Rwanda’s killers and victims shown side by side at Cannes
Shot over a decade in a lush hillside corner of Rwanda, Cannes movie ‘My Neighbor My Killer’ looks at whether victims and perpetrators of a mass atrocity can ever learn to live together again.
“What would you say if you were asked to embrace people who decimated your family?” said director Anne... 
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‘American Idol’ stars checked for swine flu in Philippines
The two top contenders from last season’s hit US television show ‘American Idol’ faced swine flu checks by government doctors after landing in the Philippines to perform at a concert, officials said.
David Cook and David Archuleta, winner and runner-up respectively of the seventh season of the...
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62nd Cannes Film Festival
CANNES: (From L) British actor Harry Treadaway, British actress Kierston Wareing, Irish-German born actor Michael Fassbender and British director Andrea Arnold pose during the photocall for their movie ‘Fish Tank’ in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in France. afp
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Spacey to play disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff
Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey is to play disgraced Washington power broker Jack Abramoff in a thriller about the jailed lobbyist, entertainment industry journal Variety said. The film – ‘Casino Jack’ - begins shooting next month with ‘American Beauty’ star Spacey playing Abramoff, jailed for nearly six...
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Scorsese to make Sinatra biopic
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is to bring the life and times of Frank Sinatra to the big screen in the first ever feature film about the legendary entertainer, it was confirmed.
Scorsese, 66, who has made several acclaimed films about historical figures during a career bristling with...
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‘Maxim Hot 100’ party
Santa Monica: Actress Taryn Manning arrives at the ‘Maxim Hot 100’ party in California. ap
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‘Slumdog’ child actor’s home demolished
The shanty town home of a child star in the Oscar-winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ was torn down on Thursday as Mumbai authorities cleared an illegal slum, eyewitnesses said. A team of workers moved into the sprawling Gareeb Nagar shanty town in the Bandra East area of central Mumbai, which had sprung...
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Cannes dons 3D specs for film festival lift-off
Celebrities donned tuxedos, fancy dresses and 3D spectacles as the Cannes film festival lifted off with the worldpremiere of Pixar’s cartoon comedy ‘Up’.
The notoriously extravagant event has toned down the glitz in this time of economic crisis, but there was little gloom here as the crowds...
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Google to re-shoot Japan Street Views after privacy complaints
US Internet giant Google has decided to re-shoot Street View photos in Japan following complaints from people who said public images of their homes violated their privacy.
The company’s Japanese unit announced the decision, saying it would take new photographs with the cameras set lower so the...
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Scenes from the show CATS
Hong Kong: Selected scenes from the show CATS are performed at a theatre. The musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber will run in the territory until June 21st. afp
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Sexy ‘Venus’ may be oldest figurine yet discovered
A sexually suggestive Venus figurine with oversized breasts and thighs dates back at least 35,000 years and shows ancient humans had sex on their minds, researchers said.
The 60-millimetre-long figurine may be the oldest piece of its kind yet discovered and suggests Palaeolithic art was far...
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‘Bead Skirt’
New York: A dancer with the company Momix performs a scene from Botanica called ‘Bead Skirt’ during a dress rehearsal before opening night at the Joyce Theatre. afp
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Paintball dodges bullet in Germany
The German government has ditched a proposal to ban paintball that was part of a package of new gun-control measures in response to a school massacre in March, a lawmaker told AFP. “There will be no ban,” said Dieter Wiefelspuetz, an expert on domestic affairs in the Social Democrats (SPD), junior partners...
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Bangladesh bans sexual harassment
Bangladesh’s High Court moved Thursday to plug a gaping hole in the country’s laws by introducing a first-ever ban on sexual harassment, an official said.
Deputy Attorney-General Rajik Al Jalil told AFP the new guidelines covered verbal abuse and physical attacks, including the sending of suggestive...
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Elvis shakes up iPhone
Elvis Presley Enterprises announced that it was releasing a free iPhone application which will allow fans to view newly released pictures and videos of the ‘The King’ and listen to podcasts from Elvis Radio. Fans can also use ‘Elvis Mobile’ to report Elvis sightings around the world to elvis.com or...
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Gone with the wind: Falling cash closes German motorway
A German motorway was closed in both directions after an envelope containing 23,000 euros ($31,000) flew out of an open-top car, causing a rainstorm of cash, police said on Thursday. The driver of the Audi A3 convertible, a 23-year-old man, was test-driving the vehicle on Wednesday and unwisely placed...
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Empire State Building becomes green giant
* Changing windows in New York sounds easy — but changing the planet too?
That’s the goal at the Empire State Building where switching windows, all 6,500, is part of a retrofit meant to transform the tower, scene of King Kong’s last stand in the Hollywood classic, into an eco-friendly...
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