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Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid competition, changing consumer habits
Published September 24th, 2010 in Other News and US & Canada. 0 Comments
US-based video rental firm Blockbuster filed yesterday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling for months under the weight of a $1.61 billion mountain of debt.
Clooney visits White House to talk about Darfur
Published October 31st, 2009 in Other News and US & Canada. 0 Comments
George Clooney, a U.N. messenger of peace, met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on 23 February to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region.
Miyazaki Aoi to star in Inio Asano’s live-action movie Solanin
Published June 2nd, 2009 in Asia, Film News and Other News. 0 Comments
Scheduled for release in Japan next year, Miyazaki Aoi’s new film Solanin will be based on Inio Asano’s acclaimed romance manga about a young couple who leave college for the turmoil of the real world together.
Slumdog Millionaire star’s father ‘beaten’
Published May 21st, 2009 in Europe & Russia and Other News. 0 Comments
The father of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali has been beaten up as authorities destroyed his slum in Mumbai (Bombay), his neighbours say.
Russian film star Oleg Yankovsky dies at 65
Published May 21st, 2009 in Europe & Russia and Other News. 0 Comments
Oleg Yankovsky, the star of cult films by Andrei Tarkovsky and the last actor designated as a People’s Artist of the USSR, died in Moscow yesterday after battling cancer.
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