Daily Mail
Pint-sized diva ballerinas brawl on stage as toddlers' adorable dance recital turns ugly
Two young girls got their tutus in a twist on stage at their very first dance recital. YouTube user ExGaming28 caught all the adorable action on film, capturing what will most likely be remembered as daughter Freya's first foray into martial arts.
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New York Times
Joe Ricketts Finds New Role in Anti-Obama Campaign
Joe Ricketts’s support for a film shows how the more strident attacks against President Obama continue to find backing even as Mitt Romney’s campaign seeks to focus on the economy.
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Mashable
11 Hilarious ‘Men in Black’ Parodies
A few weeks ago we found out a lot of people like to dress up with their friends as the Avengers? It turns out, a lot more of you like the Men in Blac…
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perez hilton
Oliver Stone Unleashes Incredible Savages Photos with Blake Lively, John Travolta, Salma Hayek & Benicio Del Toro!!
Time to ravage these Savages!!
Oliver Stone has just released some pretty fabulous photos from time spent on his EXPLOSIVE new film Savages!!
To refresh those minds, this is the film starring Salma Hayek, John Travolta, Blake Lively, and Benicio Del Toro.
And this is the film where Blakely gets kidnapped and tortured after her two [...]
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omg
Jon Favreau starring in but not directing "Iron Man 3"
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jon Favreau may have ceded directing duties on "Iron Man 3" to Shane Black, but the man who helped launch Tony Stark onto movie screens will still be involved in the upcoming sequel. The director of the first two Iron Man movies will return as Stark's chauffeur and personal assistant Happy Hogan, Favreau's publicist confirmed to TheWrap. In addition to ferrying Rober...
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Irish Times
As Cannes winds down, 'Twilight' team get their teeth into selling new projects
AS THE Cannes Film Festival wound into its closing weekend, the celebrities continued to flock to La Croisette. Last night Robert Pattinson, star of the Twilight vampire series, trod the red carpet for the premiere of David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis.
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New York Times
A Word With: Michael Haneke: Michael Haneke Discusses ‘Amour’ at the Cannes Film Festival
The director Michael Haneke discusses “Amour,” a strong contender for a top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Huffington Post
Xaque Gruber: The Hits of Pat Benatar Fire Up Invincible: The Legend of Billie Jean, The Musical
In the basement of Casita Del Campo, you'll find The Cavern Club, a haven of some of Los Angeles' most creative, colorful, underground theatre including the musical adaptation of the 1980s cult film The Legend Of Billie Jean.
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Los Angeles Times
Edward Cullen who ? Focus, people, this is 'Cosmopolis'
Robert Pattinson wasn't talking "Twilight" at the Cannes Film Festival news conference for "Cosmopolis." The film's director, David Cronenberg, seemed to want to keep the blood-sucker talk to a minimum.
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Daily Mail
Labour of love: Filmmakers wade through 5,000 archive photos to create couple's journey from first kiss to last breath in one minute
It took a Brazilian film company six months of painstaking research and an inexhaustible supply of patience to string together this promotional clip for the Getty Images agency.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Hysteria: a vibrator film you can bring your mom to
Frank conversations about female sexuality are happening more and more in movies and TV shows these days. The movie Hysteria takes a comic approach
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The Nation
Weighty war drama takes Cannes to heart of darkness
CANNES, France - A bleak morality tale of treason, revenge and dignity, played out in the forested wilds of Nazi-occupied Belarus during World War II, injected a chilling note to the Cannes race on Friday.
“In the Fog”, the austere second feature film by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, is set on the Western frontier of the Soviet Union in 1942, where local partisans have risen up ...
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Daily Mail
Meet the Fokkens: Documentary about twin 69-year-old prostitutes Louise and Martine
Louise and Martine, who are veterans of Amsterdam's famous Red Light District, star in the documentary Meet the Fokkens, set to make its debut at New York's Film Forum festival this summer.
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Entertainment Online
Star Wars Celebrates 35th Anniversary: Revisit the Franchise's Greatest Moments Ever
Feeling the force? You should be: Star Wars is 35 years old today.
On May 25, 1977, the first film in the original trilogy, titled simply Star Wars, hit theaters. (Beginning in...
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Entertainment Online
Avant-première de Men in Black III : Josh Brolin, Alice Eve et d'autres nous dévoilent les secrets du film !
Presque 15 ans après que les premiers Men in Black ont amené les aliens au box-office, les hommes en costard reprennent officiellement du service.
Préparez-vous à...
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BoingBoing
Every Heath Ledger scene in Dark Knight
The Cussing Channel has produced a Dark Knight Joker supercut, featuring all the on-camera Heath Ledger scenes. It rather stopped me in my tracks -- Ledger really put in an astounding performance, something that is underlined three times in red by ten straight minutes of Ledger doing his thing. Rules: Just The Joker, just the [...]
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China Daily
Kidman 'oversexed Barbie Doll' in film
Nicole Kidman plays an "oversexed Barbie doll" in the hard-hitting murder drama "The Paperboy", premiering at the Cannes film festival and notable for arresting scenes of sex, violence and urination.
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Le Figaro
Cosmopolis , les palmes du Figaro
90 SECONDES CROISETTE - Les critiques du Figaro , du Figaro Magazine et de Madame Figaro notent le film de David Cronenberg.Articles en rapportLeconte : «Mon premier film d'animation»Cosmopolis ramène Cronenberg au premier planDans la brume : les palmes du groupe FigaroBernard-Henri Lévy : «En Libye, Sarkozy s'est conduit avec grandeur»Ces plages privées de la Croisette
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lesoir
« Cosmopolis », le spectre du capitalisme
Le film du jour Inspiré du roman de Don DeLillo David Cronenberg a écrit « Cosmopolis » en six jours. Un maîtrise remarquable et un l...lire la suite
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Le Point
Fête du film de Reygadas: contrôle des douanes et saisie de mezcal
La fête du film de Carlos Reygadas, en course pour la Palme d'or, a été...
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Telegraph
Cannes 2012: The Palm Dog: a prize for four-legged friends
The award for the best canine performance in any film at Cannes Film Festival went to Smurf the terrier from the film Sightseers.
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Entertainment Online
Kim Kardashian Glams Up, Joins Gerard Butler, Heidi Klum and More for Cannes amfAR Gala
In addition to all the movies, the Cannes Film Festival is home to some of the hottest parties of the year.
But one in particular on Thursday night was also for a very worthy...
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Le Figaro
Bob Marley, la bande-annonce du documentaire
VIDÉO - La vie de la légende reggae va être retracée à l'écran par le réalisateur Kevin McDonald. Le film sortira en France le 13 juin prochain.
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Daily Mail
Cannes 2012: Arta Dobroshi has a Marilyn Monroe moment as her skirt flies up to bare her cheeks at photocall
It was her big day to shine as she joined the rest of the Hollywood stars at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Domainnamewire
What domains Kanye West and others bought this week
Kanye West buys domain name for new short film. Kanye West has made some interesting naming decisions in the past. So let’s give him credit for buying CruelSummer.com for $3,000. Cruel Summer is the name of his new short film. Here are some other end user domain buys from the past week. All sales took [...]
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CNN
Kanye West debuts short film at Cannes
Kanye West premiered his much-discussed short film/art installation "Cruel Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival last night.
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FAZ
Giorgos Karagounis: Der Freund des Schiedsrichters
Mit dem Debüt von Otto Rehhagel begann 2001 die Karriere von Giorgos Karagounis. Beim griechischen EM-Titelgewinn wurde er zur tragischen Figur - und vier Jahre später zum besten Nebendarsteller in einem Film. Teil 2 des FAZ.NET-EM-Countdowns.
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DieZeit
Film: Sandra Bullock kennt den Griff ins Klo
<img style="float:left; margin-right:5px" src="http://images.zeit.de/news/../publishedPictures/jpeg-14817200BCC94D3A-20120525-img_36721602_onlineBild.jpg-148x84.jpg"/>München (dpa) - Schmutzige Männerjobs bergen für die Schauspielerin Sandra Bullock (47) keinen Schrecken.
«Mein kleiner Sohn und ich wohnen allein im Haus. Also mache ich die ganzen Männersach...
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AP
Canine stars compete for Cannes' Palm Dog
CANNES, France (AP) -- Move over, Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman. The Cannes Film Festival's four-legged stars are in the spotlight with the contest for the event's best canine performance....
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USA Today
Pattinson: Vampire baggage in Cannes
His film is 'Cosmopolis.' People keep asking about 'Twilight'
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BBC
Star Wars: Wales' hidden history
On the 35th anniversary of Star Wars, a look at some lesser-known links between the film franchise and Wales, from the Millennium Falcon to the Phantom Menace.
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Times LIVE
Media granted conditional access to censors hearing on 'The Spear'
The media will be allowed conditional access to observe the Film and Publication Board's hearing on Brett Murray's "The Spear" painting, it said on Friday.
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BBC
AUDIO: Plan B: 'There are idiots everywhere'
Plan B talks to Evan Davis about class and social exclusion ahead of the release of his new film Ill Manners.
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Gala
Zac Efron + Nicole Kidman: Heiße Premiere in Cannes
Ausgerechnet die mit einem braven Image ausgestatteten Schauspieler Zac Efron und Nicole Kidman sorgen mit ihrem Film "The Paperboy" in Cannes für einen kleinen Skandal
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WirtschaftsWoche
Film über bin Laden: US-Regierung soll mit Hollywood kooperiert haben
Die Republikaner wittern einen Skandal für den Wahlkampf: Geheimdienst und Verteidigungsministerium sollen für einen Film über die Tötung von Osama bin Laden Hollywood eine enge Kooperation angeboten haben.
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The Sun
Leg and boob-bombing? Kim Kardashian Cannes
REALITY show star flashes pins and cleavage as she steps up the glamour at Cannes Film Festival
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science blogs
Kommentar von Werner bei "Lichtnahrung und Weltuntergang: Wenn irrationaler Unsinn Menschen umbringt " (Astrodicticum Simplex) am 25.05.2012
Der Autor hat etwas Irrationales vergessen: die heutige "Physik"! Sie ist seit Jahrzehnten unterwandert von irrationalen Ihnalten die mit der klassischen, mechanistischen Physik die auf Ursache/Wirkung aufbaut, nichts mehr zu tun haben. Z. B. Quantenphysik, Welle-Teilchen-Dualismus. Da soll es ein Objekt (Teilchen) und mindestens 2 Orte des Teilchen zur selben Zeit geben (Welle). Wie kam es da...
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Eurosport
Wrc - Rallye de Grèce - Latvala et les autres
Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) a pris la tête du Rallye de Grèce après avoir signé le meilleur temps des trois premières spéciales de l'étape 1. Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) suit à 3"3. Mikko Hirvonen (Citroën) est relégué à près de 15 secondes. Retrouvez le film de l'étape 1 spéciale par spéciale.
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Entertainment Online
Cannes 2012: Kanye West und Kim Kardashian gemeinsam auf dem Red Carpet
Nachdem sie zuvor bereits gemeinsam auf Diddys Jacht-Party abgefeiert hatten, waren Kim Kardashian und Kanye West wie erwartet auch auf dem roten Teppich des Cannes Film Festivals...
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Los Angeles Times
French movie touches global audience
'The Intouchables,' a comedy about a quadriplegic, white Parisian millionaire who hires a black Senegalese troublemaker as his attendant, has taken in some $340 million outside the U.S.The meteoric performance of"The Avengers"has been the buzz of Hollywood in recent weeks, with the superhero film zooming to more than $1 billion in worldwide receipts in just 19 days. But the real box-office shoc...
