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Andhra markets GAME city at Cannes
Riding on its extensive cinema industry, which produces one of the largest number of films in India, the government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is keen to use the latest technological innovations in the industry to create skill development and employment opportunities for its youth. "We are planning to set up a GAME city which will serve as the hub for Gaming, Animation, ...
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Venus Jupiter and Mercury will dance in spring twilight
Three planets - Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury will present a spectacular sky show during the last week of May. So, look low in the west-northwest after sunset in late May, and you can watch Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury pirouetting through the tightest gathering of three naked-eye planets that the world will see until 2026. "Here's a beautiful chance to see three planets all together," said Alan ...
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Bieber booed by fans at Billboard Music Awards
Pop star Justin Bieber was reportedly booed by his fans at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards when he went on the stage to receive an award and gave a speech. Protesting against the booing, the singer said that he is an artist who should be taken seriously, reports thesun.co.uk. The 19-year-old competed with singers Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars to grab the Milestone Award, which recognises musical ...
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Youths with disabled peoples stage flashmob in Baku - VIDEO
Baku residents have witnessed another interesting show arranged by flashmobbers on 19 May. A group of young people together with dancers and athletes with disabilities danced under well-known hits: Psy - Gentleman, Black eyed peace - Let's get it started and Usher - Yeah. Flashmob left a vivid impression on passers-by who were surprised to see the dancers in wheelchairs who despite the ...
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Opera queens night of celebration
opera doyenne Joanna Wong when she was 15 and still in school. Seated on a wooden stool in the cosy Chinese Opera Teahouse in Smith Street, See Too is warm and animated. "Of course, I'm very excited. I do a lot of shows throughout the year, but this is different because it is specially in my name so I feel the pressure of having to work harder, so that I can perfect as much as I ...
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Edgy indie films among summer crop
It is David vs. Goliath, brains vs. brawn, art vs. commerce. I am talking about alternate movie programming vs. Hollywood's summer blockbusters. It looks bleak for David, but now is not the time to surrender. Okay, okay, I realize that cinephiles despair seeing the boxoffice results already posted this month, as well as trailers for the 2013 summer fare. It all seems so overwhelming. Iron ...
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Abrams a fan of text-based games
The visual effects in Star Trek Into Darkness leave very little to the imagination. And that's the whole point of special effects, right? Through the use of elaborate sets, stunts and computer-generated imagery, director J. J. Abrams transports us from the surface of alien worlds to the inky void of space to the bridge of the USS Enterprise herself. The same can be said for video games. As ...
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Antarctica exhibition shows off architects ice work
Antarctica , shaped like caterpillars or icebergs, on stilts or stubby legs, will look like science-fiction illustrations - the storms, blizzards, extremes of temperature, darkness and howling winds they have been designed to withstand are so extreme that conditions have been likened to those on ...
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Tsar to Lenin to be shown at UK’s National Media Museum and at Cornerhouse cinema
is to be screened by two major independent cinemas in the UK, the Cornerhouse in Manchester May 27, and the National Media Museum in Bradford, June 1. First released in ...
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Cinema imagination and object perception questioned in Cairo art display
Cairo's Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) is collaborating with the UK's Tate Modern in a collective video art exhibition entitled 'Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear', which raises questions about the nature of cinema and moving images, and the role played by the audiences' imaginations and perceptions in constructing narratives.The exhibition features ...
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Netflix and the rise of binge TV watching
Netflix has been giving viewers the opportunity to watch entire new seasons of TV shows in one sitting and -- for better or for worse -- many have been doing just that. When Netflix premiered its first original ...
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Walters daughter arrested for DUI
Journalist Barbara Walters arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine's naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York, April 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Lucas ...
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Jay-Z denies pregnancy rumours
Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce watch the New Jersey Nets play the Phoenix Suns in the second quarter of their NBA basketball game in Newark, New Jersey, February 28, 2011. REUTERS/Ray ...
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Theater Review The Master Builder at the Harvey Theater at BAM
Halvard Solness, the driven title character in ...
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Its Official Kelly Rowland Paulina Rubio Joining X Factor
, Fox has announced. Said Cowell in a statement: "It’s taken more than a decade but I’m delighted to finally be on a panel with three girls (I think!). Paulina and Kelly both have great taste and massive experience in the music industry and together with Demi, this is going to be a fun panel. It just feels like the time to do something ...
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Lease to Broadways biggest theater sold
Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought the lease to Broadway's largest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 ...
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DWTS live chat The final 4
They came, they saw, they tangoed. In the final week of "Dancing With the Stars," it all comes down to these four: Zendaya, Kellie, Aly, and Jacoby. Who knew they had these kind of moves? Join Marianne Dowling for some of the final dances of Season 16 starting at 8 PM ET. Click the "Comment Now" button to join in the conversation. The mirror ball trophy is in ...
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Spider-Man Broadway venue sold to Britains Ambassador Theatre
Mon May 20, 2013 7:58pm EDT May 20 (Reuters) - British theater company Ambassador Theatre Group's subsidiary Lyric Theatre LLC has purchased Foxwoods Theatre, currently home to the "Spider-Man" musical, from Live Nation Entertainment Inc, the companies said on Monday. Lyric Theatre paid about $65 million for Foxwoods, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The Foxwoods ...
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The Doors star Ray Manzarek dead at 74
The Doors star Ray Manzarek has died following a secret battle with cancer. The keyboard player, who co-founded the band with Jim Morrison, passed away at a clinic in Germany, according to a post on the band's Facebook.com page. He was 74. Bandmate Robby Krieger has released a statement which reads, "I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray ...
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Broadways biggest theatre sold
BRITAIN'S biggest theatre group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theatre from Live Nation Entertainment for about $US60 million ($A61.81 ...
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Books of The Times And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Khaled ...
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Rape by American Soldiers in World War II France
The soldiers who landed in Normandy on D-Day were greeted as liberators, but by the time American G. ...
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12th Avenue Arts Makah Tribe win ArtPlace grants
ArtPlace America, which distributes grants that ';accelerate creative placemaking across the country,'; has announced the 54 recipients for grants in 2013-14. Washington recipients are: –Capitol Hill Housing ...
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Dance Review Rennie Harris RHAW at the New Victory Theater
They could almost be dancing for one another, these kids, on the street, in a club. Except that their circle is open at the front and they face outward, performing for spectators. Each gets a turn in the middle, and at first what they do ...
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European cinema in crisis
The fizz has long come off the European Film industry, even if the champagne corks are popping in Cannes. The financial crisis of 2007 has hit the business hard, subsidies being cut, even in countries which previously feather bedded the industry. Spain for example has seen state aid go from 124 million euros down to just 55 million. It’s not just the present that is the concern. The ...
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Morocco recieves aid as part of EU ties
Morocco has taken another step forward in its several years long pursuit of closer ties with the EU, receiving a vote of confidence from the continent’s organizing body in the form of aid, which will be used to pursue areas of development needed to modernize and reform the country.
Morocco is to receive Euro 580 million (roughly MAD 6 billion) from the European Union over the next four years, according to a joint agreement that was signed between Morocco and the EU recently, which it is hoped will provide the country with the means to further integrate itself with the European economy. Read more
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