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Aug 20, 2011

SPACE, Astronomy News, Aug 20, 2011

Hot Jupiters

Hubble to Target 'Hot Jupiters'
UA News (press release)
Large programs using the Hubble Space Telescope historically have led to data sets with a lasting legacy. The team is led by David Sing, who obtained his doctorate at the University of Arizona working in the departments of physics, astronomy and ...
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With the UK playing a lead role in the instrument and the UK Astronomy Technology Centre being the overall European science lead for it, this project is a great example of how the specialist skills of our UK scientists and space companies are being ...
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Recommended: 10 books for a summer field trip
msnbc.com
The SETI Institute's Jill Tarter: "Read this book if you want a picture of how modern astronomy and astrobiology are helping to calibrate our place in the universe." "Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time": Mark ...
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International team to use Hubble Space Telescope to answer key astronomy questions
FirstScience
By University of Exeter An international team of scientists led by the University of Exeter is aiming to answer some of the biggest questions facing astronomy today. The team has secured a large programme of nearly 200 hours on NASA's Hubble Space ...
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A Plan For Spectrum Peace In Our Time
TV News Check
It's allocated to radio astronomy and medical telemetry. Under the new NBBP, you could leave that just where it is, to serve as a convenient guard band between the broadcast and broadband bands. We shouldn't get hung up on the specific numbers. ...
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August 20th: David Kring: Making an Impact on Earth and the Moon
By kortney.hogan
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Meteorites Possible From Midwest US Fireball - Yahoo! News
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Has graphene been detected in space? - World Astronauts
Posted 8 days ago by PHYSorg.com: Astronomy News. (PhysOrg.com) — A team ofastronomers, using the Spitzer Space Telescope, have reported the first ...
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Has Graphene Been Detected in Space? - Topix
A team of astronomers, using the Spitzer Space Telescope, have reported the first extragalactic detection ... Email me Astronomy news. Learn more. Comments ...
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INDIA Cinema News, Aug 20, 2011



Debut venture
The Hindu
It is yet another story of a young man from Hyderabad who left his job in the USA to fulfil his dream of making a movie. There is a difference, it is not a crossover film but is a movie made in English with foreign actors. ...
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The Hindu
'Senna' Earning Raves for Filmmaker Asif Kapadia
San Leandro India West
A: Because I don't really make films for TV! (laughs) I want to make films for the cinema. It would have been easier, sure, but we don't make films because they're “easy.” There are already a lot oftelevision documentaries about Senna, and he's quite ...
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Interview: Lone Scherfig Returns To Romance And The Past With One Day
Cinema Blend
I think the most loyal thing to do is to make sure that it's cinema, , and that I use the craft that I can bring into the mix, with confidence and with the expertise that is my advantage in this sense. It becomes a different creature, and an work in ...
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Cinema Blend
Orissa: Nitai Palit, the first Odia film director
Orissadiary.com
Akshhy Mohanty for the first time, composed music for the movie. Malajanha also brought to the fore, the incredible work of a woman lyricist , Devi. The came of the synergy was Rakata Tala mala, that heart rending melody, taken from the sufi singing of ...
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Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Prateik Babbar ...
Outlook
Mainstream cinema has a way of simplifying the most complex of issues, but in that simplicity, it also manages to touch a chord, reach out and even initiate debate. Prakash Jha fails to do any of that with Aarakshan. The film begins by dealing with one ...
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Yahoo man will live forever
Deccan Herald
“The Indian cinema is surely going to miss the king of hearts,” she adds. Says Aniket, a young professional and a singer, “Shammi had a great ear for music. He would often discuss with the music directors and singers (in his case being Rafi) about what ...
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The booking window
Livemint
I half expected Shashanka Ghosh to pick up the rights of The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, given Ghosh's deep interest in kitsch and pop culture that led to the Quick Gun Murugun televisionspots and the movie. Also ripe for adaptation is ...
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Popular Indian actor Shammi Kapoor dies at 79 - Yahoo! News
News. Versatile Indian actor Shammi Kapoor has died after a long career in Bollywood. ... movieman 4 days ago. he was india's first actor to act so energetcially, ... made-for-TV celebration of love, devotion and product- placement. ...