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Los Angeles Times
Movie review: Opposites attract in buddy film 'Intouchables' |
Daily Telegraph
Mini-Me on Heath's tragic death
ACTOR Verne Troyer says returning to the film set after the death of Heath Ledger was "the most difficult thing I’ve had to do".
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Times LIVE
FILM REVIEW: 'The Rum Diary'
Based on a thinly veiled autobiographical novel by Hunter S Thompson, which was only published in 1998, director Bruce Robinson's film is a difficult piece of gonzo worship.
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webwire
Keyframe Communications Selected as Multiple Winner in 33rd Annual Telly Awards
London, Ontario – May 24, 2012 – The Telly Awards has named Keyframe Communications Inc . as a Silver and double Bronze winner in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards. With ne...
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news.com.au
Top sci-fi fantasy horror film named
THE top 100 science fiction, fantasy and horror movies of all time have been voted for in a new poll by SFX magazine.
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physorg
Sound increases the efficiency of boiling
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology achieved a 17-percent increase in boiling efficiency by using an acoustic field to enhance heat transfer. The acoustic field does this by efficiently removing vapor bubbles from the heated surface and suppressing the formation of an insulating vapor film.
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Le Figaro
Robert et Kristen sont-ils vraiment Robsten ?
OUI : on les a vus s'embrasser au Baron. C'est le gossip du jour, voire de la Quinzaine : les deux vampires se sont croqués publiquement pour de vrai, hier, à la party du film Sur la route (dans lequel...
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Times of India
It takes 25 directors in 5 continents to make a film
It is exactly the kind of thing some channels would have called ‘breaking news’—a backpack travels the world on its own. Two years ago, the globe-trotting green military backpack in question even made a stopover outside a mall in Andheri.
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Daily Telegraph
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West kiss for the cameras
KIM Kardashian and Kanye West made a show of kissing for the first time in public Wednesday night at the Cannes Film Festival.
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China Daily
Xi'an to host Silk Road film festival
A weeklong international film festival about folk and custom along the ancient Silk Road will be held from May 24 to 30 in Xi'an.
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National Post
Film Review: Men in Black 3
(3 stars) Fifteen years later, audiences still remember the shiny neuralyzer, the slimy aliens, the zippy one-liners and the young wise-cracking cowboy paired with the strict, stony veteran
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Huffington Post
David Morales, "Golden Era": Dance Music Legend Releases Video For Track Featuring Roisin Murphy (VIDEO)
Shutter shades, t-shirts, jeans and sneaks: Blame LMFAO, but our go-to dance-party outfits aren't what they used to be. In his new music video for "Golden Era," dance music legend David Morales looks to turn back the clock to a time when a night out meant looking good and engaging in some very dignified fun. "I decided to do a video for 'Golden Era' because the song lends itself to a story," Mo...
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Rolling Stone
Kanye West Debuts Short Film 'Cruel Summer' at Cannes
Kanye West premiered his much-discussed short film/art installation Cruel Summer at the Cannes Film Festival last night Starring Kid Cudi as a car thief who falls in love with a blind Arabian princess the clip is the project he was reportedly working on in the Middle East in February The...
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People
Zac Efron Is Uncomfortable & Excited About Sexed-Up New Movie Role
The actor stars in The Paperboy alongside Nicole Kidman, a film she calls "raw" and "dangerous"
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ElPais
"When I make a film I make an object with a hollow inside"
Film director Jaime Rosales talks about his new film Sueño y Silencio
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Wired
35 Years After Star Wars, Effects Whiz Phil Tippett Is Slowly Crafting a Mad God
In a warehouse space in a picturesque neighborhood, Star Wars visual effects genius Phil Tippett is toiling away on a passion project called Mad God, an experimental animated film that he might never see completed.
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Washington Post
Cannes Film Festival 2012: Stalled in the past, with few surprises
Cannes, France —Whether it’s the weather, the traffic or the movies, perhaps the best word to describe the Cannes Film Festival this year is “stuck.”
From the outset, when organizers announced the directors competing for the festival’s top honor, Cannes seemed stalled in a past era: Of the 22 films competing for the Palme d’Or this week, not one is directed by a woman, a nod to the mythical ima...
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FOXnews
Kristen Stewart defends controversial threesome scene in film adaptation of 'On the Road,' report says
Kristen Stewart is under fire for appearing topless and in a threesome in her new movie, "On the Road," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday.
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American Scientist
Revenge of the Weeds
It's a story suited for a Hollywood horror film, yet it's also a tenet of evolutionary biology. Introduce a toxin to a system, and you inevitably select for resistant survivors. These few individuals gain a reproductive advantage and multiply; sometimes they can't be stopped with even the most potent chemicals...from the Scientist (Registration Required)
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AP
Mexico's Reygadas brings surrealism to Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- As the credits rolled on the first Cannes Film Festival screening of Mexican director Carlos Reygadas' new film, someone in the audience shouted, "Viva Bunuel!"...
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APA-OTS
AUSTRIA 9 erfolgreich in der Prime-Time: "Agent 00 - mit der Lizenz zum Totlachen" mit 1,2 % MA und "Hart aber herzlich" mit 1,4 % MA
Wien (OTS) - Am Mittwochabend, 23.05, ließen sich bis zu 26.000
ZuseherInnen (12+) den Spaß mit Leslie Nielsen als chaotischer Agent
00 nicht entgehen. Der Film erreichte einen Marktanteil von 1,2 % in
der werberelevanten Zielgruppe der 12-49-Jährigen. Im Anschluss
erzielte die mehrfach für …
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BBC
Minogue movie the talk of Cannes
A French film in which Kylie Minogue makes a cameo appearance has emerged as a dark horse contender to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Heise
Ultraviolet: Geräteübergreifende Video-Plattform 2013 in Deutschland
Hinter Ultraviolet stehen Hollywood-Studios, aber auch Händler und Gerätehersteller. Mit dem System soll man einen Film nur einmal kaufen müssen – und ihn dann auf allen Arten von Geräten ansehen können.
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Telegraph
'Alien hunter' Jill Tarter retires
Jill Tarter, the world's best-known "alien hunter" who inspired the Jodie Foster film 'Contact', is retiring and handing over the baton to a colleague.
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Washington Post
John Huston film about WWII soldiers that Army suppressed is restored
More than 65 years after it was suppressed by the Army, a powerful and controversial John Huston documentary about soldiers suffering from the psychological wounds of war has been restored by the National Archives and debuts Thursday on the Web.
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NEWS.au.com
Ex-nanny sues actress Sharon Stone
A FILIPINA former nanny of Sharon Stone is suing the US film star for wrongful dismissal and harassment, including by allegedly making derogatory remarks about her ethnicity and religion.
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USA Today
Lars Ulrich snares new opportunity: Acting
The Metallica drummer "dabbles" in film for HBO's 'Hemingway & Gellhorn,' premiering Monday.
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WSJ
GOP Questions Help Given for bin Laden Film
Documents showed the Obama administration offered filmmakers working on a bin Laden movie a chance to speak with a SEAL Team Six commander involved in planning the raid.
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BBC
VIDEO: Hitchcock's first film restored
Alfred Hitchcock's debut feature film, The Pleasure Garden, has been restored by the British Film Institute (BFI) as part of its celebration of the film-maker.
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Irish Times
'Tiger' movie may give Ireland a boost in India
THE ANTICIPATED success of Dublin-located Bollywood film Eak tha Tiger would give Ireland a “major boost in the Indian market”, Minister for Arts Jimmy Deenihan said yesterday.
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Irish Times
Kerouac's road trip too far
‘On The Road’ perfectly recreates the frustration of being trapped in a car with stoners, while ‘Holy Motors’ does to film what Jackson Pollock did to canvas.
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Times of India
Govt to go all out to woo foreign filmmakers
The I&B ministry hopes to set up a Film Commission that will facilitate international filmmakers who want to shoot in India.
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Rolling Stone
Ridley Scott on His New Movie 'Prometheus,' 'Mad Men' and a 'Blade Runner' Sequel
Ridley Scott has made some of the most iconic movies of all time – Gladiator Blade Runner and Thelma & Louise – but has never directed a sequel His new film Prometheus is the closest he's ever come It's set in the same universe as his sci-fi/horror classic Alien but...
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politico
Woodward to publish new book Sept. 12
Bob Woodward is scheduled to publish a new book in September, The Associated Press reports.
A spokeswoman with Simon & Schuster says the book will be out Sept. 12, but that she "had no other information to share."
The news comes just week's after Woodward's former research assistant Jeff Himmelman called attention to doubts about the reporter's relationship with Deep Throat, a high-level so...
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The Guardian
London 2012: 'I dream of doing my best dive,' says Tom Daley
In 2008, Tom Daley returned from the Beijing Games empty-handed. But he didn't lose focus, despite bullying at school and the loss of his father. Now he's ready to perform the best dives of his lifeTom Daley has big hands. When he shakes mine, I am surprised by his oversized, chunky grip. "I also have out-of-proportion feet," he says as we chat in a hotel room in his home town of Plymouth. Are ...
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BBC
Acid victims seek to block film
Acid attack survivors whose plight featured in an Oscar-winning film, Saving Face, threaten to go to court to stop it being shown in Pakistan.
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TechCrunch
Startup Alley Walk-through At TechCrunch Disrupt Is Go
TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Alley is jam-packed with interesting startups and it's always frustrating that we can't get to film every single one. However, we do our best and you'll find that Techcrunch Jordan Crook and I manage to get through plenty in this walk-through. Amongst the companies we caught were Wibbitz, UppSite, Tokkster, Drippler and Clinch.
You can view all of our Startup Alley...
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Zeit
Filmfestspiele Cannes: Leos Carax erweitert das Bewusstsein
Er gilt als radikaler Filmemacher. Mit "Holy Motors" hat Carax seine Kunst zum Äußersten getrieben und einen irren, halluzinogenen Film von großer Weisheit geschaffen.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Get real on movie violence: Pitt
BRAD Pitt defended the use of graphic screen violence in his latest film, Killing Them Softly.
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Les Echos
Cannes-Leos Carax se réconcilie avec la Croisette
Leos Carax est revenu sur la Croisette cette année avec "Holy Motors", film qui lui a valu les suffrages de nombreux festivaliers, à la différence de ce qui s'était produit 13 ans plus tôt avec "Pola X". Celui qui passait pour un cinéaste prodige dans les années 80 est aussi peu prolixe qu'il est...
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taz
Wes Andersons „Moonrise Kingdom“: Das Unglück ist immer endlich
Wes Andersons „Moonrise Kingdom“ bildet ein Ferienlager an der US-Ostküste Mitte der sechziger Jahre ab. Vor allem zeigt der Film, dass alles nur Zwischenzustand ist. mehr...
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Zeit
Netzfilmblog: Kurzfilm: "The Streets of the Invisibles"
Über Remo Rauschers Projekt The Streets of the Invisibles hatte ich zu Beginn dieses Blogs bereits einmal geschrieben. Inzwischen hat Rauscher den Film, in dem er Bilder von Google Maps mit der Tonsp...
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APA-OTS
Gurke für den schlechtesten Film des Jahres in Cannes verliehen.
Cannes (OTS) - Die CUKE OF THE YEAR für den schlechtesten Film des
Jahres wurde während der Filmfestspiele in Cannes heuer das erste Mal
verliehen.
Die Preisverleihung fand am Sonntag, dem 20. Mai vor dem Palais des
Festivals statt. Die ca. 20 cm große, goldene Gurke ging an den
Streifen …
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TMZ
Ex-James Bond OUTRAGED Over Heineken Deal -- New 007's a Sellout!!!
