Iraqi Play at Festival TransAmériques Juxtaposes War and Peace

Source: Montreal Gazette

When people who have lived through a war try to convey the essence of their experience, the challenge is daunting. In Irakese Geesten (Iraqi Ghosts) director Mokhallad Rasem offers a bold mix of physical theatre, mask work, vamping, dance and film proje ...
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Hicks: Janet Jackson doesn't want niece Paris to start acting

Source: Inside Bay Area

Janet Jackson has told her brother Michael's daughter not to go into acting yet. In December, it was announced that Janet's 14-year-old niece Paris Jackson was cast in the upcoming film "Lundon's Bridge and the Three Key ...
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Face Transplant UCLA: New Program Replaces Devastated Faces (PHOTOS)

Source: The Huffington Post

Imagine going from having no face to having someone else's face. Face transplantation is the process of removing part or all of a donor's face and attaching it onto a patient who has suffered devastating facial injury. With its just-launched face tra ...
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Hicks: Britney Spears walks off 'X-Factor' set

Source: Contra Costa Times

whether Spears eventually returned to the set or how much filming was disrupted. I told you Britney Spears would be awesome on "X Factor." On Thursday, just her second day on the job, Spears walked off the set ...
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Film Clips: Men In Black 3

Source: Atlanta Creative Loafing

CHERNOBYL DIARIES (R) When a group of tourists visiting Ukraine decide to go on a slightly sketchy tour of the nuclear disaster area at the abandoned Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the tour starts off innocent. The group is unsure if they should ...
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African scientists warn that eating monkeys and apes could cause 'the next HIV epidemic'

Source: Daily Mail - UK

80% of meat eaten in Cameroon is bushmeat including gorilla and chimp HIV-like virus called 'Simian foamy virus' could jump to humans, say researchersHunters become infected with Simian virusMeat has also caused mass de ...
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Family Secrets

Source: The New York Times

Tania James is a warmhearted writer. In “Aerogrammes,” her first story collection, she treats her eclectic band of characters — several children, a chimpanzee, an obsessive analyzer of handwriting, two Indian wres ...
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Hey, Watch It! What's playing in Madison movie theaters this week

Source: Madison.com

ratatouille: A new Disney flick that young-Brad is dying to see. If you're looking for something to do Memorial Day weekend and want to preserve your skin from the sun, AMC is offering an exclusive Pixar 4-picture marathon all weekend long May 2 ...
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Cannes 2012: 'Jaws,' Boos & Drugs

Source: MSN Entertainment

As Frank Sinatra once said, the days dwindle down to a precious few. (Okay, Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson wrote it, but Sinatra sang it best.) With two full days left until the Palme d'Or is awarded and the 65 ...
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