Matching Music To Color UC Berkeley Researchers Explain How Humans Associate Shades With Songs
a study headed by scientist Stephen Palmer , we are hardwired to associate anything from Mozart to Mumford & Sons with a particular hue from the color spectrum. Whether it's a classical composition or an indie pop ballad, we automatically make music-color connections based on how the various melodies make us feel. Not surprised by the findings? The study -- which prompted 100 ...
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Cannes Tonights Hollywood ReporterJimmy Choo Party for Fan Bingbing Moved to the Martinez
to the Martinez hotel ballroom, Acqua1, where Cannes' industry elite can enjoy a warm reception and feel free to wear their best cocktail attire (and shoes) without fear of being soaked to the ...
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Cannes Wim Wenders Will Avoid Baz-matazz on 3D Drama Every Thing Will Be Fine
"I don't want to criticize Baz's work in any way but our idea of 3D is very different. Our idea is not at all effect driven but character driven and story driven. All these American films and blockbusters use 3D as an attraction in itself, which we are not doing. Out idea is that the best 3D is where you forget after a few minutes that you are watching a film in ...
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Cannes Phase 4 Films Picks Up Snowboarding Doc From Lucy Walker
, as it documents Pearce’s recovery from injury while White goes on to Olympic glory. Phase 4 will release the film, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, during the winter of 2013. ...
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Billboard Music Awards Executive Producer Don Mischer Talks Sunday’s Show ‘This Show Is Big’
LAS VEGAS -- It's Friday afternoon, around 50 hours from the beginning of the months-in-the-making Billboard Music Awards, and in the darkened MGM Grand Garden Arena rehearsals for Justin Bieber and Will.I.Am's tag-team performance of "#ThatPower" are underway. The several dozen people working on the show are in a state of intense but cheerful alertness, bustling with purpose ...
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Passengers escape harm as airplane makes belly landing at US airport
A US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson says a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11pm Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing gear retracted at about 1am today.Anderson said the flight, being ...
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Tories under fire for swivel-eyed loons jibe at activists
David Cameron has given his backing to Tory co-chairman Lord Feldman after he denied being responsible for alleged comments describing grassroots party activists as "swivel-eyed loons".Lord Feldman said it was "completely untrue" that he made the remarks, which several newspapers reported as being made by an unnamed member of Mr Cameron's inner circle.A Downing Street ...
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Lights Camera Censorship Hollywood fed up with Chinese brick wall
USA China's film market is the world's second-largest, just behind the US, but those shooting a movie in China inevitably come to grips with state censorship. Industry insiders say it's killing the multi-million dollar film business. China recently became the largest foreign market for Hollywood. According to a report by Motion Picture Association of America, box office takings ...
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Agonizing family choice in Japanese film at Cannes festival
(L-R) Cast member Shogen Hwang, director Hirokazu Kore-eda, cast members Masaharu Fukuyama, Keita Ninomiya, Machiko Ono, Yoko Maki and Lily Franky pose as they arrive to attend a news conference for the film 'Soshite Chichi Ni Naru' (Like Father, Like Son) at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 18, ...
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Documentary Doin it in the Park is a loving ode to New York playground basketball
NEW YORK – Half-moon hoops, double rims, chain-linked fences for out-of-bounds lines and no net that anyone can recall. Such is the imperfect urban landscape of playground basketball, what many consider the truest expression of the sport. It's basketball without referees, coaches or sneaker deals. Anyone can play, so long as they call "Next." A new documentary, ...
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Cannes prostitutes can make $40000 … a night
CANNES, France – She was a blonde in a low-cut, tiger print dress, wearing six inch heels, sitting alone in the mirrored lobby of the Radisson Bleu hotel in Cannes, France. "Would you take my picture?" she asked FOX411, before directing several shots on her iPhone from several different angles. The woman then rushed out the door of the hotel and into the park across the ...
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Cannes Foreign Buyers Flock to Ryan Goslings How to Catch a Monster
will star in the modern fantasy-drama, for which Gosling has also written the screenplay. Warner Bros. acquired U.S. rights to the project last week, before it headed off to the Cannes market. Principal photography will begin this month in ...
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No big star wants to be associated with American Idol
Insiders believe 'American Idol' will struggle to attract A-List judges next season.While Randy Jackson has quit and producers are reportedly hoping to replace his fellow judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban to boost falling ratings next year, insiders believe they won't find it easy to attract top talent.A source told Naughty But Nice Rob: "No big star wants to ...
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