They don't make 'em like they used to -- at least according to the guy who played James Bond in 1969, who's pissed the new Bond film has axed 007's signature martini ... in favor of a corporate-sponsored beer.If you don't know ... the people behind…
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Mail & Guardian
Defaced, but not defeated (yet): Spear lives to fight another day
The Film and Publications Board had a late night scratching their heads over what to do about the artwork showing the president in a state of undress.
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Reuters
White House said to give inside access for bin Laden film
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration arranged for two Hollywood filmmakers to get special access to government officials involved in the commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a conservative legal group that posted internal government documents on its website Tuesday.
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Irish Times
UPC launches catch-up, box set and film service
UPC WILL bring on-demand television to its digital customers from Friday, the company said.
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The Sun
Rita's eye-ly desirable
SINGER Rita Ora caught everyone’s eye in this dress out at Cannes Film Festival
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el universal
Film Arts estrenará programación
El canal trata de romper con el paradigma de que la televisión no sirve para educar
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The Jerusalem Post
A few minutes of your time
Both professionals and students will be competing for top prize at the Galilee Short Film Festival.
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amNY
Summer Movie Preview: A hot season of action, adventure, heroes, more
While "The Avengers" is breaking ticket records, this summer another hero could challenge Marvel's super team for box-office king. The final installment of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster Batman saga, "The Dark Knight Rises," highlights this season's film offerings, which also include a smattering of surefire hits from Ridley Scott and Seth MacFarlane and indie gems from up-and-comers such as M...
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Hoy
Brad Pitt: «Vivimos en un mundo de violencia y es importante filmarla»
Con larga melena y muy sonriente, defiende 'Killing them softly', su último film y afirma que no le molesta interpretar personajes violentos, pero admite que "sería mucho peor interpretar a un racista, me perturbaría más que el de un asesino a sueldo".
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lesoir
« À perdre la raison » : « Faire du fric sur cinq cadavres d'enfants »
Les journalistes ont pu voir à Cannes mais aussi à Bruxelles, « A perdre la raison », le film inspiré de l'affaire Lhermitte. Bouchaid Moqadem et le Docteur Scha...lire la suite
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Handelsblatt
Twitter, Facebook, etc.: Wie Social Media die Kinobranche umkrempelt
Popcorn und Film reicht vielen nicht mehr. Immer mehr Zuschauer twittern direkt aus dem Kinosaal - und beeinflussen damit massiv den Erfolg von Filmen. Wie Twitter und Co. die Kino-Branche verändern, zeigt eine Studie.
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Washington Post
Dario Franchitti at the Smithsonian
“I’m getting, like, motion sickness here,” said the tourist on the Smithsonian’s 1959 Chicago Transit Authority “L” car Monday morning.
With an on-board film simulating movement while the car itself stays still, it’s perhaps not an usual complaint. Except this tourist was two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti, who flies helicopters, has raced stock cars, and now pilots open-wheel ve...
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Daily Mail
Cannes Film Festival 2012: Gender-bending film Laurence Anyways raises questions
Directed by Xavier Dolan, Laurence Anyways tells the story of a man who starts cross-dressing and the impact his decision has on his doting girlfriend.
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lesoir
14:49 Cannes : record à l’applaudimètre pour « Le Grand Soir »
« Le Grand Soir », cinquième film de Benoît Délépine et Gustave Kervern (« Aaltra », « Mammuth ») avec Benoît Poelv...lire la suitehistoires liées14:59 La croissance des exportations wallonnes s’est ralentie en 201114:56 Les finances publiques britanniques restent déficitaires14:54 Bruxelles permet des aides d’État pour éviter les délocalisations15:08 La confiance des consommateurs à son niveau...
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Bild
Bond-Schlitten - Außen Aston Martin, innen Toyota Supra
Dieser Brite muss ein großer James-Bond-Fan sein: Ein Auto-Freak hat seinen Toyota Supra in den Aston Martin DBS aus dem Film „Ein Quantum Trost“ verwandelt. Foto: EbayMehr zum ThemaHandschlag-Fauxpas - Gauck hat Verständnis für SchweinsteigerMittwoch Vorstellung - Franco Foda wird neuer Lautern-TrainerSport Bild exklusiv - BVB-Boss Watzke setzt Löw unter DruckIn Singapur - Horror-Unfall: Ferr...
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Zeit
Film: Brad Pitt ohne Angelina Jolie in Cannes
Cannes (dpa) - Brad Pitt ist ohne seine Verlobte Angelina Jolie zu den Internationalen Filmfestspielen Cannes gekommen. «Sie ist nicht hier», sagte der 48-jährige Schauspieler in Südfrankreich, wo er...
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siliconindia
Indian American Director's Thriller Wins Award
"9 ELEVEN", a Bollywood-style film by an Indian American director, has won the Best Feature Film award at the Peoples Film Festival (TPFF) here
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NZZ
Whitney Houstons Song aus letztem Film erstmals im Radio |
APA-OTS
Wanderung über die Schweizer Alpen in HD / Der längste Wanderfilm der Welt
Chur, Schweiz (ots) - Ab sofort kann jeder die spektakulärste
Wanderung der Schweiz erleben: vom Wohnzimmer aus und in HD-
Qualität. Auf der digitalen Wanderplattform www.webwandern.ch können
Wanderfans aus der ganzen Welt in einem 36-stündigen Film die zehn
Etappen der Via …
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Gizmodo
"Just War" Re-Edit Makes 1983 Soviet Anti-War Film Relevant Again [Video]
Filmmaker Torrey Meeks took a 30-year-old stop-motion animation and re-jiggerd it into a fresh statement by taking the film, editing it, and setting it to a folk track. More »
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BBC
US webcam student to learn fate
A US student who used a webcam to secretly film his room-mate in a gay encounter is set to be sentenced by a judge.
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DerSpiegel
Ton-in-Ton-Robe von Cheryl Cole: Das Rot steht ihr gut
Nackt, ach nackt war gestern! Wer in Cannes um die Gunst der Fotografen buhlt, muss nicht mehr unbedingt alles zeigen. Cheryl Cole loderte in einem Feuerkleid über den roten Teppich - dramatisch hochgeschlossen, aufmerksamkeitsmagnetisch, unberührbar. Ihr Film danach? Ein Drama.
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Times LIVE
'Metro: Last Light' to receive live-action promo
Even though atmostpheric shooter Metro: Last Light isn't due until early 2013, publisher THQ is preparing to whet appetites with a short film on May 24.
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FOCUS
Filmfestival in Cannes - Michael Haneke nimmt mit "Liebe" Kurs auf die goldene Palme
Die Filmfestspiele in Cannes stehen in diesem Jahr ganz im Zeichen der Liebe. Neben zahlreichen anderen Wettbewerbsbeiträge befasst sich auch der gleichnamige Film von Michael Haneke mit der Liebe in Extremsituationen. Sein Wettbewerbsbeitrag gilt als heißer Anwärter auf die goldene Palme.
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FOCUS
Filmfestival in Cannes - Haneke nimmt mit "Liebe" Kurs auf die goldene Palme
Die Filmfestspiele in Cannes stehen in diesem Jahr ganz im Zeichen der Liebe. Neben zahlreichen anderen Wettbewerbsbeiträge befasst sich auch der gleichnamige Film von Michael Haneke mit der Liebe in Extremsituationen. Sein Wettbewerbsbeitrag gilt als heißer Anwärter auf die goldene Palme.Mehr zum ThemaBritischer Popmusiker gestorben - Bee-Gees-Legende Robin Gibb verliert Kampf gegen den KrebsB...
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Zeit
Deutsche Filmbranche: Die Film-Fernseh-Großfamilie ist keine dauerhafte Lösung
Muss das Kino bilden oder unterhalten? Die Frage ist nicht neu, schreibt die Regisseurin Julia von Heinz. Hier antwortet sie auf Dominik Grafs Kritik am deutschen Film.
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The New Yorker
Richard Brody: Erich von Stroheim’s “Greed” at Film Forum.
Erich von Stroheim’s mutilated masterwork, “Greed,” from 1924—its hundred and forty minutes hacked by M-G-M producers from the ten-hour director’s cut—magnifies one California couple’s striving rise and craven fall into an inferno of American madness . . . (Subscription required.)
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Daily Mail
Shell 'must act on oil spills' in the Niger Delta, say campaigners
Campaign group Amnesty International has enlisted actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim, star of TV series 24 and the film Hotel Rwanda, to publicise the issue.
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euronews
Cannes déroule le tapis rouge pour l'Iranien Farhadi
La croisette déroule le tapis rouge pour l'Iranien Asghar Farhadi. Le réalisateur de "Une séparation", le film couronné par l'Oscar du meilleur film…
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Slashdot
Turning Soap Film Into a Projector Screen
An anonymous reader writes "3 graduate students from University of Tokyo, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Tsukuba have developed a colloidal display — a clear projector screen that can control its transparency. Normally soap film will allow light to pass through, but the colloidal display does not. It mixes colloid into the solution and uses ultra sonic speakers to vibrate the...
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La Voix du Nord
Cinéma : ces petites phrases qui font mouche
Paroles pêchées ici et là, au hasard d'une scène, qui en disent long sur l'esprit du film et les états d'âme de ceux qui les écrivent.Articles en rapportG8 : croissance et lutte contre les déficits vont de pair, pour Barack Obama« Ma Collection Déco », dix volumes pour (re)concevoir sa maisonLégislatives : la parité s´éloigne, on compte moins de candidates qu´en 2007LE MONDE À L´ENVERSLE VISAGE...
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The Jerusalem Post
Film brings Entebbe hero to life
The film, says the director, “mirrors the nature of [Netanyahu’s] life; it's not the story of Entebbe, but of Yoni."
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Le Point
Cannes : troisième jour
Projeté ce matin à huit heures trente, Reality, film italien de la sélection...
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Washington Post
Facebook IPO: The pressure of being Mark Zuckerberg
With Facebook now on the market with a $104 billion valuation, how will the brainchild of co-founder Mark Zuckerberg move ahead as a public company?
At 28, Zuckerberg has seen the project he began building with other students in a college dorm room become the subject of an Oscar-nominated film, the focus of frenzied investors and a central part of the daily lives of nearly 1 billion users — 901...
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BBC
AUDIO: Film tackles Mugabe's rise and fall
Film director Simon Bright discusses his new film about Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's triumphs and failings.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Samuel L. Jackson: The (new) hardest working man in show business
The Avengers star - and the highest grossing film actor in history - manages to wedge small-budget indie flick The Samaritan into jam-packed film schedule
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Three men and a movie: Dads discuss What to Expect When You're Expecting
Tired clichés of emasculated and idiotic fathers once again rolled out in the film version of the best-selling pregnancy advice book
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
'Truth Prevails' as Bollywood star takes on taboo topics in hit Indian talk show
The brainchild of film star Aamir Khan, has become a popular and critical success, with television reviewers gushing about his style and his subject choices
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Nikkei
Hollywood Film Studios Shifting Focus To Chinese Market |
Hoy
Cine a perra gorda
Reyes Abades sitúa el origen de su vocación en Castilblanco donde, aunque eran tiempos de escasez, había dos cines y él iba de niño a ver películas que costaban una perra gorda. Le gustaba ver como moría la gente y aparecía viva a la semana siguiente en otro film. ¿Cómo lo harán?, se preguntaba. Luego el azar le llevó a trabajar en efectos especiales y un compañero le dio una definición de la p...
