What’s Your Raashee Mumbai: Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra arrives at the launch of the soundtrack for her upcoming movie ‘What’s Your Raashee’. reuters

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Redford to direct Lincoln assassination film
Hollywood legend Robert Redford has signed up to direct a historical drama about the assassination of US president Abraham Lincoln, The Hollywood Reporter said. Lincoln, whose presidential tenure took place during the 1861-1865 US civil war, emancipated slaves and was mortally shot by a southern sympathiser...

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Miss Universe 2009 Nassau: ‘Miss Universe 2009’ contestants rehearse for the ‘Miss Universe 2009’ competition scheduled to air live on August 23. afp

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Iceland and Ecuador early favourites for Miss Universe
Ecuador’s Sandra Vinces, 19, and Iceland’s Ingibjorg Egilsdottir, 24, are early favourites on Facebook and other social networking sites ahead of Sunday’s Miss Universe contest. Eighty-four contestants will parade in swimwear for the judges who this year include actors, TV producers, photographers,...

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Indian stoning festival banned
A centuries- old festival in which residents from rival Indian villages throw stones at each other - leaving people dead or injured - has been banned, an official said. The annual Gotmar festival in an impoverished central region of the country involved teams competing to capture a tree placed in a...

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Europe’s biggest video games fair kicks off
Europe’s biggest video games fair, Gamescom, opened its doors in the western German city of Cologne on Thursday, with over 420 exhibitors from 30 countries showing off their wares. The four-day show is expected to draw some 200,000 visitors and features the global premieres of new versions of blockbusters...

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Heathrow airport hires writer-in-residence
London’s Heathrow airport has appointed a writer-in-residence to muse on the world of flight delays, passport controls and duty-free shops, officials said. Alain de Botton, a popular philosopher known for works like “How Proust Can Change Your Life”, set up his laptop this week at the airport’s new...

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