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ENTERTAINMENT News, Aug 14, 2011

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Parker: 'Sex and the City 3' movie is possible
msnbc.com
Days after reports surfaced that Sarah Jessica Parker was planning to bring “Sex and The City” back to television, after a tabloid suggested she scrapped plans for amovie, the actress herself confirmed to Parade, there is actually an idea for a third ...
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The Hollywood of the South
WXIA-TV
Thomas says business from the entertainment industry has grown exponentially since Georgia's 2008 tax incentive was signed by the former Governor. In fiscal year 2007: Georgia recorded 244 million dollars worth of economic impact from films and TV ...
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Weekly Ketchup: Ridley Scott Returning to Blade Runner
Rotten Tomatoes
Alcon Entertainment producer Andrew Kosgrove expects that the earliest that the new movie could start filming would be sometime in 2013. Nine years have now passed since the release of Austin Powers in Goldmember, the third in Mike Myers' series of spy ...
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`Big Lebowski' made available for rent on Facebook
Gettysburg Times
Actress Julianne Moore and actor Jeff Bridges attend "The Big Lebowski" limited edition Blu-Ray DVD launch event at The Hammerstein Ballroom on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) Actors Jeff Bridges, left, and John Goodman ...
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I'm behind Ramsey Noah, Rita Dominic, others' success – Chico Ejiro
Nigeria Daily Independent
It's an international movie, I have some partners in Canada working with me to make this movie and take it across the world. The rancorous time came when the Actors' Guild of Nigeria split with some factions either for or against Segun Arinze and Emeka ...
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Five Reasons Why Disney Needs To Seriously Just Make "The Lone Ranger" Movie
Forbes
A former media specialist & campaign ad writer, I now work as a screenwriter for film & TV. I'm also the head of development for Crossroads Entertainment. On Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/markhughesfilms On Quora: http://www.quora.com/Mark-Hughes-1 On ...
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Bee Gees top rich list of Queensland's biggest earning entertainment exports
Courier Mail
Barry and Robin Gibb are currently working with Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg on a movieof the Bee Gees' story. The King's Speech brought actor Geoffrey Rush an Oscar nomination and delivered a boost to his bank balance. ...
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Anton Yelchin: 'Fright Night twists Twilight's image of a vampire'
Digital Spy
By Tara Fowler, Entertainment Reporter The Star Trek actor, who plays Charley Brewster in the remake of the '80s vampire film, said that the movie takes advantage of the "romantic image of a vampire" that has been perpetrated by the Twilight films. ...
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Rakhi Sawant told to cover up
Deccan Chronicle
The final episode, screened on Sunday on Sony Entertainment Television, showed the 51-year-old Slumdog Millionaire actor break into his typical jig to the popular number My name is Lakhan from his early movie Ram Lakhan, much to the delight of the ...
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Hollywood star Matt Marsden urges young Catholics to get involved in movies
Catholic News Agency
Hollywood actor Matt Marsden said that young Catholics need to get involved inmovie-making and other artistic ventures if they want to change the culture. “It's vitally important for the future,” the 38-year-old actor – who has starred in movies such ...
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Know Everything About A Movie And More With WhatsNext Movies Plus
AppAdvice
WhatsNext Movies Plus ($1.99) by Messylyon.com is a movie resource app with information about many titles and actors, that also works with Netflix accounts. WhatsNext Movies lets you search the IMDB (Internet Movie Database) for a movie or actor that ...
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Obsessions: 'The Big Lebowski'
CNN International
A screening of the film was held after the Q&A, but the greatest entertainment of the night was by far the Achievers. They showed up in costume, smoked pot in the balcony, sipped White Russians, shouted dialogue (even while the actors were speaking on ...
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Another troubadour tourist?
Otago Daily Times
Is Jeff Bridges more than just an actor's vanity album? Geoff Boucher, of the Los Angeles Times, reports. Why do so many of us smirk when a Hollywood movie star picks up a guitar and walks towards a live microphone? Maybe it's because, as songwriter ...
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The Reality Behind “HOLLYWOOD PARANORMAL”
FANGORIA
Of course, it has also come in handy that I've worked many years in the entertainment industry as an actor, stuntman and screenwriter, and have been able to discuss the films with many of theactors and directors involved in making them. ...
