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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A man from rural France impersonated South Korean “Gangnam Style” entertainer Psy at the Cannes Film Festival, eating, drinking and partying with the stars in Cannes for two days, press reports said yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By JON MOOALLEM, on May 23rd, 2013 B.Y.U.’s animation program is not your typical film school. And that’s why its graduates actually get jobs.
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Amy Wu is no Hollywood celebrity but she and Angelina Jolie share a few things in common: they are both 37 years old, have been affected by breast cancer and are now sharing their personal stories with the world. Wu, an American-born writer and journalism lecturer based in Hong Kong, was diagnosed with early stages of breast cancer earlier this month. “High-grade DCIS,” Wu’s doctor told her on May 8, referring to ductal carcinoma in-situ, a fast-growing cancerous lump. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: KEANU REEVES STEPS BEHIND THE LENS The transition from actor to director was not an easy one for Keanu Reeves. Reeves, who showed clips from his upcoming film “Man of Tai Chi” to a select crowd on Monday, said it took him a while to get into the director’s mindset. “The first day of that was not too much fun,” he laughed during an interview. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By BROOKS BARNES and MICHAEL CIEPLY, on May 18th, 2013 Awash in hits, but not in profits, a proud Hollywood studio has suddenly found itself in the cross hairs of an activist investor who wants to spin it off from Sony.
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By Dana Kennedy, on May 18th, 2013 A hotel safe full of jewelry, stolen right under Hollywood’s nose. Dana Kennedy on the Riviera mystery.
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By By JAMES B. STEWART, on May 17th, 2013 Hollywood, increasingly reliant on big-budget spectacles that make hundreds of millions of dollars, may be headed over a blockbuster cliff.
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By By MANOHLA DARGIS, on May 16th, 2013 The Cannes Film Festival opens with “The Great Gatsby,” a reminder of the event’s longstanding special relationship with Hollywood studios.
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Thais’ deep affection for ghost stories and laughter has brought a new phenomenon to movie theaters — comic touches added to an oft-told tragedy of true love, which have made the latest adaptation of the Mae Nak legend into the all-time highest-grossing Thai film. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Cancer campaigners have applauded actress Angelina Jolie for going public about her double mastectomy, but warned women against rushing out to be tested for the gene mutation that threatened her life. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A toned-down version of the film, with less violence and gore, was approved by censors in March, but it was abruptly axed before its April 10 opening day due to “technical reasons”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Movie star Jet Li has joined up with renowned Chinese internet entrepreneur Jack Ma to open a tai chi school in a bid to promote the traditional exercise. Ma is founder of the world’s biggest online retailer, Alibaba, where he stepped down as chief executive last week saying he wanted to do more in education and the environment. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A toned-down version of the film, with less violence and gore, was approved by censors in March, but it was abruptly axed on its scheduled April 10 opening day due to “technical reasons”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a violent dispute in a bar, Mexican authorities said on Friday. He was 28. City prosecutors are investigating the attack that sent Shabazz to a nearby hospital where he died Thursday of blunt-force trauma injuries. United States officials confirmed that Shabazz was killed in Mexico City. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Public opinion surveys are widely cited in city, but many doubt they give a fair picture in light of outdated methods and political polarisation. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese authorities have begun investigating reports that Zhang Yimou, one of China’s best-known movie directors, has seven children in violation of strict family planning rules, which could result in a fine of 160 million yuan (HK$202 million), state media said on Thursday. Online reports have surfaced that Zhang, who dazzled the world in 2008 with his Beijing Olympic ceremonies, “has at least seven children and will face a 160 million yuan fine”, said the website of the People’s Daily, the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A troupe of street drummers got a shock when Helen Mirren, dressed as Queen Elizabeth II, emerged from a London theatre to berate them for disrupting her show. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Research by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has surprised even the study’s author, who last polled political attitudes in the wake of the Tiananmen uprising in 1989. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> His words drip with malice and evil genius; his moustache droops low and his eyebrows arch high. But while there seems little place for Dr Fu Manchu in a modern multicultural world, variations on the character have proved remarkably resilient, says Dr Jenny Clegg, a British Sinologist who has studied the stereotype. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 1st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A British climber and two companions, confronted on Everest by an angry mob of Sherpas, are returning home after deciding they no longer feel safe enough to stay on the mountain. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Psy imposter fools celebrities at Cannes Film Festival
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A man from rural France impersonated South Korean “Gangnam Style” entertainer Psy at the Cannes Film Festival, eating, drinking and partying with the stars in Cannes for two days, press reports said yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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