Miu Miu's Regal Pop (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - It was 1960s modernism meets Louis XIV at the latest collection of Miu Miu, the final show of Paris fashion week that ended Wednesday evening, March 10.
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Tags: celebrity, Movies, Movies Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label (Reuters)
Reuters - British rock band Pink Floyd on Thursday won a court battle with EMI in a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the internet from the group's concept albums.
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3-D boosts box office worldwide to record $30 bln (AP)
AP - The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.
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Mexican Carlos Slim world's richest in new ranking (AFP)
AFP - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has dethroned Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the world wealthiest person and China is fast catching up with the number of US billionaires on the annual Forbes rich list.
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2-second video causes headache for ABC News (AP)
AP - For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles.
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Imax posts profit, sees strong first quarter (Reuters)
Reuters - Imax Corp reported a fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as the giant-screen movie theater operator benefited from a strong slate of films, including Fox's "Avatar: An IMAX 3D Experience."
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Film fest a French boast
Lincoln Center's annual celebration of French cinema returns this week for another exploration of Gallic themes -- liberté, égalité, adultery.
Say hello to "Farewell," tonight's opening selection for the 15th annual Rendez-Vous with French Cinema. The tense film by Christian Carion is a fact-based '80s spy thriller about...
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Corey Haim dies of overdose in Los Angeles (Reuters)
Reuters - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug overdose. He was 38.
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Tags: celebrity, Movies, Movies CW eyeing dance, weight-loss competition series (Reuters)
Reuters - The CW is developing two competition series using popular unscripted subject matter: dancing and weight loss.
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Trio to rule 'Empire'
Film News: Oldman, Akerman, Ventimiglia join independent film -- Gary Oldman, Malin Akerman and Milo Ventimiglia will star in indie gangster project "Criminal Empire for Dummys," set to shoot starting in late March in New Orleans.
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MPAA: Box office up, volume of pics down
Film News: Report on film biz proves less can be more -- The Motion Picture Assn. of America's annual state-of-the-industry report on the film biz proves that less can be more: North American B.O. receipts were up more than 10% last year, even though the number of films released in theaters was down a sharp 11.8% from 2008.
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Rendez-Vous With French Cinema challenges
Film News: Unifrance hopes to excite U.S. buyers with latest films -- As the foreign arthouse market continues to shrink abroad, the Unifrance-sponsored Rendez-Vous With French Cinema in New York is strengthening its role as a launchpad for French pics' distribution in the U.S.
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Gary Fleder to direct 'Protection'
Film News: Pic set up at 20th Century Fox-based Davis Entertainment -- Gary Fleder is attached to direct the thriller "Protection" for 20th Century Fox.
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Australian authors protest China visa refusal (Reuters)
Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday protesting against China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated novelists because he was HIV-positive.
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Tags: celebrity, Movies, Movies 'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP)
AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."
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HFPA hires Sunshine Group
Film News: Org also mulls adding exec director post -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. has tapped Sunshine Sachs & Associates to handle corporate communications and press for its events, including the Golden Globes.
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"2012" debuts atop three video charts (Reuters)
Reuters - The end-of-the-world drama "2012" debuted at the top of all three home video charts the week ending March 7, the first release in nearly a month with a box office pedigree of more than $100 million.
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'City' cast crowned by ShoWest
Film News: The ensemble award will go to cast of 'Sex in the City' -- Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon -- stars of the "Sex and the City" franchise -- will receive the 2010 ShoWest Ensemble Award.
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Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista (AP)
AP - Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.
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These 10 have a rendez-vous with stardom
Film News: Breakout French talent takes the next step -- Age doesn't matter to these 10, a mix of fresh faces and veteran pros with rising profiles.
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