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Oct 21, 2011

FORBES News, Oct 21, 2011


Flat-tax proposals may fall flat for Perry and Cain
Washington Post
But history shows that those who propose the flat tax while running for president — a group that includes publisher Steve Forbes, Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) and California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) — tend to flame out. The flat tax is appealing at first to ...
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Forbes Earnings Preview: Ameriprise Financial
Forbes
By Narrative Science Narrative Science, an innovative technology company, turns data into stories. Narrative Science has developed a technology solution that creates rich narrative content from data. Narratives are seamlessly created from structured ...
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Synaptics Spikes On Strong Q1, Flurry Of Upgrades
Forbes
After a long career at Barron's, I joined Forbes as San Francisco bureau chief in December 2010. I've been writing about technology and investing for more than 25 years. With the Tech Trade, I'll pick up where I left off when I was writing the Tech ...
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IEC Ranked No. 3 on Forbes 100 Best Small Companies List
MarketWatch (press release)
3 on the Forbes 100 Best Small Companies in America. The list can be accessed online at http://www.forbes.com/best-small-companies/ . To qualify for the Forbes Best Small Companies List, companies must have sales between $5 million and $1 billion, ...
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Forbes hires outsider COO
New York Post
Quietly and with little fanfare, Forbes Media has picked up a new chief operating officer, Mike Federle, a former publisher and president of rival Fortune. The COO title was last held by Timothy Forbes, one of the four brothers in the third generation ...
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Forbes' Emily Lambert Slams FINRA
Daily Markets
The widely respected financial magazine Forbes weighs in on FINRA just yesterday.Forbes' Emily Lambert asks a number of hard questions and simultaneously slams FINRA for past shortcomings. I commend Ms. Lambert and welcome highlighting her inquisitive ...
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Harman CEO Paliwal: Europe Needs To 'Bite The Bullet'
Forbes
I started covering markets at Forbes in the summer of 2007. Right around then a pair of Bear Stearns hedge funds imploded in the first tremors of the financial crisis, but I swear the recession isn't my fault. Armed with only a basic knowledge of Wall ...
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If China's Economy Is So Great, Why Is Its Steel Industry Hurting?
Forbes
Russell is a senior editor and the Shanghai bureau chief of Forbes magazine. A fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker now in his 11th year at Forbes, Russell compiles the ForbesChina Rich List, Hong Kong Rich List, and Taiwan Rich List. ...
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General Electric Rides Finance Unit To Earnings Growth, Pays Back Buffett
Forbes
I started covering markets at Forbes in the summer of 2007. Right around then a pair of Bear Stearns hedge funds imploded in the first tremors of the financial crisis, but I swear the recession isn't my fault. Armed with only a basic knowledge of Wall ...
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Realtor: Billionaire Bill Koch Stiffed Me!
Forbes
Palm Beach boasts 15 residents among the Forbes 400, not bad for a total year-round population of 11000. It's the kind of place where you never know who you're dealing with. In a bar once, I criticized American beer to Augie Bush. ...
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Auditors In China: A Whole Lot of Posturing Going On
Forbes
I am a freelance writer with credits in the Financial Times, Boston Review, American Banker, Columbia Journalism Review, Accountancy Age, Accountancy Magazine,Forbes, and others. I also blog at my own site, re: The Auditors a specialized news site...
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Pushback: Tax the Rich?
Forbes
Here at Forbes I write about the intersection of tech, business, politics and culture. Email me here or follow me on Twitter and Facebook. Read my Forbes blog here. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. ...
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Seagate: With Chief Rival Hurting, The Stock Spikes
Forbes
After a long career at Barron's, I joined Forbes as San Francisco bureau chief in December 2010. I've been writing about technology and investing for more than 25 years. With the Tech Trade, I'll pick up where I left off when I was writing the Tech ...
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Lady Gaga's $13000 Dinner
Forbes
I'm a reporter for Forbes in Intelligent Investing. I write about investing, personal finance, markets, news, music and whatever else falls through the cracks. As part of my job with II, I have the privilege of interviewing some of the greatest minds ...