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Parents' Guide to Movies
Bend Bulletin
What it's about: The kids from the hit TV show appear, in character, in a concert of their greatest hits. The kid attractor factor: It's your favorite actors playing high school underdogs, singing their little hearts out. Good lessons/bad lessons: ...
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Sandra Vergara draws first blood with role in 'Fright Night'
Examiner.com
In “Fright Night,” Vergara, who is the younger sister of Sofia Vergara (TV's “Modern Family),” plays Ginger, the seductive girlfriend of actor David Tennant's character Peter Vincent, a Criss Angel-type magician who knows a thing or two about fighting ...
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Joe Manganiello Inching Closer To Male Stripper Role In 'Magic Mike'
Access Hollywood
According to Entertainment Weekly, Joe is in final talks to join the Channing Tatum-led cast of “Magic Mike,” a movie about male strippers, from director Steven Soderbergh. Joe would join a cast that already includes his Carnegie Melon classmate Matt ...
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Invariably Laughable: Conan the Barbarian
The San Francisco Appeal
But I can compare the naked chests of the actors playing the titular role, and have to say, Arnold's is far more impressive than Jason Momoa's. I bring this up because about half-way through the movie, as I was growing increasingly bored, ...
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Fall movie preview: A full slate of adventure and thrills
CBS News
Hollywood's highest paid actor - you guessed it, Leonardo DiCaprio - returns to the big screen this fall in "J. Edgar," alongside Naomi Watts and Dame Judi Dench. Clint Eastwood slides into the director's chair once again, to explore the public and ...
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'White Collar': New Matt Bomer set photos, actor lands 'Magic Mike'
Examiner.com
On Friday, Spoiler TV released the latest photos from the set of the star of the series, Matt Bomer. On Thursday, it was reported by MTV that Matt Bomer had landed another movie role. He will be seen in the October release, In Time, but he has another ...
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UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News
UPI.com
19 (UPI) -- Gerard Depardieu is sorry for urinating on an airplane floor after flight attendants told him he couldn't use the bathroom, a friend of the French actor says. The 62-year-old actor urinated in front of fellow passengers earlier this week ...
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THOR 2 Director Brian Kirk Circling Rodeo Drama PAPER WINGS; Tom Cruise May Star
Collider.com
While no actors have officially signed on to Paper Wings, with Tom Cruise dosido-ing the project as a potential starring vehicle, Overbrook Entertainment and Temple HillEntertainment are obviously pushing to saddle up the drama and get it into the ...
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Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Still, there is something particularly fascinating about the rivalry between movies and videogames. Cinema was the original popular art form, but it has spent over half a century fighting against rival media: Television, home video, and finally the ...
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The Wild, Wild West
Irish Independent
And for all its dramatic licences Cowboys & Aliens is strangely in keeping with the western's origins as a relatively mindless visual entertainment. When American filmmakers first starting making westerns in the early 1900s, the period the movies were ...
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Matteo: Maja is free to date anyone
Sun.Star
In an interview with the actor, Matteo told Sun.Star and other entertainment press that he's very professional when it comes to work and Maja has a mind of her own. "I'm very happy for her kasi sobrang pumatok yung love team nila. ...
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Debating special features
Idaho State Journal
Those films shouldn't have been touched. How is watching a movie with directors and actorscommenting on every stupid scene enjoyable? And discovering why the special effects look so awesome is like finding out Santa isn't real. ...
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Jeremy Piven Interview, Spy Kids 4
MoviesOnline
He also updated us on his latest projects including “So Undercover” with Miley Cyrus and AardmanEntertainment's “The Pirates! Band of Misfits,” and he revealed the status of the “Entourage” movie. Q: How was the experience of being part of the Spy ...
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Did budget unseat Depp's 'Lone Ranger'?
Washington Post
That, coming as studios' belief that movies need to be splashier to distinguish themselves from other forms of entertainment, has taken budgets through the roof. The result is an inevitable backlash, at least for anyone not named James Cameron. ...
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The Whatmans! Fire Up The Masses!
Student Operated Press
Entertainment has disappeared in this world that is now made up solely of realitytelevision, and news that would literally make most of us want to jump out of a second floor window. The television shows and movies represent things like the end of the ...
