The stars of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film met their fans on Sunday evening at Disneyland California.

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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson’s plan to import lemurs to his Caribbean islands provokes concern among conservationists.

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The 2011 Cannes Film Festival lineup is out and ready to seduce those traveling to France next month for a week-or-so of all different types of films from around the world. Big, well-known titles include the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Terrence Malick’s long-awaited Tree of Life (starring Brad Pitt), Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive (with Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan), Lars Von Trier’s trippy, end-of-days drama Melancholia, Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, and so much more from directors like Pedro Almodovar (The Skin That I Live In), Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin), The Dardenne Brothers (The Kid With The Bike), and Paolo Sorrentino (This Must Be The Place), among others.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is to be shown at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, organisers announce.

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As early as 1997, officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission suspected that Robert Allen Stanford was running a Ponzi scheme. But they did not take significant steps to investigate until 2005, and it was not until 2009 that the agency charged Stanford with perpetrating an $8 billion fraud from Texas and his island base in the Caribbean.

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The new country of Curacao recently gained independence from the Netherlands, but the Caribbean island has always been a free spirit.

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In Curacao, let freedom ring

The new country of Curacao recently gained independence from the Netherlands, but the Caribbean island has always been a free spirit.

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In Curacao, let freedom ring

The BBC Caribbean Service broadcasts for the final time, one of several World Service language services closed because of budget cuts.

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The summer movie season is upon us. We posted the four brand new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides character posters earlier this week and today, a pair of Thor international posters have hit the web. Check them out below. Thor opens May 6th. Read More Read Comments

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Various studios unveiled new character posters for some of the most anticipated upcoming movies. First off is the trio of character posters for the medieval action comedy Your Highness with Natalie Portman, James Franco and Danny McBride. Next up is IFC’s action comedy Super. Last week, a character poster for Rainn Wilson’s Crimson Bolt premiered and today, his crime-fighting buddy Ellen Page gets a poster. Last but not least is a gorgeous new poster for Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides featuring Johnny Depp! What are your thoughts on these new posters and which upcoming movies would you love to see character posters for? Read More Read Comments

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New posters for "Pirates 4," "Super" and "Your Highness"

A talking lizard grabbed the best box office opening of 2011 this weekend, with Johnny Depp’s animated Western Rango bringing in $38 million. The film, helmed by Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, cost a hefty $135 million to produce-a…

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The first weekend of March brings with it a whole bunch of options when it comes to movies to go see. Over the past couple years, March and April have turned into sort of like a pre-game for the summer blockbuster season, with studios taking more chances by releasing bigger films in these months before things really begin to heat up. But before you click on over to buy tickets right here at Fandango, why not scope out your choices for this week … Rango What’s The Scoop: After working together on three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, director Gore Verbinski once again teams up with Johnny Depp on an animated film about a chameleon (Depp) who bumbles his way into the town of Dirt, convinces the people there that he’s someone he’s not, and then subsequently… Read More Read Comments

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Box Office Poll: Who Will Win The Weekend? (3/4-3/6)

Kellie Pickler may have eloped, but privacy wasn’t the issue. The country music star wed

Officials in Haiti say they are ready to issue ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide with a diplomatic passport, paving the way for his possible return to the Caribbean nation.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States has no plans to suspend aid to Haiti despite the continuing crisis over the disputed presidential election in the Caribbean nation.

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