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Disneyland Uses 'Electronic Whip' on Employees
Forbes
I became the Leadership Editor of Forbes in December 2008, just as the American business world was crashing down and taking the jobs and homes of millions with it. Had I started the job a year or two earlier, I might have found that covering things ...
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It's Time To Free 150 Million Americans From The IRS
Forbes
I'm the Washington DC bureau chief for Forbes and have worked in the bureau for more than two decades. In recent years, I've spent much of my time reporting about taxes -- tax policy, tax planning, edgy tax shelters, tax evasion, wacky tax credits, ...
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Forbes Earnings Preview: DreamWorks Animation SKG
Forbes
By Narrative Science Narrative Science, an innovative technology company, turns data into stories. Narrative Science has developed a technology solution that creates rich narrative content from data. Narratives are seamlessly created from structured ...
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Forbes Regional Hospital Staff Dances for Breast Cancer Awareness
Patch.com
Hospital staff at Forbes Regional feature some fancy dancing as well as choreography, to the tune of “You Won't Walk Alone,” by Best Day Ever, in a "Pink Glove Dance Competition" meant to help raise awareness about breast cancer. ...
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Two Autos and Bags of Cash Kickbacks in Detroit Public Schools Wellness Case
Forbes
Also, I author the monthly “Street Legal” column for Registered Rep. magazine and the daily “Street Sweeper” blog for Forbes. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Sherry Washington and Gwendolyn Washington ...
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European Union Tries to Ban Free Speech
Forbes
The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. BRUSSELS—The European Commission is leaning toward proposing a ban on the issuing of sovereign credit ratings for countries in bailout talks, a top official said on ...
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Morning Tech Wrap: Apple, Google, Microsoft
Forbes
I've covered European business and technology news for Forbes since 2006, and as London bureau chief since 2008. I'm using this blog to explore some of the disruptive technology and ideas coming out of this region. Before all this I tracked the highs ...
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Big Changes Coming to Google Reader
Forbes
Here at Forbes I write about the intersection of tech, business, politics and culture. Email me here or follow me on Twitter and Facebook. Read my Forbes blog here. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. ...
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Donald Trump: Internet Gambling Mogul
Forbes
I have worked at Forbes since 2000, where I have helped expose everything from hedge fund scams to LBO home runs, Yasser Arafat's corruption and the liquidity crisis at Harvard University's endowment. With the US casino industry making a hard push to ...
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Weak European Country Character, And High-Priced Credit
Forbes
His columns have appeared in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Markets, Financial Post, Asia Times, Strait Times and Figaro. Forbes journalists put two of his books in their all time recommended list, and Forbes Global, dedicated a 1998 cover ...
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Will Ousting Blankfein As CEO Help Goldman Sachs Pull Out Of Its Misery?
Forbes
I started writing for Forbes.com with a new with a new column, Street Beat, in mid-April of 2011, where I expect my readers will follow me. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. ...
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Animal Spirits Drive Asia's Booming Pet Industry
Forbes
I'm a staff writer for Forbes based in Bangkok. My job title is Beijing bureau chief, so I will be blogging on all things China once I have permission to live and work there. Until then, I will keep an eye on Southeast Asia. ...
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The Ex-Im Bank, Gilberto Baez-Garcia, and The Ballad of El Paso
Forbes
Also, I author the monthly “Street Legal” column for Registered Rep. magazine and the daily “Street Sweeper” blog for Forbes. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Many thoughts raced through my mind as I ...
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Article by Energi CEO Brian McCarthy Published by Forbes.com ...
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Posted on October 21, 2011. Energi CEO Brian McCarthy contributed an article toForbes.com this week in which he discusses the threat posed by climate change and the challenges facing insurance providers in Florida. Read full article here. ...
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European Union Tries to Ban Free Speech – Forbes | Wall Street ...
By Google Inc.
