Art & Culture
Brad Pitt to star in World War Z
Brad Pitt has been roped in to star in a new film called 'World War Z', an adaptation of a book of the same name by Max Brooks.
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World's oldest champagne found in Baltic Sea
A Swedish diver may have found the world's oldest drinkable sparkling wine when he recovered several bottles of champagne amid the wreckage of a 230-year-old ship in the Baltic Sea, Swedish and Finnish media reported.
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Women can make movies, Sweden shows how
Women are usually not prominent in the world of filmmaking, but the Swedish government is paving the way for others to follow by encouraging their participation in every aspect of the movie business.
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Germany Rejects Spain's Bid To Buy Octopus Oracle
Octopus oracle Paul's prescience wasn't needed to predict how this one would turn out: His aquarium in Germany on Friday gave a resounding "nein" to a bid to move the celebrity mollusk to Spain.
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Paul the psychic octopus 'could transfer to Spain' after bidding war
Paul the psychic octopus may be heading for Spain after having correctly predicted the result of the 2010 World Cup final.
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Mangroves, much more than a swamp
On 26 December 2004 an undersea earthquake off Sumatra - one of the most powerful ever recorded - generated a tsunami that rolled across the Indian Ocean and surged onto the shores of southeast Asia with outrageous force. Coastlines protected by mangroves were the lucky ones. Or were they?
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Film censors run scared from Bin Laden joke
A Bollywood film has been banned in Pakistan due to its depiction of Osama bin Laden.
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Academy Elects Three First-time Governors, Returns Nine Incumbents
Beverly Hills, CA – A trio of Oscar® recipients – director Kathryn Bigelow, film editor Anne Coates and documentarian Michael Moore – make up the year’s first-time electees to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors.
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Country artists to honor 32nd 'Red Arrow' Soldiers, families at homecoming celebration Saturday
More than 3,200 National Guard Soldiers and their families will gather in Steven's Point Saturday [June 19] for the Back from the Sand celebration which includes performances from Country artists Brittini Black and Wisconsin's-own Brian Stace.
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Academy Does 3D Times Three
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will devote three Tuesday evenings – June 22 and 29, and July 6 – to exploring 3D techniques and their rapidly expanding use in filmmaking in “Getting Perspective III: Exploring the Craft of 3D Movie Technology.” The series will feature conversations with filmmakers, 3D demonstrations and movie clips, culminating with a screening of “U2 3D,” the Irish rock band’s 2008 concert movie.
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