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DailyTech
Sony Pictures Hires Aaron Sorkin for Steve Jobs Film Adaptation
Walter Isaacson's "Steve Jobs" will hit theaters thanks to Sony Pictures and Aaron Sorkin
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sueddeutsche
Bildstrecke: Cannes 2012: Dominanz der Männer
Michael Haneke ist wieder da und Ken Loach auch: Das Filmfestival in Cannes dominieren männliche Filmemacher über 60, während es kein einziger Film einer Frau in den Wettbewerb schaffte. Das ist politisch zwar nicht korrekt, doch die Chancen für ein hochkarätiges Festival stehen gut.
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Fortune
Three scenes from Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic we can't wait to see
Apple's CEO left the master of dysfunctional relationships a lot of material to work with
FORTUNE -- Viewers who have followed Aaron Sorkin's TV and film work over the years were delighted to learn Tuesday that one of Hollywood's most gifted screenwriters has officially signed on to adapt Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs for Sony Pictures' (SNE) film.
Sorkin is the master of romantic ...
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Irish Times
Anderson comedy charms Cannes
The Cannes film festival kicked off today with a quirky Wes Anderson comedy exploring childhood and young love centred around two 12-year-olds who run away together.
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Rolling Stone
Aaron Sorkin Will Pen Steve Jobs Biopic
Aaron Sorkin has signed on to write a biopic based on the life of late Apple founder Steve Jobs The film will be based on Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography Steve Jobs which was released shortly after the technology icon's death in October Sorkin is of course no stranger to telling the...
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China Daily
News Corp to take stake in domestic film distributor
Bona Film Group Ltd, one of China's largest film distributors, will sell nearly a 20 percent stake in itself to News Corp.
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Fortune
George Lucas proposes affordable housing plan
The film emperor may be striking back. For 25 years, filmmaker George Lucas tried to persuade his Marin County, Calif., neighbors to let him build a digital production studio on his ranch there, but the area's residents thwarted the plan.
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La Voix du Nord
À Lille, la Rome des années 50 vue par le photographe William Klein : « Je me croyais toujours dans un film italien »
La silhouette est un peu voûtée, le pas lent, la canne indispensable. William Kleinhistoires liéesDe l´eau dans le gaz entre Arras et GRDF, après l´incident du quartier MéaulensUn hors-série spécial nous raconte l´histoire de nos marques préférées« Les parents et grands-parents aussi ! »« La Voix du Nord » lance les travaux de modernisation de son siègeÀ Bondues, la soirée a dégénéré...
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Irish Times
Film, TV festival gets underway
Actor Saoirse Ronan lent her support to budding film makers today when she attended the Coca-Cola Cinemagic film and television festival in Dublin.
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siliconindia
Master Class of Sandeep Marwah At Gdansk Film Festival
by sanjeev kumar “It’s a rare opportunity for me to interact film and television business with the foreign national and specially film makers of international repute “ said Sandeep Marwah while conducting a master class at Gdansk Documentary Film Festival ay Gdansk, Poland.
Answering to the questions from the jam packed auditorium Marwah said, ”fifteen million people watch cinema e...
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Reuters
News Corp to acquire 20 pct of Chinese film distributor
BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) - News Corp has agreed to
buy a stake in Chinese movie distributor Bona Film Group Ltd
, becoming the latest U.S. media company to expand into
China's booming movie market.
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BBC
VIDEO: Vancouver's role in the film industry
Far from the glitz of Hollywood, Vancouver has become a major centre for film makers.
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Daily Telegraph
New Corp buys stake in Chinese film group
CHINESE film distributor Bona Film Group says it has agreed to sell News Corp a 19.9 per cent equity stake in the company.
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FOX
Film Wages War on Kim, Snooki |
FT
News Corp expands China film footprint
Rupert Murdoch’s US media group takes a 19.9% stake in film distributor and producer Bona Film, bolstering its position the fast-growing Chinese market
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FTD
Filmpremiere von "Der Diktator": Cohens nächste filmische Zumutung
Es ist der Film zum Arabischen Frühling: Nach "Borat" und "Brüno" überschreitet Sacha Baron Cohen nun als "Der Diktator" die Grenzen des guten Geschmacks.
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USA Today
Wayne Newton gets in touch with his Native American roots
Wayne Newton, the show-business legend who has performed around the world, is the subject of a new film highlighting his native roots.
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The Sun
Cops probe Prem star’s film bust-up
SOCCER star faces a police probe after a fan was attacked by a gang outside a cinema
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ARD
Schaupieler Günther Kaufmann ist tot
Er spielte oft für Fassbinder, saß drei Jahre zu Unrecht wegen Mordes im Gefängnis und nahm schließlich auch am Dschungelcamp teil: Der Schauspieler Günther Kaufmann ist im Alter von 64 Jahren an einem Herzversagen gestorben. Eigentlich sollte im nächsten Jahr ein Film über sein Leben in die Kinos kommen.
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AP
NATO summit poses challenge for Chicago police
CHICAGO (AP) -- They didn't look or act like the police officers in the famous black-and-white film clips, wading into crowds with billy clubs flying. These cops arrived on bicycles in department-issue short pants and quietly endured the taunting of demonstrators....
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Goal.com
Incassato lo Scudetto, Conte ha un altro sogno: "Il rinnovo con la Juve". Si riaccende la polemica con Allegri: "Era convinto di vincere, parlava di seconda stella del Milan..."
Conte riavvolge poi il nastro del film del campionato: "Ricordo che in una conferenza sentii Allegri che già parlava della seconda stella del Milan da mettere sulla maglia..."
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Reuters
Zooey Deschanel to portray Loretta Lynn on Broadway
(Reuters) - Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel, the star of the hit television show "New Girl," will portray country music legend Loretta Lynn on Broadway in the upcoming stage adaptation of the award-winning film "Coal Miner's Daughter."
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Orf
Literarische Sabotage visueller Medien
Franz Kafka, Robert Musil und Charles Baudelaire waren sehr unterschiedlich, hatten aber eines gemeinsam: Sie schrieben "literarische Miniaturen", in denen sie zwei Phänomene reflektierten. Auf der einen Seite die rasche Modernisierung der Städte, auf der anderen Seite die Art, wie Fotografie und Film die Wahrnehmung änderten.
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AllThingsDigital
Video: The Secret Life of NPR's Terry Gross
Ever wonder what Terry Gross does after she wraps up her "Fresh Air" show on NPR and ever-so-sincerely thanks one of her guests?
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AP
AP NewsBreak: Ubisoft assembling Avengers for game
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Now that they've saved the world on film, "The Avengers" are teaming up for a video game....
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China Daily
Winds of change buffer Chinese film co-productions
Mastering media, be it state-of-the-art exhibitions, TV or films, will help billions of people around the world get a better and more positive insight into the China of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
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APA-OTS
SoHo: Statement gegen Homophobie
Utl.: Traschkowitsch: Freue mich über den Film von Gregor Schmidinger =
Wien (OTS/SK) - Aus Anlass der Premiere von "Homophobia", eines
Films von Gregor Schmidinger, am 11. Mai im Gartenbaukino gratuliert
Peter Traschkowitsch, Bundes- und Wiener Landesvorsitzender der …
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Le Figaro
Disney sauvé par «The Avengers»
Les superhéros de la bande dessinée portée à l'écran ont déjà drainé plus de 702 millions de dollars dans le monde entier. De quoi permettre à Disney de compenser l'échec commercial du film «John Carter».
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ARD
Disney verdaut Film-Flop
Für Walt Disney war der Film "John Carter" ein Riesenfehlschlag. Er könnte als einer der größten Flops in die Kinogeschichte eingehen. Das lässt der weltgrößte Unterhaltungskonzern einfach an sich abperlen.
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La Voix du Nord
Disney dépasse les attentes malgré le fiasco "John Carter"
Le groupe de médias et de loisirs Walt Disney a publié mardi un bénéfice net en hausse de 21% et supérieur aux attentes pour le deuxième trimestre de son exercice décalé, en dépit du fiasco du film "John Carter" et en attendant les retombées du succès des "Avengers".histoires liéesLes rênes de Michelin aux mains du premier patron extérieur à la familleLa Grèce s´inquiète de savoir si elle recev...
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Reuters
Torch relay pioneered at Nazi Games
LONDON (Reuters) - Mist clears to reveal white marble images from classical Greece culminating in Myron's celebrated statue of an athlete poised to launch a discus in the prologue to Leni Riefenstahl's remarkable documentary film "Olympia".
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Nature
Materials science: Cracks tamed
Crack propagation in materials is rarely welcome. But carefully engineered cracks produced during the deposition of a film on silicon can be used to efficiently create pre-designed patterns of nanometre-scale channels. See Letter p.221
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Gizmodo
Grappling Gun: Studenten entwickeln Enterhaken à la Batman
Batman hat auch jenseits des Batmobils einige beeindruckende Spielzeuge im Gepäck. Eines davon scheint nicht nur Film- und Videospiel-Fans zu begeistern, sondern auch Ingenieure an der Brigham Young University. Dort haben sich Studenten nämlich an die Entwicklung einer Grappling Gun im Stil von Batman: Dark Knight gesetzt. mehr...
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APA-OTS
STIFTUNG WE ARE WATER, UNTERSTÜTZT VON DER UN: Zuschauer beginnen mit Abstimmung für WeartWaterFilm Festival mit María de Medeiros als Jury-Mitglied
Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) -
Die erste Ausgabe des WeartWaterFilm Festivals, das von der
Stiftung We Are Water organisiert wird, hat mehr als 450 Teilnehmer
aus 72 Ländern angelockt. Das WeartWater Film Festival ist der erste
internationale Kurzfilmwettbewerb, der Arbeiten präsentiert, …
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New York Times
New Ambitions in Philippine Film Business
As independent filmmakers break away from the country's formulaic movie productions, a Philippine film is getting a first-ever release in North America.
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National Post
Liberty lost in stampede to pass Tories' omnibus budget bill
John Ivison: Joe Oliver has been watching too much Glengarry Glen Ross, the film about four real estate salesmen who are taught ABC — always be closing
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science blogs
The Heartland Unibomber Anti-Science Hate Billboard [Greg Laden's Blog]
Here it is on film in case you wanted to see it:
Read the comments on this post...
Also check out the featured ScienceBlog of the week: Inside the Outbreaks on the ScienceBlogs Book Club
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Orf
14:45 Der Österreichische Film |
New York Times
Editorial | Sunday Observer: Back to ‘Graceland’
A new film brings back the time when Paul Simon and South African artists recorded “Graceland,” a startling work of art created during the bitter years of of apartheid.
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USA Today
Bulls' Noah out for Game 4, maybe series
Chicago's starting center left a film session on Saturday unable to walk under his own power. Game 4 vs. the Philadelphia 76ers is Sunday.
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Times LIVE
Cannes film festival: Preview the Chopard Red Carpet Collection 2012
To celebrate its 15th year The Cannes Film Festival's official sponsor, luxury jewelry house Chopard has made sure its Red Carpet Collection 2012 is one to remember.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Travel from the post-earthquake rubble of Szechuan, China to New Yorks Museum of Modern Art, and from farmers fields in Israel to a Nicaraguan banana plantation at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, where you can catch over 100 top docs as well as filmmaker appearances, a youth forum and more.
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The Lancet
[Perspectives] Shakespeare in pieces
“He was not of an age, but for all time!” Ben Jonson's tribute in the First Folio of William Shakespeare's collected Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies has been borne out by the innumerable theatre productions and film, television, and radio versions of his works in the centuries since. Shakespeare's plays have appeared in manga form, and been adapted into teen comedies and science fiction movi...