European Union Tries to Ban Free Speech – Forbes. Share The Guardian European Union Tries to Ban Free Speech Forbes I'm a Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute in London, a writer here and there on this and that and strangely, one of the global ... all 84news articles ». Short URL: http://www.wallst.net/?p=316058. Posted by Google Inc. . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. ...
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TN: A Forbes top 10 ranking we can be proud of :: Transport News
By admin
Forbes changes its methodology for ranking cities depending on what's being ranked, according to Alexandra Talty, senior manager of editorial publicity. Nevertheless, Kane was thrilled with the latest news. “I think it's a pretty credible ...
Transport News
Forbes hires former Fortune publisher as COO « Talking Biz News
By Chris Roush
“At the time of his appointment, Federle had been the chief operating officer of Technomy, a tech conference business started by former Fortune tech writer David Kirkpatrick. Forbes said it was going to be a sponsor of the Technomy 2011 ...
Talking Biz News
Steve Forbes on Rick Perry's Flat Tax Proposal - Fox News Insider
By Happening Now
GOP candidate Rick Perry has announced that he wants to scrap the entire U.S. tax code and replace it with a flat tax rate that would end lawmakers' ability to attach individual spending projects — known as earmarks — to appropriations bills.
Fox News Insider
Forbes: eSports Make Former Nerds Cool - iPLAYWINNER ...
By Carmine
Most people would not associate Forbes with eSports, but the outlet posted a surprisingly insightful article on competitive gaming. On the one hand, they compare streaming viewer numbers to traditional television numbers, but on the other, ...
iPLAYWINNER
Chipotle Draws Customers in Q3, Sales And Profit Up 25% – Forbes ...
By OnSite Team
Market Pulse follows the news, trends and people that are at the heart of global markets. I am a markets and investing reporter for Forbes, focusing on the mergers, acquisitions, conversations and political factors that move the buy and trade ...
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New Bank of America Fees Good for Consumers and Small ... - Forbes
Biggest Gainers On The Forbes 400 ... News; People; Places; Companies ... fantasy literature at The Atlantic, and I write about criminal justice policy at Forbes . ...
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The Contrasting Psychologies of 'Occupy Wall Street' and - Forbes
Biggest Gainers On The Forbes 400 ... News; People; Places; Companies ... 12th Street, around the corner from the Forbes Building and right in the middle of the ...
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Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup - Forbes
News; People; Places; Companies. + show more. Victoria Barret Forbes Staff. + Follow. + show more. I have been writing for Forbes for a decade, starting in New ...
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Steve Forbes: Perry's flat tax 'most exciting tax plan ... - Yahoo! News
Read 'Steve Forbes: Perry's flat tax 'most exciting tax plan since Reagan's'' from our blog The Lookout on Yahoo! News. Steve Forbes, whose flat tax plan ...
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Exclusive: Denver Police Interrogated Forbes In Texas - Denver ...
DENVER -- When Travis Forbes was arrested in Austin four months ago, accused of stealing a car from Wheat Ridge, Denver police sent a detective to Texas to ...
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Update: Fisker Karma Electric Car Gets Worse Mileage Than an ...
Biggest Gainers On The Forbes 400 ... News; People; Places; Companies ... As I calculated in my earlier Forbes article, one needs to multiply the EPA MPGe by ...
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Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup
I have been writing for Forbes for a decade, starting in New York, and now working out of our San Francisco bureau. I've had the chance to sit down with ...
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Rick Perry's flat tax plan is a political gamble
In 1996, Romney bought a $50000 newspaper ad in Boston saying Forbes' flat tax would primarily benefit the rich. He called it "a bad idea for the Republican ...
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Former Forbes 400 Member And Cincinnati Reds Owner Carl Lindner ...
As Lindner once told Forbes, “My main hobby is working. I love what I do.” Lindner got his start in the 1930s, having dropped out of school at age 14 to ...
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Forbes.com Video Network ...
Mall-based apparel retailers are reporting a mixed-bag of September retail sales today, many beating [...]
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Woman Linked To Travis Forbes Case Arrested - News Story ...
