Cannes 2012: Shia LaBeouf's 'Lawless,' parable for the drug war? - Los Angeles Times

Cannes 2012: Shia LaBeouf's 'Lawless,' parable for the drug war?
Los Angeles Times
But ask those who worked on the Shia LaBeouf-Tom Hardy movie, which has its black-tie premiere Saturday night at the Cannes Film Festival, and they'll say it's surprisingly of the moment. "There are a lot of parallels to today, with the economic crisis ...

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Subjects to availability - The Sun


The Sun
Subjects to availability
The Sun
Champneys health resort in Tring, Herts There will be a Friday drinks reception followed by an evening of British films, a Saturday screening of the Epsom Derby and a lavish garden party on the Monday. The Queen's Jubilee concert will be screened live ...

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How to rock your weekend - Herald Sun

How to rock your weekend
Herald Sun
But there's no hope of not laughing often at a film dedicated "in loving memory of Kim Jong-il". ONE FOR THE WHITE-KNUCKLERS : THE WOMAN IN BLACK is Daniel Radcliffe's first big post-Hogwarts study assignment is due (alternate title : "There's More to ...

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No secret to their success - Christian Chronicle


Christian Chronicle
No secret to their success
Christian Chronicle
In their music, “you hear the history of rural American music from the 1920s and a reverence for every musical genre this country has produced,” said T. Bone Burnett, a Grammy winner and executive producer of the sisters' self-titled debut album.

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Screen legends - The Australian

Screen legends
The Australian
I know this because the anecdote opens Nick Herd's Networking: Commercial Television in Australia, the first comprehensive history of commercial television in Australia, published by Currency Press. "At that time, scientific competence in the ...

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Sci-Fi Game Based on Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes Is Lost in Space - Wired News


Wired News
Sci-Fi Game Based on Garth Nix's <em>A Confusion of Princes</em> Is Lost in Space
Wired News
Read our complete interview with Nix below, in which he talks about his many publishing jobs, his involvement in the film business, and the inspiration behind some of his best-loved stories. Or listen to the interview in Episode 59 of the Geek's Guide ...

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Lights, camera, talent ... - Maroondah Weekly

Lights, camera, talent ...
Maroondah Weekly
Across the south-east suburbs, young people are finding their own voices to break in to the world of films, television shows and drama. Last year, budding filmmakers at schools in Noble Park and Oakleigh were listed among the best in Australia in ...

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Kings arts scene: April 26 - Nova News Now


Nova News Now
Kings arts scene: April 26
Nova News Now
Submitted By Wendy Elliott Set in the drawing room of a 1920s English country home, the simple plot of Mr. Pim Passes By has to do with whether the mistress of the house's second marriage is a bigamous one, since her first husband may not be dead.

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Introducing the unflappable Miss Fisher - Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

Introducing the unflappable Miss Fisher
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
... but also an entire TV series that is taking Australia by storm. The Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries are based on the novels by Kerry Greenwood, who invented the 1920s heroine Phryne (pronounced Fry-knee, to rhyme with briny) Fisher.

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Highway history - Amarillo.com

Highway history
Amarillo.com
Rosina Laucke of southern Australia looks at a bandana Saturday at the Lile Art Gallery. By KAREN SMITH WELCH Texas Panhandle evangelists for Route 66 praised a recently completed study quantifying the Mother Road's nurturing effect on the economy as ...

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