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Reuters
Pepsi formula inventor's heirs sue Pepsico Inc
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The heirs of Richard Ritchie, the man who developed the formula for Pepsi-Cola in 1931, sued Pepsico Inc on Friday, saying they wanted to erase any doubt that his documents were theirs to share with historians, collectors and film producers.
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Krone
Süßer Nachwuchs bei den Kattas im Zoo Schönbrunn
Wieder einmal gibt es entzückenden Nachwuchs im Tiergarten Schönbrunn: Bei den Kattas - bekannt aus dem Film "Madagascar" - kam am 25. April ein Junges zur Welt. Das Geschlecht des kleinen Halbaffen ist bislang noch ein gut gehütetes Geheimnis der Mutter.
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FAZ
Video-Filmkritik: „Tomboy“ - Das Mädchen, das ein Junge ist
Der Umzug ist ihre Chance. Aus der zehnjährigen Laure wird „Mikael“. Céline Sciammas berührender Film „Tomboy“ erzählt vom Leben im Herzungewissen.
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Times of India
Shady deal
Concerned by the increasing number of crimes against women being perpetrated in cars which have dark-tinted windows, the Supreme Court has ruled that, as of today, no car, anywhere in the country, can have light-resistant film applied to its glasswork. Here's an imaginary conversation taking place at your local, friendly police thana. 1st cop: Good news, yaar! As of today half our problems a...
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Amnesty International
Tunisia: Persepolis trial verdict signals ‘erosion’ of free speech
Headline Title:
Tunisia: Persepolis trial verdict signals ‘erosion’ of free speech
03 May 2012
A Tunis court’s decision to fine a TV boss for “spreading information which can disturb the public order” after he screened an animated French movie is a sign of the continuing eros...
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science blogs
Planeten, verschluckt und ausgespuckt [Topthema]
Ein abendfüllender Spielfilm besteht aus etwa 173.000 EInzelbildern. Man stelle sich nun folgende Aufgabe vor: Aus einem einzigen Bildchen (1/24stel Sekunde) den ganzen Zwei-Stunden-Film zu rekonstruieren. Unmöglich? Astronomen können noch viel mehr als das: Wenn die vergangenen hundert Jahre astronomischer Wissenschaft ein einzelnes Super-Zeitrafferbildchen wären, dann haben sie daraus einen e...
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Domain Shane
Totally Off Topic: Creepy Terry Richardson Shares His Film of Kate Upton Doing the Cat Daddy
Terry Richardson has the job that all men wish they had. He’s a fashion photographer that takes photos of the most beautiful women in the world. The literally drop their clothes for him. He has been known to drop his clothes while he takes photos. But that’s for another post on another blog. But yesterday he took some photos and some video of the unbelievably gorgeous Kate Upton. You may kn...
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USA Today
Jim Nabors will be taped at this year's Indy 500
A video crew will film Indianapolis 500 favorite Jim Nabors singing "Back Home Again in Indiana" at this year's race.
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SI
Loretta Hunt: Carano using MMA background to rev up film career
From Kansas City to Hollywood, the women's MMA movement is moving on multiple fronts.
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Al Jazhera
Al Jazeera's The Stream wins Webby award
Social media programme wins People's Voice Award for "News and Politics: Series" in the online film and video category.
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National Post
Taiji, dolphin-hunting Japanese town from ‘The Cove’, plans marine park
The dolphin-hunting Japanese town of Taiji, made infamous by the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove", plans to open a marine mammal park where visitors can swim with the creatures, a media report said.
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Elliotsblog
Occupy.com Launches in Time for May Day Protests
In October of 2011, Occupy.com was put up for sale by its owner, and it was brokered by New York based domain name and IP attorney Karen J. Bernstein. I put up a poll at the time asking the value of the domain name, and about 30% of those who responded thought it was worth less [...]
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Russian Government
Vladimir Putin congratulates film director Elyer Ishmuhamedov on his 70th birthday |
Daily Mail
Mark Ruffalo - how to get arms like the actor: Secrets of an A-list body
The 43-year-old did a combination of Pilates, taekwondo and gymnastics to get into what he calls ‘superhero shape’ for his latest film role.
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New York Times
In China, Foreign Films Meet a Powerful Gatekeeper
The China Film Group functions as the Chinese government’s guardian of its film market, but now the group is also supervising a trade route suddenly under scrutiny from regulators in Washington.
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USA Today
'Weight of the Nation' documentary explores costs of obesity
Producer John Hoffman talks about the four-part film and what he learned while making it.
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Hindustan Times
New gold from the old
With good remakes of popular Bollywood classics doing well with audiences, the Hindi film industry is increasingly bringing back to new life great yesteryear films by adding flair to the stories. Himani Chandna Gurtoo writes.
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Telegraph
Mystery woman saves Twickenham Film Studios
The film studio behind War Horse and The Iron Lady could be saved from developers after a bidder stepped in to buy the business out of administration.
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Scientific American
CatCam Probes Philosophical Puzzle: What Is It Like to Be a Cat?
My girlfriend Valerie loves videos of animals, especially cute ones, like baby hippos , talking porcupines , lionesses that nuzzle baby antelopes. Wanting to share her delight, Valerie insists that I look at her computer to check out her latest discovery. Being a cold-hearted jerk, I typically mutter, “Yeah, that’s nice,” scarcely looking up from my own computer, where, chances are, I’m Goo...
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ARD
Krebsdrama "Halt auf auf freier Strecke" ist bester deutscher Film
Das Krebsdrama "Halt auf freier Strecke" von Andreas Dresen ist zum besten deutschen Film gekürt worden. Die Produktion über einen an einem Hirntumor erkrankten Mann erhielt insgesamt vier Lolas. Roland Emmerichs "Anonymus" war ein weiterer großer Gewinner des Abends.
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Los Angeles Times
L.A. fetish film producer convicted of federal obscenity charges
Five years after he was first indicted and after two prosecutions ended in mistrials, a Los Angeles-based maker and distributor of niche fetish films was convicted Friday of federal obscenity charges. Ira Isaacs, who produced, sold and sometimes acted in...
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BBC
VIDEO: Iranian sex change film wins US award
Facing Mirrors, a film about sex change in Iran, wins the Washington DC International Film Festival's Circle Award - but is yet to be granted a public release in Iran.
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Daily Mail
Universal to sue film company over Battleship 'rip-off'
Production company The Asylum, which specialises in low-budget straight-to-DVD versions of popular movies has made a film called American Battleship.
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Daily Mail
Liverpool film documentary agreed with Fox
It seems some of the astonishing footage from Queens Park Rangers' 'Four Year Plan' film was not enough to put one club off releasing their own behind-the-scenes documentary.
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Daily Mail
Liverpool documentary agreed with Fox
It seems some of the astonishing footage from Queens Park Rangers' 'Four Year Plan' film was not enough to put one club off releasing their own behind-the-scenes documentary.
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lesoir
Toots Thielemans : ses musiques de film
3/5 Suite de notre feuilleton, en attendant les 90 ans de Toots ce dimanche. Tout particulièrement en extraits audio et en vidéos, aujourd'hui. Et en...lire la suite
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Le Point
"Margin Call", le film qui va vous faire aimer la crise
Au dernier étage d'un gratte-ciel anonyme qui abrite une banque...
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The Sun
Reds strike FOX film deal
REDS agree to film exclusive footage of their dressing room for a FOX Soccer documentary
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The Sun
Reds strike FOX film deal
REDS agree to film exclusive footage of their dressing room for a FOX Soccer documentary
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National Post
NFL draft analysis is always a flawed process
Scott Stinson: What if, say, the film industry was covered like the NFL draft?
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Daily Mail
Saw horror film cruise: Concerns over holiday based around 'torture porn'
A cruise themed around the controversial Saw horror films - an ultra-violent movie series that has been described as 'torture porn' - is set to sail from New York in early August.
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dlisted
The Government Is Watching Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon's friends now know why every time there's a leak in her ceiling, she truly believes it's from a wire tapper in her attic dropping his glass of water after a rat jumped in front of him. During a Q&A about politics at the Tribeca Film Festival with fellow liberal activist Michael Moore, an audience member asked both of them if they've ever felt like they were unde...
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Irish Times
Drug addicts 'need love and compassion'
Drug addicts should not be put on methadone for years at a time, written off and left on the sidelines of society, British film star and comedian Russell Brand has said.
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New York Times
The Fifth Down: Greg Cosell Has Griffin at No. 1
Andrew Luck will be the top pick in the draft on Thursday, but one of the most widely respected N.F.L. film evaluators says Robert Griffin III should take that honor.
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USA Today
Sentimentality and effects lift 'Ghost the Musical'
The musical adaptation of the hit 1990 film seems determined to recapture the movie's magic.
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Times of India
Navodaya Appachan, renowned Malayalam film producer, dies
Well-known Malayalam film-maker, 'Navodaya' Appachan, who is credited with producing the first 3-D movie in India, 'My Dear Kuttichathan', died here today. Appachan (87) was admitted to a private hospital on April 17 following old-age illness, hospital sources said.
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La Voix du Nord
Football : prochain adversaire d´Arras, Lyon en finale de la Ligue des champions
Articles en rapportMéricourt : un film sur la terrible répression de la grève des mineurs de 1948Béthune : 35,18 % de participation à midiDouai : affluence dans les bureaux de voteBéthune : 63,1 % de participation à 16 heuresRugby : les Lionnes d´Arras arrachent la montée en Fédérale 1
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New York Times
Hillman Curtis, a Pioneer in Web Design, Dies at 51
Mr. Curtis, who called himself a serial self-reinventor, played in a rock band in the 1980s and early ’90s before teaching himself Web design and then moved on to film, his third career.
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Zeit
Kriegsverbrechen: Kony 2012, ein Film mit verzerrtem Afrikabild
Die Online-Kampagne gegen den ugandischen Kriegsverbrecher Kony ist fehlerhaft – und gefährlich. Am Freitag ist weltweiter Aktionstag der Kampagne. Von J. Leininger
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Hindustan Times
Film producer killed for BMW, money; starlet held
Vijay Palande, the main accused in the Karan Kakkad murder case, gave the police three reasons for having murdered the 26-year-old aspiring producer — money, the BMW, and constant fights between them. HT reports.
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Technology Review
First Solar Shutters Factories and Enters Survival Mode
Tough times force the thin film solar panel maker to cut costs.
First Solar is closing down factories and laying off 2,000 workers worldwide as part of its plan to survive lean times for the solar industry.
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Reuters
Jolie fame to highlight humanitarian crises: UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) - Film star Angelina Jolie will use her powerful box office fame to draw attention to some of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
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Mail & Guardian
Breivik's own propaganda film brings him to tears
Norway's Anders Behring Breivik has gotten "emotional" at the screening of the propaganda film he made to justify his one-man war.
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UN
UN forum notes effectiveness of documentaries in telling stories of sustainability
A two-day conference at United Nations Headquarters focussed on developing a better global future through the power of storytelling and documentary film ended today, with a call for filmmakers to help bring sustainability issues to life in a compelling manner.