DENVER, Colo. -- Police have arrested a woman accused of lying during an investigation into a man who pleaded guilty to killing a Denver teen and attacking a ...
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Oct 21, 2011

Merkel rebuffs Sarkozy on euro zone solution
Reuters
By Alexandra Hudson and Luke Baker BRUSSELS/BERLIN, Oct 21 (Reuters) - France's push to use more European Central Bank money to fight the euro zone debt crisis ran into strong resistance from Germany and other EU partners on Friday, leaving Paris ...
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EUROZONE Crisis News, Oct 21, 2011

How the eurozone debt crisis could affect developing countries
The Guardian
A weak euro may put further pressure on developing countries' dollar-based exports and diminish remittances purchasing power. In addition to the above, the eurozone crisis could impact on developing countries through China's hard-landing. ...
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ENTERTAINMENT News, Oct 21, 2011


'Paranormal Activity 3' Is Good Old-Fashioned Horror
Patch.com
If you like scary movies, "Paranormal Activity 3" may be just the movie for you. This good old-fashioned ghost movie takes the storyline back to the very beginning of the franchise. Cast with unknown actors, the horror prequel focuses on the two ...
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MTV Announces Dates For The MTV Movie Awards & the Video Music Awards
Broadway World
The emotional highpoint of the evening was the uplifting tribute to the late British songstress Amy Winehouse by the amazingly talented Bruno Mars and introduced by the legendary Tony Bennett and actor Russell Brand. To watch video of 2011 biggest ...
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What's playing in Marin for the week of Oct. 21, 2011
Marin Independent-Journal
Uplifting family entertainment. From Roger Ebert. 112 minutes. "DRIVE" HHH1/2 (R) Century Northgate, Lark Theater. Ryan Gosling in an extraordinary performance as a man who drives for a living — as a stunt driver in movies, and as a getaway driver for ...
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EL. ARTS: Actors christina hendricks and sean faris star in ea's need for ..
4-traders (press release)
The video game will feature the actors as lead characters in an intense race-for-your-life story taking players on a cross-country race from San Francisco to New York. Powered by Frostbite™ 2, Black Box Studio makes its return and takes the action ...
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The Double
Variety
Topical relevancy often serves spy movies well, but the focus here on Russian espionage gives the pic a dated feel. The action begins, rather muddily, with a pair of seemingly unrelated episodes -- the border crossing of a group of Russians and the ...
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ENTERTAINMENT SPOTLIGHT
The Japan Times
There's buzz that this year's crop of films are good, and two big ones are opening the festival: "1911" and "The Three Musketeers." Chinese actorJackie Chan, who stars in "1911," has publicly stated that he insists on being in Tokyo to show solidarity ...
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The Three Musketeers, Johnny English Reborn
Connect Savannah.com
Director-producer Paul WS Anderson is best known for those Resident Evil moviesstarring his real-life wife Milla Jovovich, so it's hardly unexpected that he stages this as a slick video-game adaptation, complete with an excess of CGI and a fondness ...
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MIRROR FILMS CONTINUES TO EXPAND; ADDS DIRECTOR WRYE MARTIN TO DIVERSE TALENT ...
Broadcast Newsroom
Mirror Films directors are well versed in the integrated media landscape, with a portfolio of work that extends into digital entertainment and new media. Mirror is a streamlined and efficient production company -- small enough to brainstorm one-on-one, ...
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Access Hollywood - Celebrity News, Photos & Videos
Access Hollywood
Access reaches into our archives and unearths exclusive interviews, capturing these young, aspiring actors before the world knew them as Edward & Bella. Exclusive New Trailer: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part I'! In this brand new trailer, ...
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Local boy makes dead
Times Press Recorder
He started making commercial videos to finance his filmmaking habit, but eventuallymovies became all-consuming. His first film was a science fiction flick, “The Omega Diary,” released on VHS tape in 1999. “It's about a group of strangers who are ...
