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  • Jimmy Saviles half-century of sex abuse to be made into musical

    Jimmy Savile's history of sex abuses against children is to be made into a musical by a British scriptwriter. Punch and Judy will tell the "dark, irreverent tale" of how the "cheekiest chappy in the land" turned into a sex-hungry monster, the Daily Star reported. The musical will use song and comedy to look at how the late television presenter managed to rape and abuse vulnerable ...

  • Placido Domingo turns Allende short story into opera

    Under the baton of Placido Domingo, acclaimed Chilean writer Isabel Allende's short story "Una Venganza" ("An Act of Vengeance") emerges from the printed page as the opera "Dulce Rosa", a production with a Latin heart and Greek tragedy in its soul that premiered Friday in Los Angeles. "Dulce Rosa" is a further effort by the L.A. Opera, directed by Domingo, to bring lyric opera to a wider ...

  • Neram - gem of Tamil cinema

    Film: "Neram"; Cast: Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nizam, Simhaa, Thambi Ramaiah, Nasser, John Vijay, Charlie and Ananth Nag; Director: Alphonse Putharen; Rating: "Neram" tops a list of films that come once in a while to make us believe that Tamil cinema is not dead. Surprisingly, it's the first-time filmmakers, not the veterans any longer, who are keeping this industry alive and redefining ...

  • Police seizes 1500 explosives in Jharkhands Koderma region

    Acting on a tip off, Jharkhand Police have confirmed the seizure of a huge cache of explosives from a house in the state's Koderma District. The owner of the house from where the explosives were found has been identified as Ayodhya Prasad Mehta. "We have recovered 1500 detonators from the residence of Ayodha Mehta of Machgama village. However, we couldn't arrest him," police inspector Suman ...

  • Zimbabwes Tsvangirai says Mugabes Party is Dead

    HARARE Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday declared President Robert Mugabe's party "dead.rdquo; Tsvangirai said the African country's next elections will be a "formalityrdquo; and predicted a landslide victory. The lead vocalist is Zimbabwe's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai. The backing vocals are from the leadership of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) ...


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Little Big Man [DVD]

Little Big Man [DVD]

Few directors have become so absolutely central to the American cinema and then obsolete with the speed and intensity of Arthur Penn. Like other important directors of the 1960s, including Sam Peckinpah and John Frankenheimer, Penn got his start in television and became a name as a film director by tapping into the zeitgeist in such a way that shockwaves were sent throughout the entertainment ind ... ...

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  • Santambrogio claims Giro 14th stage

    Italy's Mauro Santambrogio celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Cervere to Bardonecchia, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Santambrogio won in a time of 4 hours, 42 minutes, 55 seconds in in rainy, windy and even snowy conditions, beating the leader of the race Vincenzo Nibali in a final sprint at the top of the ...

  • Paris Hilton cries at Cannes

    Socialite Paris Hilton was moved to tears during the premiere of The Bling Ring at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Thursday because it made her relive the "violating" burglary she was subjected to in the late 2000s. Sofia Coppola's new movie is based on the so-called 'Bling Ring' thieves, who snatched more than $3 million worth of goods from the Hollywood homes ...

  • Waltz on Cannes gun scare

    Jury member actor Christoph Waltz waves as he arrives at the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez on the eve of the opening of the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Jean-Paul ...

  • Gary Hume at Tate Britain – in pictures

    Supposedly 'the quiet one' among the YBA generation, Gary Hume made his name with his household-gloss door paintings. Here is a selection of paintings from his solo show ...

  • Santambrogio takes victory in stage 14

    Mauro Santambrogio took the stage victory but overall leader Vincenzo Nibali was the big winner as the poor weather dominated stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia. Organisers were forced to remove the day's major climb as snow, rain and fog hit, but Santambrogio and Nibali emerged from the mist at the mountain-top finish after launching a late attack from the peloton to reel in the remnants ...

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