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lesoir
Breivik pleure brièvement en visionnant son film
Anders Behring Breivik a brièvement pleuré en visionnant le film de 12 minutes qu’il avait diffusé le jour des attaques. ...lire la suite
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FOCUS
Anwälte von Norwegens Massenmörder Anders Breivik - Die große Selbstinszenierung der Verteidiger des Attentäters
Ihr Mandant ist zweifellos der meistgehasste Mann Norwegens, mediengeil und offensichtlich stolz, 77 Menschen ermordet zu haben. Umso befremdlicher wirkt es, wie sich die Anwälte von Anders Behring Breivik in den vergangenen Tagen präsentiert haben.Mehr zum Thema+++ Liveticker zum Prozess in Oslo +++ - Breivik plädiert auf Notwehr: „Ich erkenne keine juristische Schuld“+++ Liveticker zum Prozes...
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Reuters
Shooting zombies is the fad among gun enthusiasts
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - One of Patrick Flanagan's favorite movies as a kid was "Night of the Living Dead," a 1968 horror film about a family trapped in a rural Pennsylvania house and attacked by zombies.
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Los Angeles Times
Patt Morrison Asks: James Cameron, a man overboard
The director of 'Titanic' talks about movies, history and diving to the deepest spot on Earth, alone.The Challenger Deep, a fissure in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, lies farther below the Earth's surface than Mt. Everest reaches above it. And James Cameron, the science-enthralled director and underwater explorer, made it his Lindbergh moment, soloing humankind's deepest-ever plunge l...
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Salon
“The Client List” Lifetime’s bizarre sex fantasy
In "The Client List," Jennifer Love Hewitt plays a mom who gives happy endings. Realistic, no. Hilarious, yes!
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AP
Karras of Lions, 'Webster' joins players suing NFL
To a generation of TV and film fans, Alex Karras will forever be the loving adoptive dad on the 1980s sitcom "Webster" or the big guy who punched a horse in 1974's "Blazing Saddles." Before his acting days, he was a football star, a three-time All-Pro defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions in the 1960s....
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China Daily
Kungfu Vettel gets his kicks before Chinese GP
Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany poses as he takes part in the making of a martial arts film at a studio in Shanghai, in this April 11, 2012 handout picture.
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Barrons
Avid Plunges 17%: Q1 Revenue Lower as ‘Enthusiasts’ Less Enthusiastic
Shares of video editing technology pioneer Avid Technology (AVID) were briefly halted and are now down $1.78, or over 17%, at $8.50, after the company this afternoon warned Q1 revenue will total $152 million, below the $160.8 million the Street has been modeling, because of weaker demand from the “creative enthusiast portion” of its market. Revenue [...]
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Telegraph
Boom for Dartmoor Zoo after Hollywood film
The owner of Dartmoor Zoo said Hollywood film We Bought a Zoo, based on his family's takeover of the business, had produced a mini visitor boom.
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SI
Filmmaker defends release of Williams recording
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A documentary film director says he had the right to release a recording of then-Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams exhorting his players to physically punish targeted San Francisco players in a playoff game.
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The Jerusalem Post
Iran slams BBC over film about Israel relations
Islamic Republic says Iranian-Canadian's film includes "unauthorized" footage shot in Tehran.
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USA Today
Hilton awards film about sustainability
Hilton names the winner of its first LightStay Sustainability feature film award.
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Daily Telegraph
RiRi 'loved' handling guns on set
RIHANNA trained with a "bad ass" female navy officer for her first film role in Battleship and "loved" handling weapons on set.
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White House
Readout from the President’s Film Screening of To Kill A Mockingbird at the White House
This evening, the President hosted a film screening of To Kill a Mockingbird in the Family Theater at The White House to commemorate its 50th anniversary. The President welcomed guests including local students from Washington-Lee High School, Mary Badham Wilt, the actress who played Scout, and Veronique Peck, widow of Gregory Peck who played Atticus Finch. The President also acknowledged the ...
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USA Today
Film with Williams audio might not get finished
The filmmaker who got an audio of then-New Orleans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams offering cash for the Saints to injure San Francisco ...
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Reuters
Viacom video lawsuit vs Google's YouTube revived
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has revived lawsuits by Viacom Inc, the English Premier League, and various film studios and television networks accusing Google Inc of allowing copyrighted videos on its YouTube service without permission.
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Times of India
Bond drops martini for beer
Earlier this week, it was confirmed in Advertising Age that Britain’s best known secret agent is going to change the habits of a lifetime and drink beer in the new Bond film, “Skyfall” .
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BBC
Thailand bans MacBeth adaptation
The film censor in Thailand bans a new adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy MacBeth on grounds it is "likely to cause divisions" among the Thai people.
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Scientific American
Why "Uncanny Valley" Human Look-Alikes Put Us on Edge
When Pixar screened a computer-animated short film called "Tin Toy" in 1988, test audiences hated the sight of the pseudo-realistic baby named "Billy" who terrorized the toys. Such a strong reaction persuaded Pixar to avoid making uncannily realistic human characters -- it has since focused its efforts on films about living toys, curious robots and talking cars to win Academy Awards and moviego...
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kicker
Kiefer: Wie im falschen Film
Lange sah es in Elversberg so aus, als würden die Gastgeber die Punkte zu Hause behalten. Doch der SV hatte seine Rechnung ohne den eigenen Torhüter gemacht - bei einem Freistoß aus 45 Metern patzte Kläs entscheidend.
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USA Today
Report: Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in movie
Actor will play the role of the deceased Apple co-founder in independent film about his life.
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Rolling Stone
Mirror Mirror
Few directors can frame a film with the visionary flair of India-born Tarsem Singh (see The Cell for starters) As a result Mirror Mirror – a spin on Snow White for audiences who really think they need another one – offers sets costumes and imagery to drool over But what's...
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Pravda
Save France from the CIA, MOSSAD and Al Qaeda!
One month before the presidential elections, France had its newest sensation, a western cowboy style film with the headline “greatest manhunt in history,” showing Nicolas Sarkozy’s tragically pale face with tightly shut lips and wrinkled forehead, worrying about the future of France.
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Eurosport
Wrc - Rallye du Portugal - L'Etape 1: le film
Petter Solberg (Ford WRT) a lancé la 4e manche du Mondial en remportant la première des quatre spéciales au programme ce jeudi. Les trois autres ES se dérouleront de nuit et apporteront une première réponse quant aux stratégies de Citroën et Ford, qui ont choisi des ordres de passage opposés.
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BBC
VIDEO: Solar tornadoes caught on film
Scientists at Aberystwyth University have discovered a group of solar tornados - several times wider than the Earth - on the face of the sun.
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FOCUS
EM - EM: Polen kämpft an Schulen gegen Hooliganismus
Polen geht im Kampf gegen Hooligans an die Schulen: Am Mittwoch stellte der Co-Gastgeber der Europameisterschaft den Film "Kibic" ("Fan") vor, in dem es um eine Hooligan-Gang geht.
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New York Times
The New Old Age Blog: Dementia, From the Inside
A new film attempts to see life through the eyes of someone with Alzheimer's disease.
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Goal.com
LdC, Barça - Guardiola :"Messi est "Intouchable"
Pep Guardiola, le coach du Barça, a confié que Lionel Messi était comme le film "intouchable", avant de rencontre Milan mercredi en quarts de finale de la C1.
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Reuters
Al Jazeera says will not broadcast gunman film
PARIS (Reuters) - Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera said on Tuesday it had decided not to broadcast video footage of three deadly shootings in southern France filmed by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman using a camera strapped to his body.
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Scientific American
Cameron Completes Titanic Solo Journey to the Ocean Floor
James Cameron, who proclaimed himself the “king of the world” upon winning three Oscars for his 1997 film Titanic, can now proclaim himself king of the underworld as well. On Monday the moviemaker became the first solo aquanaut to reach the deepest recess of the Mariana Trench, touching down at the Challenger Deep site about [...]
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The Nation
Fame is a good excuse to stay home: Jennifer Lawrence
LOS ANGELES (Agencies)
Jennifer Lawrence plans to use her fame to justify being a ‘’homebody’’. The 21-year-old ‘Hunger Games’ star was worried she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere without being recognised once the film took off, but now believes it might be a blessing in disguise. She explained: ‘’I don’t really like going out that ...
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The Nation
Fame is a good excuse to stay home: Jennifer Lawrence
LOS ANGELES (Agencies)
Jennifer Lawrence plans to use her fame to justify being a ‘’homebody’’. The 21-year-old ‘Hunger Games’ star was worried she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere without being recognised once the film took off, but now believes it might be a blessing in disguise. She explained: ‘’I don’t really like going out that ...
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The Nation
Fame is a good excuse to stay home: Jennifer Lawrence
LOS ANGELES (Agencies)
Jennifer Lawrence plans to use her fame to justify being a ‘’homebody’’. The 21-year-old ‘Hunger Games’ star was worried she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere without being recognised once the film took off, but now believes it might be a blessing in disguise. She explained: ‘’I don’t really like going out that ...
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AP
Jews protest Hitler shampoo ad in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's Jewish community is protesting a Turkish commercial that uses an old film footage of Adolf Hitler to sell shampoo....
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Rann's $48m studio flounders
ADELAIDE's new film studio has attracted less than $100,000 in commercial work since July, and a planned TV series has been axed.
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Reuters
"Titanic" director makes first solo dive to Earth's deepest point
(Reuters) - "Titanic" film director James Cameron has completed the world's first solo dive to the deepest known point on Earth, reaching the bottom of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench southwest of Guam in a specially designed submarine.
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BBC
Film maker begins deep ocean dive
Film director James Cameron begins his attempt to become the first person in 50 years to visit to the deepest place in the ocean, the Mariana Trench.
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USA Today
'The Hunger Games' effect: Business winners and losers
Lionsgate stock is flying at all-time high, thanks to huge buzz for the film opening in 4,000 theaters this weekend.
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Telegraph
Google patents weather-based ads
Google has been awarded a patent on technology that would serve up targeted advertising based on a smartphone user's environment, in an echo of the Spielberg film Minority Report.
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News.co.au
Foetuses found in airport luggage
LEAVE it to Miami to shock even a reality-TV film crew.
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MarketWatch
Jon Friedman's Media Web: ‘Hunger Games’ thrills Lionsgate investors
Powered by the upcoming film bonanza “The Hunger Games,” Lionsgate has become a darling of Wall Street, writes Jon Friedman.
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Barrons
Getting Fat Off Hunger Games: AMZN, LFG, IMAX, HAS, MAT, SCHL
With all the hype surrounding the release of The Hunger Games, many may be wondering where all that money will be going. Kapitall’s Rebecca Lipman thinks she has the answer, and has created a Hunger Games Index of companies that she sees benefitting from the film: Not only will moviegoers likely pick up copies of [...]
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Telegraph
Sir Mark Thatcher comes to the defence of his mother Margaret Thatcher
Sir Mark Thatcher speaks out for the first time about The Iron Lady, the film biopic based on Margaret Thatcher's life.
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Daily Telegraph
Pilots escape Afghan chopper crash
PILOTS in an American army helicopter have survived an extraordinary crash captured on film in Afghanistan.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Seniors and moviemakers feel the pinch in Saskatchewan budget
Saskatchewan budget raises prescription and ambulance fees and axes film employment tax credit
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Wired
Should Science Pull the Trigger on Antiviral Drugs—That Can Blast the Common Cold?
If these teams of scientists succeed, future generations may struggle to imagine a time when we were at the mercy of viruses.
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FT
Camera clue in French manhunt
Police reveal the killer of three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in southern France was wearing a video camera around his neck to film the attack
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manager magazin
Selbstmanagement: So werden Sie ein besserer Manager
Feuer, Schneeball, Maske, Film - vier einfache Metaphern helfen Führungskräften, ihr Verhalten zu reflektieren und wirkungsvoll Veränderungen im Unternehmen anzustoßen.