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Oct 21 through 27 events calendar
Twin Falls Times-News
The classic children's story of a boy's adventure with his toy rabbit comes to life throughactors; puppets created by master puppeteer Terry Snyder from Richmond, Va.; and original music by RL Rowsey. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students ...
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Weekend Calendar (Oct. 21-23)
Beaver County Times
"Escape from New York" film screening with actress Adrienne Barbeau and actor Tom Atkins, 7 pm Nov. 4, the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. Barbeau and Atkins will give a pre-screening introduction and the movie will be followed by an audience Q&A. ...
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MORE BRAINS: A RETURN TO THE LIVING DEAD DVD Review
Twitch
There are retrospective segments on Return of the Living Dead Parts 2 and 3, also featuring cast and crew, including the director of part 3, Brian Yuzna, and the lead actors for both films, as well as behind the scenes footage from part 3. ...
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Theater Listings for Oct. 21-27
New York Times
'Black Angels Over Tuskegee' The tear-jerker story of these trailblazing African-American pilots (2:30). Actors Temple Theater, 339 West 47th Street, Clinton,            (212) 239-6200      , telecharge.com. Blue Man Group Conceptual art asentertainment (1:45). ...
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Braxtons talk 'Values'
S2Smagazine.com
It seems she's as excited to be part of the production as her co-stars and the movie's fans. "Sparkle is a movie I have wanted to remake for a long time and I am so glad to finally see my wish come true and to be part of this stellar team of actors and ...
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Anubhav Sinha: Dreaming Big Makes It All Possible
San Leandro India West
These are the kids who watch Hollywood films and are into video games — they are always admirers of such property. Q: Why have Rajnikanth, Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra in cameos and Amitabh Bachchan as a voiceover? Skeptics term their inclusions...
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Review: Catwoman steals the show in Batman: Arkham City
VentureBeat
... blockbuster status in a very crowded fall selling season for the video game industry, and that's very important for its publisher, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which is trying to build the same reputation in games as it has for movies. ...
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Scary good: Top 10 fright flicks
Newsday (subscription)
Movies Newsday > Entertainment > Movies Scary good: Top 10 fright flicks Originally published: October 19, 2011 4:08 PM Updated: October 20, 2011 2:50 PM By RAFER GUZMÁN rafer.guzman@newsday.com The more horror movies change, the more they stay the ...
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The alumni you never hear about
The Flat Hat
Munching on popcorn and sipping soda, they began the evening with the movie “Thor.” What they didn't know was that they were in the presence of one of the College's great legacies. Ashley Edward Miller '94 graduated from the College with a degree in ...
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AP Interview: Bell seeks to channel Tintin
WMBF
AP Interview: Bell seeks to channel Tintin AP Entertainment News Video More>> AP Showbiz Minute: Jackson doctor changes story and more By RAF CASERT AP BRUSSELS (AP) - Tintin always is flawless, courageous and heroic - right up to the point of being ...
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On October 25th, KIM WATERS, The Chart-Topping King Of Smooth Urban Jazz ...
Jazzcorner
In the Summer of 2011, Waters also had a song featured in the movieLarry Crowne starring Oscar winning actors Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks. Never one to rest on his laurels, the prolific saxophonist is constantly creating. ...
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Actor Karthi | Tamil Movie Saguni | Nira ... - Entertainment - Oneindia
The movie will throw light on corporate lobbyist Nira Radia role in the 2G spectrum allocation case. ... News Now On TV Videos ... The actress, who was in the news for her alleged connection with Kannada actor Darshan's family dispute , has ...
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Bradley Cooper The Latest Actor Linked To 'The Man From ...
Your Entertainment Destination ... Steven Soderbergh is set to remake the classic TVshow for the big screen, and ... Buzz; Hot List; Photos; Videos; News ...
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Majid Michel and Omotola Jolade win Favourite West African actors ...
General News · Top News ... Majid beat off stiff competition from fellow Ghanaian actorJohn Dumelo and ... Favourite Music Video Performance – Tinie Tempah ... Ghana Sports, Ghana Movies, Ghana Music Entertainment, live Ghana TV. ...
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