Grab your tissues and prepare to get your cry on X-Men fans, because Darren Aronofsky has decided not to direct The Wolverine, which was 20th Century Fox’s follow-up to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Though Hugh Jackman is still attached – and production was set to begin real soon – Aronofsky has opted to walk away prior to production because, according to a statement he released, he does not want to be away from his family for a year during production. He says, “As I talked more about the film with my collaborators at Fox, it became clear that the production of ‘The Wolverine’ would keep me out of the country for almost a year. I was not comfortable being away from my family for that length of time. I am sad that I won’t be able to see the project… Read More Read Comments

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Darren Aronofsky Leaves ‘The Wolverine’

Grab your tissues and prepare to get your cry on X-Men fans, because Darren Aronofsky has decided not to direct The Wolverine, which was 20th Century Fox’s follow-up to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Though Hugh Jackman is still attached – and production was set to begin real soon – Aronofsky has opted to walk away prior to production because, according to a statement he released, he does not want to be away from his family for a year during production. He says, “As I talked more about the film with my collaborators at Fox, it became clear that the production of ‘The Wolverine’ would keep me out of the country for almost a year. I was not comfortable being away from my family for that length of time. I am sad that I won’t be able to see the project… Read More Read Comments

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Tokyo stock markets opened for the first time since a devastating earthquake hit the nation Friday-and promptly dove more than 5 percent. Car manufacturers took an especially hard tumble, since the crisis halted their production. Shares of…

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Gunmen attacked Iraq’s largest oil refinery, breaking in with silenced pistols, killing one guard and wounding another, and setting explosives near the production units. It took about five hours and up to 50 fire trucks to contain the blaze, according…

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A collaboration of industry insiders making the closed off world of London Fashion Week more accessible One of the main criticisms surrounding the world of fashion and its ‘special weeks’ is that it’s too insular for the everyman to access, too preoccupied with itself and veiled in a snobbery rivaled only by that of a Royal Family peerage system. Having experienced it from the inside for many years, London-based photographer Christopher Sims decided to play the antagoniser and look to provide an alternative view on fashion and its grand menagerie with a collaborative agency and film unit under the name 55Factory . As with many such enterprises, 55Factory operates as a collaborative hotbed – housing photographers, stylists, editors and creatives. However, this week 55Factory showed up at London Fashion Week to interview celebrities, fashion icons and style savvy individuals. The avoidance of the snobbery of fashion is central to the appeal of the short films from London’s Fashion Week. With no prior preparation Sims speaks frankly to his subjects about clothes, parties and explores the uniqueness of London’s premier clothes horse. Sims is happy to point out that the quality of the production is what one might expect from a camera and mic operation but stresses that it’s the subject matter which is important and the way it is approached. The initial response from its short films have been promising with 55Factory looking to spread itself out to some more of the world’s fashion weeks in a continuing effort to break down some of the barriers between those on the inside and those looking from the outside of an industry which is still mystifyingly cloaked to the general public.

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The report urged a White House-level committee to examine the production and use of energy-critical elements that are now or may soon be in short supply.

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Scientific Groups Call for New Sources of Critical Elements

The oil giant Shell has reported profits of $18.6bn (£11.5bn) for 2010 thanks to rising oil prices and higher production.

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Shell profits double to $18.6bn

Theater Arts Production Company High School boasts a near perfect graduation rate and the city’s best report card.

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City Opens Inquiry on Grading Practices at a Top-Scoring Bronx School

The US Navy is to relieve an aircraft carrier captain of his command over the production of lewd videos aboard the ship, defence officials say.

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The US Navy says it is investigating the production of lewd videos aboard a US aircraft carrier which have turned the spotlight on a veteran commander.

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Natalie Mendoza, who has been recovering from an injury sustained during a performance of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” is leaving the production.

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Spider-Woman Is Leaving Troubled ‘Spider-Man’