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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: A DIFFERENT TUNE FOR TIMBERLAKE In the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," Justin Timberlake sings music set to a very different beat than "Suit and Tie." Timberlake plays a bearded...
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Devilish Dutch drama 'Borgman' debuts at Cannes
Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
CANNES, France (AP) — There's something nasty lurking in the woods — and inside the characters' heads — in darkly comic Cannes Film Festival entry "Borgman." In Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam's supernaturally-tinged psychological drama, a mysterious interloper emerges from a forest and...
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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny — a claim that tea party activists had...
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Jet donated by Travolta being moved to Ga. museum
Updated: 58 min ago
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AP) — The military is helping move a Gulfstream jet once flown by actor John Travolta to its new home at an aviation museum in middle Georgia. Members of two maintenance squadrons based at Robins Air Force Base were scheduled to tow the G-2 private jet Sunday to...
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Milwaukee Public Museum to feature "poop" exhibit
Updated: 1 hr ago
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An exhibit traveling to the Milwaukee Public Museum this fall concentrates on something few like to talk in depth about: poop. The exhibit is called "Scoop on Poop" and it's based on a popular children's book by the same name. It gives visitors an idea of what poop is and...
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Cannes helps actors Bejo and Rahim cross borders
Updated: 5 hr ago
CANNES, France (AP) — The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. But the world's leading film festival can transform careers — something no one knows that better...
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Police seek missing Oregon tourist on Oahu
Updated: 8 hr ago
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police are searching for a tourist from Oregon who has been missing on Oahu since Thursday. Police said Saturday that Ivanice "Ivy" Harris was last seen Thursday talking to a man outside a bar in Waikiki and has not been seen since. Harris traveled to Hawaii from...
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Parking fees fight at Calif. state beaches heat up
Updated: 13 hr ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic. That sandy line that long...
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Weinstein showcases Grace Kelly, Mandela flicks
JAKE COYLE
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
CANNES, France (AP) -- The Weinstein Company's fall slate of awards contenders will feature a glamorous Grace Kelly, a brawny Nelson Mandela and a mysterious J.D. Salinger. Harvey Weinstein previewed some of his company's most anticipated upcoming releases at the Cannes Film Festival on...
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Jordan finally front and center in 'Fruitvale'
JAKE COYLE
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
CANNES, France (AP) -- Before "Fruitvale Station," Michael B. Jordan was glimpsed sporadically in supporting roles on TV shows like "The Wire" and "Friday Night Lights," and in films like "Chronicle" and "Red Tails." That changes emphatically with "Fruitvale Station," a Sundance hit that...
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