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WSJ
Ex-Consultant Pleads Guilty to Insider-Trading Charges
A former consultant pleaded guilty to criminal charges Monday and admitted that he shared inside information with his friend, an independent film producer, about proposed mergers.
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Liberation
Les Technicolor d’Angers redoutent la fin du film
350 emplois sont menacés dans le dernier site de production en Europe du groupe français (ex-Thomson) d’électronique et de services aux médias.
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Zeit
Bundesversammlung: Gaucks bunte Wählergemeinschaft
Promis aus Sport und Film, Alice Schwarzer und viele ehemalige Merkel-Rivalen: Bei der Bundespräsidentenwahl geht es im Reichstag abwechslungsreicher zu als sonst.
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AP
Obama strings 5 fundraisers in 2 cities in 1 day
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is embarking on a concentrated one-day fundraising trip, with a stop in his hometown of Chicago and another in Atlanta for a big-draw event with film producer Tyler Perry and performer Cee Lo Green....
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National Post
The Perfect Runner: Film is a journey from sore knees to a race in the Rockies
Niobe Thompson is the Gemini-winning director of The Perfect Runner, a new CBC documentary that traces Thompson’s search for the ultimate running form from Siberia to Ethiopia to the gruelling Canadian Death Race. We caught up with him at his home in Edmonton
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USA Today
Kony film angers Ugandan audience
The first public screening in Uganda of the Kony 2012 film prompted anger by viewers who felt it was insensitive to the victims.
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Foreign Policy
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Viral Videos - By David Rieff
For all its goodwill, Invisible Children's Kony 2012 film is dangerous propaganda, pure and simple. It's not a call to make a notorious celebrity out of Joseph Kony -- it's a call to war.
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Telegraph
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini pledges to win the Premier League for crying fan John Millington
Manchester City manager pledges to win Premier League title for supporter caught on film blubbing at Swansea.
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Foreign Policy
The other Sudanese civil war
Mukesh
Kapila,
a former U.N. envoy to Sudan who was among the first to raise the alarm over
atrocities in Darfur, recently returned to Sudan, sneaking into the Nuba
Mountains to assess humanitarian conditions in a province that has seen
violence and been cut off from international assistance.
The
Nuba Mountains have been the center of fighting between Sudanese forces and
rebels allied...
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Mail & Guardian
Invisible Children chief defends 'thoughtful' Kony 2012
The head of the charity behind a film about LRA leader Joseph Kony has released a new video hitting back at criticism over its strategy and spending.
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Le Echos
Marathon Man
Le scénario des primaires républicaines aux Etats-Unis fait penser à celui du célèbre film de John Schlesinger, « Marathon Man ». Dustin Hoffman, jeune étudiant habitué des marathons de New York, se trouvait pris dans d'obscures et dangereuses intrigues qui ajoutaient l'angoisse à la fatigue du...Articles en rapportSortir de l'HexagoneNoir, rose, grisPour une Europe réalisteEurope : François Ho...
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BnAmericas
Petrochemicals - Argentina, Brazil - Vitopel production down on increased imports
Brazil's Vitopel, the largest plastic film producer in Latin America, cut its output to 100,000t last year from 108,000t in 2010 as a result of increased competition from imported products.
Imports...
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Goal.com
In Bildern: Eric Cantona kehrt zum Film zurück und spielt die Hauptrolle in dem Film „Switch“
Der ehemalige Kicker von Manchester United, der vor zwei Jahren bereits in dem Film „Looking for Eric“ mitspielte, forciert seine Karriere in der Filmbranche.
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USA Today
The buzz at SXSW: Day One highlights
Everything is bigger in Texas, and the South by Southwest interactive, film and music festival is no different.
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New York Times
James Cameron Prepares to Dive Into Mariana Trench
James Cameron, the film director, plans to get into a capsule and plummet, alone, down nearly seven miles to the planet’s most inaccessible spot: the Challenger Deep in the western Pacific.
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Krone
Warner will für private Filmkopien künftig Geld sehen
Wer einen Film, Musik oder ein Spiel legal erwirbt, hat das Recht, eine Privatkopie anzufertigen. Das ist vielen Konzernen aber ein Dorn im Auge, mit restriktiven Kopierschutzmechanismen umgehen einige das Gesetz. Filmriese Warner will mit Privatkopien in Zukunft sogar ein Geschäft machen: Wer eine Privatkopie möchte, soll diese per Cloud-Service kaufen können.
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New York Times
Condom Rule May Drive Sex Films From Los Angeles
Pornographic film executives say that condom use reduces sales. Opinions differ on whether the multibillion-dollar industry will try to leave Los Angeles.
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Irish Times
Gorilla and human ape each other very closely, genes show
WHEN KING Louie the orang-utan sang “I wanna be like you” to a human in the film
Jungle Book, little did he know he had already achieved his goal. Thanks to the latest genetic analysis, we now also know how closely related we are to gorillas.
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The Nation
Swift & Rihanna join Uganda campaign
Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Ashley Judd and Hayden Panettiere are among the stars championing an internet campaign to bring the leader of a terrorist group in Uganda to justice.
A documentary called Kony 2012, about the ongoing conflict in the African country, has become a viral hit on the web this week after being viewed nearly four million times in just two days.
The film by humanitarian group ......
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USA Today
Mich. film buff sues AMC over snack prices
A Detroit-area film lover has filed a class-action lawsuit that accuses the AMC chain of price gouging for popcorn, drinks and candy.
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Foreign Policy
We interrupt normal IR blogging to state the obvious about the Star Wars films
Your humble blogger has occasionally demonstrated an interest in the Star Wars saga, and, alas, I see over the weekend that a lot of nonsense and some occasional brilliance has been written about this topic. Let's dive in!
While Star Wars devotees are a cantankerous, obsessive, socially maladjusted and generally the-worst-parts-of-Kevin-Smith lot, but there is general agreement on ...
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Eurosport
Football - Premier League - Villas Boas, le film d'un flop
André Villas Boas n'a pas tenu neuf mois sur le banc de Chelsea. Renvoyé dimanche et remplacé par Roberto Di Matteo, le Portugais a connu quelques hauts mais surtout beaucoup de bas à la tête des Blues. Entre mauvais résultats, sursauts et conflits, retour sur une aventure de courte durée.
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Les Echos
Après "The Artist", "Intouchables" débarque aux Etats-Unis
[[370747]] NEW YORK (AFP) : Quatre jours après le triomphe de "The Artist" aux Oscars, le film "Intouchables", fort de son succès en France et en Europe, a fait ses débuts jeudi soir à New York, espérant lui aussi conquérir l'Amérique. Il était présenté en avant-première et devant une salle comble,...
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Irish Times
A welcome award
AS A rule, the Academy Award for Best Short Film goes to a relatively young unknown. This year’s winner, Belfast-born Terry George, is something of a veteran, however, with two previous nominations under his belt for his writing, the feature films Hotel Rwanda (which he also directed) and co-writing In the Name of the Father. In a way, George’s Oscar-winning short, The Shore, with its theme of ...
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Science Daily
Enhanced brain-computer interface promises unparalleled autonomy for disabled
In the 2009 film Surrogates, humans live vicariously through robots while safely remaining in their own homes. That sci-fi future is still a long way off, but recent advances in technology are bringing this technology a step closer to reality in order to give disabled people more autonomy and independence than ever before.
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lesoir
Donnez l'effet « The Artist » à vos vidéos YouTube
Le site Internet The Artistifier propose de transformer les vidéos YouTube en film muet, en noir et blanc. Un clin d'il amusant réalisé dans le cadre du succès du film ...lire la suite
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Washington Post
Editorial Board: Stopping child abuse
BECAUSE A DRUGSTORE film processor alerted police to photos of blindfolded and gagged children, a Los Angeles teacher has been stopped from allegedly sexually exploiting students. The teacher was arrested last month after police say they found DNA evidence linking him to the abuse of 23 students.
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DerStandard
10 Jahre Scheuch in der Politik - Der Film - Uwe gibt Gas
Wie Uwe Scheuch sich in einem Film feiern lässt und von der Kärntner Jugend für Brad Pitt gehalten wird
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Irish Times
Organisers look to feature Taylor in official celebratory film
OLYMPIC GAMES BOXING:THE ORGANISING Committee for London 2012 has asked to feature Katie Taylor in one of the official London 2012 films as one of the great Olympic hopefuls.
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La Voix du Nord
Après « Tintin », Meccano produira des jouets dérivés « Lapins crétins », « Sonic » et « Gears of War »
Le fabricant de jouets calaisien Meccano a produit en 2011 des jouets dérivés du film
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WSJ
Filmmakers Find No Separation Between Art, Politics
Iranian filmmakers hoped that accolades for the film 'A Separation' would give them more breathing room. Instead, they have come under greater pressure from Tehran ahead of parliamentary elections.
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Rolling Stone
Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Between Daft Punk's astronaut gear and Air's analog synth-driven Moon Safari French electronic musicians have historically shown great nostalgia towards the old space age Continuing the trend is this soundtrack to a marvelously restored color version of George Melies' pioneering 1902 film about space travel (recently re-canonized in Martin Scorcese’s...
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FOCUS
Film - Taylor Swift dementiert Beziehung zu Zac Efron
Country-Star Taylor Swift (22) besteht darauf, dass ihre Beziehung zu Hollywood-Schauspieler Zac Efron (24) rein freundschaftlich sei. „Wir sind kein Paar. Er ist toll, aber wir sind nicht zusammen“, sagte sie in der US-Show von Ellen DeGeneres (54) am Dienstag.
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Barrons
U.S. Film Sector Reels In Better China Deal
The Chinese market still relies on the U.S. for its top films.
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The Jerusalem Post
Man charged with extorting teens to strip
25-year-old Kfar Saba man charged with extorting teenage girls to film themselves performing sex acts via their webcams.
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Les Echos
Angelina Jolie à Sarajevo présenter son film sur la guerre en Bosnie
[[362651]] SARAJEVO (AFP) : La star américaine Angelina Jolie, accompagnée de Brad Pitt, est arrivée mardi à Sarajevo où elle présentera dans la soirée son premier film de réalisatrice, "Au pays du sang et du miel", a-t-on appris auprès des autorités de l'aéroport de Sarajevo. "Angelina Jolie et...
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Handelsblatt
Herbert Kloiber: „Der deutsche Film ist sehr, sehr schwach“
Der Besitzer der Kinokette Cinemaxx ist mit der deutschen Filmlandschaft unzufrieden. Das Problem sei die Förderungspolitik der Gremien, so Kloiber. Zu oft bliebe der kommerzielle Film dabei außen vor.
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Reuters
Exclusive: MGM secures $500 mln loan to expand film, TV slate
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Metro-Goldwyn Mayer said its lenders agreed to loan the studio $500 million to retire debt it took on when it emerged from bankruptcy about a year ago and to expand its film and TV production.
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Art Review
Blog post by simon mack
Blog post by simon mackProject video trailers + TheSmack77 youtube linksonline video art works + promotion : started august 2011 into 2012:VIDEO TRAILER s3 minute trailer for this travelling video art Project. images by lorna crane (australia), ghayyan al amine (lebanon), hargreaves + mack (uk). further works by other artists to be added in due course for next exhibition cities refer to artist ...
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lesoir
Depardieu va jouer le rôle de DSK
Le réalisateur américain Abel Ferrara entend bien tourner avant l’été un film sur l’affaire « DSK » avec Gérard Depardieu et Isabelle Adjani, a...lire la suite
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ARD
Senator hat ziemlich beste Freunde gefunden
Der angeschlagene Berliner Film- und Produktionsverleiher Senator schöpft wieder Hoffnung. Rettung kommt aus Frankreich, genauer gesagt von der Filmkomödie "Ziemlich beste Freunde". Zuschauer und Anleger jubeln.