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Pinoy pride through indie films
Manila Bulletin
I also try to relax and enjoy it, have fun,” the veteran actor said as he recalled his experiences while filming his latest international movie. Acting and Diving: Shot in Palawan and Cebu, “Deep Gold” allowed Joel a chance to engage in two areas he ...
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Trio shoots 'Place Beyond the Pines'
Variety
"The films I've made with them are so different from any others I've made -- they've been getting bigger, yet have very small budgets compared to most movies. " (None of the principals would reveal the pic's budget -- an ever important factor in ...
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People News From DraftFCB, Saville Productions, Hello! and More.
Creativity
He has also worked as an actor in plenty of movies and in theater, winning a Tony for Best Supporting Actor for "The Government Inspector." His most recent project just wrapped up, "Moonrise Kingdom," a Wes Anderson film that stars Bill Murray and ...
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Mayank Shekhar's review: Not a Love Story
Hindustan Times
Random filmmakers make lame passes at her ("Before making a movie, it's important for a director to get into a 'comfort zone' with his actors." Huh, right!). It's been three months. Her impatient boyfriend, back in Punjab, meanwhile, appears more ...
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Anushka jams with the Midival Punditz
Hindustan Times
live. I love the song so much that I even shot a video for it. So it's a double win for me.” Anushka's last major Bollywood hit was the title track of the movie Dum Maaro Dum. Actors Soha Ali Khan and Rajeev Khandelwal are also expected to be a part of ...
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Screenplays Selected as Semi-Finalists in GREAT GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST
Broadway World
In 1949 and 1989 Hollywood, Secret Boulevard follows the scandalous ramifications of a forbidden love affair between naive young British actor Patrick Glass and his famous male co-star - the brooding and enigmatic movie heart-throb Jackson Harper. ...
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A shout-out from Pakistan
Livemint
Mansoor, who calls himself ShoMan, is something of an entertainment impresario in his home country, with a long career in television and music production. In 2007, he garnered critical acclaim for his debut feature Khuda Kay Liye (In the Name of God), ...
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New photos of Paul Rudd on the 'This is 40' set
Examiner.com
Movie fans in Scottsdale won't see Paul Rudd's next film This is 40 until June 2012, but the actor is hard at work on the set now. On Thursday, Celeb Buzz released these latest photos of the actorwearing bicycle shorts and filming on set. ...
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Chris Tucker Poised to Make a Comeback with Comedy Tour
Online Journal
Tucker first began working in the business as a stand-up comedian for 'Def Comedy Jam' and quickly moved into movies during the late 1990s. The 'Friday' and 'Rush Hour' actor had taken a long hiatus after rejecting many of the roles offered to him ...
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The Kardashians on losing their virginity
CNN (blog)
Between Palins and Kardashians I think I'll find another venue like movies. They are all over like S--!!! Another thing that drives me nuts is every other new MC or judge is from the UK. Don't we have enough Americans that can do the job? ...
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Cast: : Sanjay Dutt, Amisha Patel, Suresh Menon, Satish Kaushik, Sanjay Mishra ...
Smash Hits
Three movies released Friday, August 19, 2011, and 'Chatur Singh Two Star' of them, is no entertainer. Wonder why it's put in the comedy genre. Though, it may attract youth who may find entertainment in the movie's facial contortions and bizarre ...
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Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Musicians dominated People's list of the richest teens, as touring and diversification allowed for a lot more paydays than movie or television stars have. READ FULL STORY » by Kyle Anderson You only have a few months left before The Hunger Games takes ...
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Daniel Radcliffe: 'Harry Potter fans give me strange gifts'
Digital Spy
By Jennifer Still, Entertainment Reporter Daniel Radcliffe has revealed some of the strange gifts given to him by Harry Potter fans. The Woman in Black actor told Access Hollywood that he is still in awe of the hysteria surrounding the Harry Potter ...
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Review | Fright Night « Spinoff Online – TV, Film and ...
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The remake is pure entertainment, a fun and funny vampire story that is as faithful to its source as it is something entirely new and great. And so I hate it, because kick-ass remakes like this will only encourage Hollywood to remake more. ... He's an actor who hasn't always been in the best movies, but he himself always brings his A-game. His “Jerry the vampire” almost comes off as a sympathetic character early, like someone who isn't necessarily bad, just misunderstood. ...
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