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Hits and Misses in Facebook's History
a movie about Zuckerberg and the legal battles over Facebook's founding, is released. It receives eight Academy Awards nominations and wins three. June 2011: Google launches rival social network called Plus. The Winklevoss twins end their
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Iran's Farhadi and China's Jia Make Cannes Splash
between economic winners and losers. "The Past," by Academy Award -winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, is an unsparing including "A Separation" — the 2012 foreign-language Oscar winner — in Iran, "The Past" was made entirely outside
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Hot off the Press: Seen and Heard in Cannes
favorite for the Palme d'Or prize at 5-1. That is followed by "The Past," from Iran's Asghar Farhadi — who won an Academy Award for "A Separation" — at 11-2 and U.S. director James Gray's 1920s New York story "The Immigrant" at 13-2. Other
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For Stars, 'Hangover' Series Was a Game Changer
just don't get paid that much." Among them: "Silver Linings Playbook," for which he earned an Academy Award nomination as best actor . "We've also just learned about ourselves," Cooper said. "We've all grown a lot. There was
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Seen and Heard in Cannes
the early favorite for the Palme d'Or at 5-1, followed by "The Past," from Iran's Asghar Farhadi — who won an Academy Award for "A Separation" — at 11-2 and U.S. director James Gray's 1920s New York story "The Immigrant" at 13-2. Other
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The Seekers Singer Durham Suffers Brain Hemorrhage
Another You." Their biggest U.S. hit, "Georgy Girl," was featured in the 1966 British movie and nominated for an Academy Award for original song. The Seekers' website says their remaining 10 Australian concerts will be rescheduled.
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Oscar Rivals Spielberg, Lee Reunited at Cannes
history as Oscar rivals favorites for best director at the Academy Awards . In February hard-fought Oscar season Fresh off the Academy Awards , Spielberg compared the Oscars with Cannes while the Academy Awards , he said
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Polley Tells All on Herself in 'Stories We Tell'
snowballed into a film, but at every stage, I was ambivalent about how much I wanted to go forward," said Polley, an Academy Award nominee for the screenplay of her directing debut, 2007's "Away from Her," adapted from an Alice Munro short story
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Powerball Fever Grips the Nation Again With $360M Jackpotthree years. The chances of striking it rich are one in 175,000,000, meaning a person is 25 times more likely to win an Academy Award . But dreaming big is part of the Powerball fun. There were no winners in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing and the
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From 'Gatsby' to Gosling, a Preview of Cannes
expected to have a big presence come Oscar season will premiere at Cannes Michael Hanekes "Amour," also a best - picture nominee at the Oscars . The in-competition films are filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (the Oscar -winning "A Separation") brings
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A Full Accounting At The IRS
another way to delay a vote on one of President Obama's nominees - question her to death. According to New York Times reporter Hill recently, she undoubtedly turned a few heads. But the Academy Award -winning actress didn't come to be seen; she came to be
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50 Years on, Finding Profit in 'Truth' on JFK Case
Oswald-as-lone-gunman debate — due out this year. Oscar winners Marcia Gay Harden and Billy Bob Thornton have questions about what is unknown and inconsistent." Academy Award winner Errol Morris is working on a documentary about
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Director Ang Lee Touts Diligence as Key to Success
Academy award -winning director Ang Lee says modesty Taiwanese filmmaker won his second best director Oscar for "Life of Pi," a fantasy adventure journey of survival. He also won the best director award for "Brokeback Mountain" in
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Bertolucci to Head Venice Film Festival Jury
Film Festival has announced that Oscar -winning director Bernardo Bertolucci The Last Emperor" won nine Oscars . The festival says it was the and only Italian film to win the Academy Award for best director . Bertolucci said in a statement
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Director Ang Lee Touts Diligence as Key to Success
Academy Award -winning director Ang Lee says that notable films. Lee won his second best director Oscar for "Life of Pi" earlier this year. He also won the best director award for "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005
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Nicolas Cage Supports Nevada Film Tax Credit Bill
Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, urged his colleagues to pass the film tax legislation. The Las Vegas resident who won an Academy Award in 1996 for "Leaving Las Vegas" also spent time advocating for film tax credits in private meetings with Gov. Brian Sandoval
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National Teacher Day: 10 Unconventional Teacherschild victims that address their intellectual, social and emotional needs, beginning in Puerto Rico. Richard Robbins The Academy Award -nominated director of Girl Rising has turned to film as a way to educate moviegoers about the plight of young girls around
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Rule Lets Oscar Voters Watch DVDs for Some Votes
Oscar voters will no longer be required to see certain nominated films in a theater members will be mailed DVDs of documentaries, shorts and foreign language nominees — categories that don't typically get lengthy stays on multiplex big screens
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Original Cast of 'Star Wars' Then and Nowknight, Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi. The role earned him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor in 1977. Guinness had earlier won an Academy Award for best actor in 1957 for "The Bridge on the River Kwai." He
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'G-Dog' Shows an Innovative Approach to Gang InterventionG-Dog" tells the story of Homeboy Industries and the inspirational priest behind it. The emotional documentary, by Academy Award -winning director Frieda Mock, is a portrait of a man whose unconditional love and humor have reinvented gang intervention