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CNN
The cloud goes Hollywood
Consumers who recently purchased Warner Brothers' final Harry Potter film on DVD or Blu-ray found a surprise in the package: a digital copy of the movie in the new UltraViolet format. Although the name is not yet familiar, UltraViolet represents Hollywood's first step into the cloud -- the much-hyped idea that media will be stored on remote servers and accessed by various devices.
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AP
NJ city turns down 'Jersey Shore' spinoff
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) -- The city of Frank Sinatra's birth has denied a request for a spinoff of MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality show to film in the city....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Ferris Bueller returns with a Honda attitude
A Super Bowl ad by the auto maker reprises actor Matthew Brodericks role in the cult film but with a different ride
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Telegraph
A Bigger Splash: review
Philip Horne admires Jack Hazan's artful 1974 film about David Hockney
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science blogs
Indoktrination statt Ausbildung bei der New Yorker Polizei [zoon politikon]
Vielleicht erinnert ihr euch noch an die hübsche Power Point Präsentation für das FBI, wo ein vermeintlicher Islam-Experten gutes Geld erhielt um einem Raum voll Bundespolizeibeamten seine Einsichten zu vermitteln. Einsichten, die er durch eine vermutlich im Freihandzeichnen erlernten Methode erreichte. Nun gibt die New Yorker Polizei zu reden.Dort wurde ein wohl als anti-muslimisch einzustufen...
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Goal.com
Adult film star offers job to Juventus keeper Gianluigi Buffon after wife's sex comments
The Italy No.1 has been asked to enter the adult film business by a well-known porn star after the shot stopper's wife praised her husband's skills in the bedroom.
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New York Times
Grantham Journal: Divisive Thatcher Remains Grocer’s Daughter Back Home
Long after her departure from public life, Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister who is the subject of a new film, still divides the British, even in her hometown.
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Human Rights Watch
US/New York: Discipline Police Showing Anti-Muslim Film
New York City officials should order a full investigation into the showing of an anti-Muslim film during police training and take appropriate action against all those responsible.
(New York) – New York City officials should order a full investigation into the showing of an anti-Muslim film during police training and take appropriate actio...
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USA Today
Kolber finally talks about Namath incident
In a new HBO film, ESPN's Suzy Kolber talks publicly for the first time about a drunken Joe Namath saying on-air he wanted to kiss her.
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National Geographic
Kodachrome: First Great Color Film Remembered
Called a "photographer's liberation," Kodachrome produced clear, vivid color photographs that drastically changed National Geographic magazine. Kodak announced Monday it will cease production of the iconic medium.
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Reuters
Nanosolar names new CEO
(Reuters) - Thin film solar startup Nanosolar Inc on Thursday named a former Cisco Systems Inc and Hewlett Packard Co operations executive as its chief executive.
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Telegraph
Senna film a reminder of Formula One's allure
How elegantly circular sport can be. The elevation this week of Bruno Senna to a seat at Williams echoes the moment 18 years ago when his celebrated uncle underwent the same rite of passage.
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USA Today
Porn industry could leave LA if condoms required
Will authorities carry through with an effort to police film sets and order that every actor be outfitted with a condom?
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Times of India
Rel Media to separate businesses
Reliance MediaWorks, a film and entertainment company, said its board had approved separating its exhibition and film and media services businesses into subsidiaries.
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Reuters
Reliance Media to move businesses to subsidiaries
MUMBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - India's Reliance MediaWorks
, a film and entertainment company, said its board had
approved separating its exhibition and film and media services
businesses into...
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Reuters
Gingrich backs away from anti-Romney film
MIAMI (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich called on supporters on Friday to correct or scrap a just-released documentary that portrays rival Mitt Romney as a corporate raider who cost thousands of Americans their jobs.
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Science News
The Digital Camera Revolution
Instead of imitating film counterparts, new technologies work with light in creative ways
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Number10
PM backs 'dynamic and entrepreneurial' UK Film Industry
"UK film industry makes £4bn contribution to economy and incalculable contribution to culture"
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Reuters
Struggling Kodak disbands film group, shares soar
(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co announced a new business structure on Tuesday that eliminates its film group as the once-iconic photography company tries to refocus as a digital company to help fend off financial difficulties.
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Daily Mail
Miniature racetrack sculpture, inspired by cult film Metropolis, takes artist 4 years to make
Metropolis II features 1,100 custom-made cars pulled by magnets around the steel track. The installation, by sculptor Chris Burden, is on show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Le Point
L'incroyable année 2011 en 30 listes - 10 films qui valaient vraiment le coup
1. "Intouchables". Parce que jamais un film avec un handicapé n'avait dépassé...
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Daily Telegraph
Can't drive, can't film
REMEMBER 'Joe the Cameraman', the Channel 9 employee at the centre of the "Can't bowl, can't throw" saga in 1999?
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Technology Review
Apollo's Rocket Scientists
What is the legacy of the Apollo program, and what can we learn from it to help us confront the scientific and engineering challenges of our own time? This short film kicked off the "Giant Leaps" Symposium commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. The symposium was organized by the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, and held at MIT on June 11, 2009.
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Sport Bild
„Gespielter Mythos“ - Brühl rast als Lauda nach Hollywood
In Kürze beginnen die Arbeiten zum Film „Rush”. Thema ist der Zweikampf zwischen Niki Lauda (gespielt von Daniel Brühl) und James Hunt.Foto: Egoli Tossell Film
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Technology Review
Red: The Camera That Changed Hollywood
How a sunglasses entrepreneur helped end the golden age of the 35-millimeter film camera.
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Le Point
Olympus - Le film est brouillé
L'histoire est digne d'un thriller financier. Le spécialiste de la vision de...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
MW3 tops Avatar to claim fastest billion in sales
Activision compares sales of Call of Duty game to blockbuster film record, earns $1-billion in 16 days
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New York Times
Briefly: Education: 'Cheating' Caught on Film Shakes U.K. Exams System
This year's GCSEs and A-levels have been thrown into an uproar after a newspaper filmed examiners telling teachers which subjects are likely to come up and even which questions to expect.
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euronews
"Out of the bounds" reçoit l'Etoile d'or du festival de Marrakech
Le grand prix du festival international de cinéma de Marrakech est revenu cette année au film danois "Out of the bounds" de la réalisatrice…
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
The critic who kicked the hornets nest
When New Yorker critic David Denby shockingly broke the embargo on an upcoming film release, it caused many to rethink the current screening system
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Reuters
AIDS group seeks Los Angeles referendum on porn star condom use
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters in the city of Los Angeles, home to the nation's porn industry, could be asked next year whether condoms should be required in adult film shoots to cut down on sexually transmitted diseases.
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Science News
On the Scene: Vying for the title of World's Fastest Cell
Scientists film 58 kinds of mobile cells to study movement
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science blogs
Ein Urlaub in Namibia... [Frischer Wind]
...steht auf dem Wunschzettel vieler Hobby-Astronomen ganz weit oben. Warum das so ist, verdeutlicht dieses großartige Astro-Video, das man am besten im Vollbild-Modus und mit aufgedrehten Lautsprechern genießt...
Aufgenommen wurde der Film über einen Zeitraum von 250 Stunden auf der bekannten Tivoli-Astrofarm vom italienischen Hobby-Astronomen Lorenzo Comolli. Outstanding.Zum Beitrag im Blog »
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Tourism Australia gets real
ADITYA Hitkari fell in love with Australia as a young actor on his first overseas film shoot.
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exchnage4media
Percept Profile’s Buzzinga bags social media mandate for 42nd Intl Film Fest
Close on the heels of Percept Profile being appointed as the Public Relations partner for the 42nd International Film Festival of India, the agency’s social media division, Buzzinga, has bagged the social media mandate for the mega film event.
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The Jerusalem Post
Music in a time of madness
With her film ‘Violins in Wartime’, director Yael Katzir talks about power of music in times of conflict.
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The Nation
Air Force One shot down in Pakistan
TheNation MonitoringHOLLYWOOD actor Tom Hanks could be competing with Liam Neeson in the fifty something action hero stakes if producer Kevin Walsh has his way, as hes been offered the lead in political thriller Patriot Down, reported Variety magazine.The snappy concept sees the film open with Air Force One being shot down over Pakistan, leaving the on-the-run president to fend for himself.I...
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National Post
Exotic Ontario: The National Parks Project
As part of the National Parks Project, artists from across Canada sought inspiration in our protected open spaces, producing a soundtrack album and a Gemini-award winning film. Here, filmmaker Geoff Morrison details time spent in Ontario
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China Daily
After tiger mom, here comes the tiger wife
When Wendi Deng made a rare public appearance a month ago at the Shanghai International Film Festival, together with her husband Rupert Murdoch, the strongest impression she left on my colleague was her height.
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Eurosport
Combiné nordique - Championnats du monde Oslo - Comment Lamy-Chappuis l'a fait
Au terme d'une course pleine de maîtrise, Jason Lamy-Chappuis déroule au micro d'Eurosport le film de son sacre. En retrait depuis le début des Mondiaux d'Oslo, le Jurassien a apporté une réponse cinglante mercredi.
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| 2 | India | 82.705 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 35.683 |
| 4 | Germany | 24.873 |
| 5 | France | 13.550 |
| 6 | Italy | 13.515 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 13.310 |
| 8 | Poland | 11.320 |
| 9 | Turkey | 8.020 |
| 10 | Canada | 7.729 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 6.511 |
| 12 | Australia | 5.114 |
| 13 | Philipines | 5.050 |
| 14 | China | 4.650 |
| 15 | Romania | 4.418 |
| 16 | Sweden | 4.400 |
| 17 | Norway | 4.355 |
| 18 | Korea South | 3.860 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 3.670 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 3.544 |
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Media |
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| 1 | Dainik Jagran | 22.000 |
| 2 | CNN Editions (International) | 18.000 |
| 3 | CNN | 16.000 |
| 4 | Dainik Bhaskar | 14.000 |
| 5 | The Sun | 6.500 |
| 6 | Dinakaran | 5.000 |
| 7 | Dailymail | 4.500 |
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| 12 | foxnews | 3.000 |
| 13 | Times of India | 3.000 |
| 14 | De telegraaf | 2.960 |
| 15 | IBN live | 2.800 |
| 16 | Dinamalar | 2.800 |
| 17 | metro (london) | 2.750 |
| 18 | New York Times | 2.725 |
| 19 | USA Today | 2.525 |
| 20 | Joong Ang Ilbo | 2.500 |
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Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 206.752 |
| 2 | Hindi | 41.000 |
| 3 | German | 32.048 |
| 4 | French | 15.881 |
| 5 | Italian | 13.375 |
| 6 | Indonesian | 13.310 |
| 7 | Polish | 11.080 |
| 8 | Turkish | 8.020 |
| 9 | Tamil | 7.800 |
| 10 | Dutch | 7.081 |
| 11 | Romanian | 4.468 |
| 12 | Chinese | 4.450 |
| 13 | Swedish | 4.400 |
| 14 | Norwegian | 4.355 |
| 15 | Spanish | 4.345 |
| 16 | Czech | 3.544 |
| 17 | Gujarati | 2.900 |
| 18 | Malayalam | 2.400 |
| 19 | Danish | 2.286 |
| 20 | Portuguese | 1.600 |
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